http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/07/17/rimm-canaccord-ups-
ests-sees-no-iphone-impact/?mod=yahoobarrons
Here's a Barron's blogger showing the FACT of RIM's Blackberry sales during
the iPhone brewhaha week....with little effect.  Some analyst or another

Since this newsgroup seems to hate the iPhone, where could an old fart
like me go to get get reliable info?

The first VNC client is now available for the iPhone and iPod touch. The
application, dubbed Mocha VNC, has been published in the App Store free
of charge.
Although the app is listed as a "lite version", it offers full control

This is a hoot with all the wannabe experts saying that the 3G iPhone
sucks because of its little built in battery.
Weekend tech tests show the 3G iPhone little battery has the best
battery life of all 3G phones! It even beats Sprint's Instinct which

I originally posted this on alt.cellular.cingular, but perhaps it
might be more appropriate here:
I used to use the Medianet unlimited package (on an Edge phone) from
At&t/Cingular to get an internet connection from my laptop when I

For anti-Apple droids here who claim the battery life in an iPhone is
too short for them and thats their deal breaker or should be yours.
Just buy a $27 external battery back. More than one if you need?
http://www.calcellular.com/iphone-batkit.html

Q: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger?
A: The standard travel charger packaged by Motorola with many current
phones puts out insufficient power for fastest possible charging and for
continuous use while charging.

    http://www.slate.com/id/2195289/
    This is a review from an Apple true believer whose argument
cuts right through all the others about the proprietary software,
associated plan costs, deficient hardware functions, etc. etc.

So now the Apple fanboys and the Gnu fanboys will have it out:
    http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/5-reasons-to-avoid-iphone-3g
From the article:
iPhone completely blocks free software. Developers must pay a tax to

Autoblog is interested in GPS navigation, not phones, games, glitz.
But, they stood in line and got a 3G to test for the blog and Garmin wins,
hands down.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/14/shouldve-bought-a-garmin-testing-the-

The new iPhone OS 2.0 software has been unlocked and jailbroken. It
was released just hours ago and it has already been cracked by the
iPhone Dev Team. The first one took a couple of months, but this one
was actually unlocked before Apple released it to the public. And you

I'm as guilty as the rest just clicking the reply button.
But, the iphone noise has just about shut down all the non Iphone
newsgroups, now.
Let's confine all the iphone noise to attws and let the other groups

This should get it's own post so I repeat John Navas' FAQ answer:

Here is a new question and answer for the FAQ:

The North Charleston ATT store was deserted today, except for a few
irate customers wondering aloud if it wouldn't be better to get an
Instinct from Sprint than wait 2 more weeks for the FruitFone Vaporware.  
"We won't have another shipment in until Wednesday, 60 more phones, and ...

" sold out of 16 GB iPhones by 8 AM, and sold out of all iPhones by
two in the afternoon. "
European retailers sell out at iPhone 3G launch
By Prince McLean