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If you want to store several videos and your music library on your iPhone, 8 Gig is pretty small. If this thing is going to replace the iPod, your phone, and your Laptop, it is gonna need more than 8 Gig.

I'm not sure where you got the idea that this was designed to be a replacement for the iPod, and MacBook -- along with having a phone. That's not what I've heard. And, I don't perceive it that way for my usage. It's supplementary.

I still have my laptop and that gets carried around with me in the car to places that I go. I have it in my backpack, so it's ready to go anytime I want. I always have the backpack with me. My 5th generation iPod is with me at all times, too. I have a Canon digital camera with me at all times, too.

I should point out that my 5th generation iPod had a hard drive for that large storage space that it has. And the iPhone has flash memory for its 8 Gigabytes of storage. I doubt the iPhone is going to ever get a hard drive in it. It wouldn't be as rugged if it had a hard drive. I saw a PC World "rugged test" where they put the iPhone through all sorts of real-life scenarios of dropping it, banging it, scratching it and seeing if it still worked. It held up fine being tough and rugged throughout all they did.

So, this is a very utilitarian device, being a phone primarily, with the supplementary addition of these other components that make life a lot easier and simpler for many things you want to do. It's not going to replace the MacBook or the iPod and was never intended to do that. For what it is, right now, the 8 Gigs is just fine.

Regards,
Star Traveler

P.S. -- Some people cannot even envision or even imagine in their wildest dreams what they would use 8 Gigs for (even on their computers at home ... LOL). Even if I can imagine it, it doesn't mean everyone else has the same "imagination" or requirements. For all "geeks" whatever number of "Gigs" is never enough...