iPhone

I picked up my iPhone at the Lyndhurst Apple store. I stood in line for 2 hours at an AT&T location in Akron before they sold out of their initial stock, which we eventually learned was 50 units (we had been told that they didn't know how many they had on hand). Someone at the back of the line called the Apple store and was told they had plenty of phones in stock and no lines. I was in and out of the store in no time, iPhone in hand.

A few of my initial thoughts:

• Overall, it's a fantastic, elegant little machine.
• Counting down until I drop it for the first time (though it looks like it will take the impact in stride).
• Google Maps is awesome.
• Typing is a little weird at first, but not nearly as challenging as I thought it could be.
• The implementation of Safari is impressive. I was doing a lot of clicking on links when I went to zoom in on things, but I think I've got that under control.
• Visual voicemail may be my favorite feature.
• The interface is responsive, beautiful and a lot of fun to play with. The display is bright and crisp, absolutely gorgeous.
• Maybe I'm missing something, but why can't I just drag music onto the thing like I would any other iPod?
• Activation went smoothly (next door to the Apple store, on the patio at Chipotle).
• Being able to sync your contacts from Address Book and events from iCal to comparable iPhone apps is very cool. I've been looking forward to that one.
• Seems to work fine with the iPod interface in my car. Skipping backwards through an albums tracks will now require a look at the screen, though, whereas before I could simply feel for the scroll wheel.
• I was expecting a better selection of ringtones out of the box.
• So far I've been simply dropping it in my back pocket. I may break down and get a case for it eventually, though.
• I have never wanted to spend any time at all just messing around with my phone, so it's refreshing to be having this much fun with it.