http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
Criticisms
Analysts have made several public criticisms of the iPhone, such as:The iPhone's virtual keyboard has been considered its chief weakness and a risk for Apple.[69] The New York Times' David Pogue and Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg, who both tested the iPhone for two weeks, found learning to use it initially difficult, although eventually usable, with Pogue stating use was "frustrating" and "text entry is not the iPhone?s strong suit" but Mossberg considered the keyboard a "nonissue". Both found the typo-correcting feature of the iPhone was the key to using the virtual keyboard successfully.[34][70]When the user is not in a Wi-Fi hot spot, the iPhone's network connection will use AT&T's older EDGE network. The data rate for this network is 40kbps, similar to a landline dial-up connection.[71] David Pogue of the New York Times found that the EDGE network was "excruciatingly slow," with the iPhone taking as long as 100 seconds to download the Yahoo! home page for the first time.[34] The EDGE network is being boosted from 40kbps to 80kbps to coincide with project launch.[72]The rechargeable battery is non-removable, and once depleted, will need to be replaced by the manufacturer for a fee.[34]iPhone lacks any type of firewall, which some experts claim is posing a data security risk.[73] However, without unsafe applications to firewall, this might be a moot point, if the built in applications do not open unsafe communication ports.iPhone is only available for those who subscribe to a two-year AT&T service plan.[74]There is no way to opt out of the data plan and thus people who do not want to use the iPhone's Web capability may find the fee superfluous.[75]iPhone cannot install full programs from anyone but Apple. [76]The Safari browser in iPhone supports neither Adobe Flash nor Java.[69]iPhone lacks a number of common handheld features,[77][78][74] including voice dialing, capacity to sync with corporate internal email systems, voice recording, instant messaging, memory card slot, MMS, A2DP (stereo bluetooth), text copy and paste, video recording with the built-in camera, and support for MP3 files as ringtones.The iPhone?s virtual keypad won?t work when wearing gloves, which is a concern for wintertime phone calls in cold areas.[79]The camera in the iPhone is only 2 megapixels, which is small compared to other smartphones, most notably the Nokia N95, which contains a 5 megapixel camera.The iPhone cannot be added to an AT&T Business account, and any existing business account discounts cannot be applied to an iPhone AT&T account. wow
Criticisms
Analysts have made several public criticisms of the iPhone, such as:The iPhone's virtual keyboard has been considered its chief weakness and a risk for Apple.[69] The New York Times' David Pogue and Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg, who both tested the iPhone for two weeks, found learning to use it initially difficult, although eventually usable, with Pogue stating use was "frustrating" and "text entry is not the iPhone?s strong suit" but Mossberg considered the keyboard a "nonissue". Both found the typo-correcting feature of the iPhone was the key to using the virtual keyboard successfully.[34][70]When the user is not in a Wi-Fi hot spot, the iPhone's network connection will use AT&T's older EDGE network. The data rate for this network is 40kbps, similar to a landline dial-up connection.[71] David Pogue of the New York Times found that the EDGE network was "excruciatingly slow," with the iPhone taking as long as 100 seconds to download the Yahoo! home page for the first time.[34] The EDGE network is being boosted from 40kbps to 80kbps to coincide with project launch.[72]The rechargeable battery is non-removable, and once depleted, will need to be replaced by the manufacturer for a fee.[34]iPhone lacks any type of firewall, which some experts claim is posing a data security risk.[73] However, without unsafe applications to firewall, this might be a moot point, if the built in applications do not open unsafe communication ports.iPhone is only available for those who subscribe to a two-year AT&T service plan.[74]There is no way to opt out of the data plan and thus people who do not want to use the iPhone's Web capability may find the fee superfluous.[75]iPhone cannot install full programs from anyone but Apple. [76]The Safari browser in iPhone supports neither Adobe Flash nor Java.[69]iPhone lacks a number of common handheld features,[77][78][74] including voice dialing, capacity to sync with corporate internal email systems, voice recording, instant messaging, memory card slot, MMS, A2DP (stereo bluetooth), text copy and paste, video recording with the built-in camera, and support for MP3 files as ringtones.The iPhone?s virtual keypad won?t work when wearing gloves, which is a concern for wintertime phone calls in cold areas.[79]The camera in the iPhone is only 2 megapixels, which is small compared to other smartphones, most notably the Nokia N95, which contains a 5 megapixel camera.The iPhone cannot be added to an AT&T Business account, and any existing business account discounts cannot be applied to an iPhone AT&T account. wow
but i got a lot of friends with blackberrys that would never consider switching to an iphone. it just cant do what they need it to do fast enough.. ie information input via keyboard