Following my gripes about the phone, I thought I would also share the things that make me go, “I didn’t waste my money”.

1. The phone is fast. Switching from Safari, to Mail, to Google Maps, to SMS, back to Maps, and then opening another tab in Safari is a breeze. There is no lag. The closest thing this compares to is any PalmOS device, Palm based Treo owners would relate to this the best.
2. The same Treo owners will not relate to this.. it doesn’t lock up. I don’t need to pop the battery. In these two weeks, I’ve never had to even need to do that. My Unlocked Treo 650 straight from Palm, required me to do that on the first day.
3. The screen is beautiful, it works as advertised, the touch sensitivity and accidental touch protection is very good, except in the Camera.. the camera is awkward.
4. The screen works in the Sun, I can see it at all normal angles I would like to see it in the Sun. This could not be said of my previous T-Mobile MDA, or the Treo 650.
5. Web Browsing is superior to anything else in this form factor. I’m not sure why, but Safari works a lot better than Internet Explorer ever did on the mobile platform. The ability to use a real browser is not new, Opera Mini has been available (though buggy for me), and so has IE.. IE sucked at rendering pages, probably due to the awkward way of zooming things, and just being on a slower processor?
6. It can take a beating. I’ve dropped it twice on my hard wood floors, it just bounced a bit. But, it kept working. I even dropped it once during a phone conversation the call never skipped a beat. I also can’t make out any scratches on the surface.
7. Mail on the phone is great, I don’t need PUSH like the crackberry, so it works great for me. The mail client is a bit cumbersome if you have more than one account, in the sense switching between accounts is a very non apple process. But actual reading/writing of mail is a breeze. I’m hoping with a software update, we’ll be able to post inboxes for the accounts we want to read on the “SpringBoard” (That’s apple’s technical term for the Home Screen”), and possibly even the Dock.
8. The Virtual Keyboard is a breeze, keeping in line with the mail comment above, I’ve been able to respond to, and write 3-4 paragraph long emails while a passenger in a car, or while waiting for a movie to start in the theater. I use both thumbs, and I feel like I’m using a first generation tri-corder.

So there is that. I’ll be buying and reviewing many accessories for the iPhone. I currently have the v-moda headset, and the DLO case. The invisible shield has been ordered and will be here soon.

I’ll also have the pleasure of flying to chicago next week, so I’ll get to truly test out the battery life, and iPod features. I hope to find a good holster for it by then, as once I’m in Chicago, I’ll be walking around a lot, with the V-Moda headphones/microphone all day. This should be a true test for me, and the iPhone as a business device.