Looks like I’m not the only one who sees the iPhone as a pretty bad idea all-round (but damn, it’s generated a lot of commentary!).  Paul talks about the iPhone’s impact on the clueless fashion-nuts in Australia, as well as the Trademark issue.

Cory Doctrow points out a rather scathing article in the New York Times, and Cory makes some good points too.

Interestingly, despite Apple’s “I’m a Mac - I’m a PC” ads, they didn’t exactly get the most err… “Dynamic” person they could, to give Cingular’s side of the story at the Keynote. Well, I guess it’s not Apple’s fault - but I’m sure the Apple PR guys could have called up the Cingular PR guys and said “hey, get someone who doesn’t wear a grey suit to come up and give the presentation”, or atleast “Get your CEO to read from an autoprompter.”

Stan Sigman (Cingular CEO) sounds so like the stereotypical boring middle-management person. Heck, you can even play Buzz Word Bingo - try this on for size, in the first two minutes of being on stage: ”Contractual Agreement”, “deliver on the vision”, “exceeded my expectations”, “Partnering”.   He’s also got a very thick south-american accent. Nuu, Getin’, Bringin’, etc.  The guy really has very little presentation skills. I could do a better job, ffs.  If you want to torture yourself, go watch it here.

Now, enough about Apple.  I need to go shower.

Tomorrow: How Oracle really pisses me off.

Edit 8:30am: One last thing (honestly) - Gizmodo UK is reporting that the iPhone is set to cost between €899 and €999 Euros in Europe according to Amazon Germany - however it will have 3G support - When it launches next year .  (Via Neowin)
Anyone else thinking that AUD$1,600 or so is a tad too much to be paying for a phone with a fancy interface?