iPhone 3G is OUT...

... BUT is it worth it's hype? Priced at >30K is it really worth? The touch and feel feature is very nice but that's because it's a new concept (not anymore though). But an enterprise user needs more than that. Some cool feature missing from the new 3G are:

1. It has no video recording option iPhone will disappoint you here.. This is quite surprising since video recording feature is today found in most cell phones, even those at the lower end.
2. It has 2 mega pixel (MP) cameras. Flash and optical zoom are missing too. Despite a 2 mega pixel camera -- belie that number and turn out quite clear.
3. One cannot simply forward a text message. Users can only send text messages or snapshots via email. Also, don't think of sending a SMS to multiple contacts as iPhone has no option for that either.
4. Lack of multimedia messaging controls and voice dialing. It lacks support for voice-recognition to let users dial verbally
5. No cut, copy-and-paste. Imagine you cannot even select a line of text to delete it. And how bad can it be living without copy and paste option. Especially when you want to post a URL in your blog! How tedious it would be to jot it down, word by painful word.
6. It lacks support for multi-select. It will give users a tough time deleting every email one by one as they cannot delete mails in bulk. Same goes for photo albums. Users have to delete the same too one by one
7. All you heavy phone users, you cannot change an iPhone battery. You will have to send it to an Apple outlet for this. Imagine how troublesome it would be to live without your phone for 2-3 days. And that is an optimistic estimate of the time that you may spend twiddling your thumbs!
8. iPhone offers no support for wireless modem. You may pay heavy data charges to activate Internet on your iPhone, but you cannot connect it to your PC and browse when you are at home.
9. iPhone can't sync with Bluetooth stereo or in-car Bluetooth hands free. It lacks A2DP on Bluetooth. A2DP audio devices, such as stereo Bluetooth headsets, offer high quality listening ability.
10. you cannot share MP3, images and video files via Bluetooth, half the fun is gone.
11. In case you wish to see those multimedia files that require Flash, you will have to do away with them. There is no support for Adobe Flash in 3G iPhone. Though, Adobe says it is working on iPhone Flash.
12. iPhone offers You Tube support. But how? Here's a catch. Users cannot get all You Tube video, but only a few selected ones that have been rolled out for the Apple-favored H.264 video codec. So, this means you can't go on sharing your videos.
13. please do remember, unlike the true Push platform enjoyed by Blackberry, the iPhone email client does not work in true Push fashion, but is more of a "pull" mail.
14. Last, but not the least, be aware that as a customer you are unlikely to get much support from the operators in setting up your haloed iPhone. And since setting it up would be essential to use a number of features.
15. Sending out the cool pics you shoot through iPhone's excellent 2 mega pixel camera will be a challenge unless you have set up the email accounts.

There might be some more features missing that you may wish for. So please invest your money wisely. Read the reviews online. Identify your needs and see if iPhone satisfies all of them. Its a big investment for many people so use brain and not heart.

And if you awant to show off and flaunt it, go ahead ;)...(Remeber the ad... Nice phone...)