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Well, after all my ranting about the device, and trying to avoid it I finally did try a iPhone when the cost dropped $200. In my opinion this certainly brought the phone to a price it was actually worth and I was at that point curious. My first impressions were all positive and I proceeded to use it for almost a month now.

I have to say, I like it. However I like it from the “geek” perspective in which it is a hackers paradise of a phone. A true touchscreen highres BSD based device. As a consumer I can’t say I would ever buy one, I can honestly say palm has hit the generic consumer market as best as any manufacturer ever has, and with the centro coming, they will get all the low end consumers bucks soon enough.

Apple has a real chance with this device to get mid level to high end users on their customer list, the problem however appears to be Apple doesn’t want them as customers. Apple appears to want those same customers that enjoy palm’s devices. They refuse to have a open system, and furthermore are taking actions to BLOCK the open communities efforts to support 3rd party app’s on their iPhone. Is apple trying to get to a point where they can “sell” product signing and profit just to have an app on their phone? This is a foolish move in my opinion and we’ll have to see what happens.

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