1) You need to move the keyboard out to use it 2) They break easily. The one I had from work broke three times. I know two others in my office that had them returned once because they were not sturdy. 3) The battery stinks. Mine lasted maybe a day. 4) The programs don't close when you leave them. You need to hit 4-6 keys to find the application to actually close programs. 5) The stylus is easily lost 6) Windows Mobile is not an easy system to learn. 7) Needs to be reset often. I think I was doing soft resets at least every week. 8) You can edit Office files, but it's certainly not easy. In my office I don't know of one person who does this on their phone. 9) No built in support to view PDF documents. 10) Using the internet is awful. Nice of MS to say to the entire web, "You need to redesign your sites to fit on the tiny screen." 11) Screen is not bright or as sharp 12) Not easy to listen to a large music selection 13) Video playback is miserable if you can play your video at all 14) Larger keyboard is nice, but the error correcting is miserable 15) 64mb of storage. 16) Too thick 17) Touch screen is not very responsive and needs to be realigned once and a while 18) Camera not included - optional 19) Processor is slow 20) Interface is clunky

How is that for a start?

People still use Lotus Notes? What a loser!

The biggest thing wrong with the iPhone is the crappy carrier you're forced to use.

I was planning on buying an iPhone as well. However, one of the things that killed me was the EDGE network. I'm sorry, but it's about as fast as dialup. I ended up going with the Treo 755 and Sprint through the employee referral plan. Phone cost me $175 and my plan is $50 a month. The data network is significantly better than EDGE. And to be honest, the phone is pretty damn sweet.

You've obviously bought into the bullcrap the carriers have been force feeding us form many years now. MMS is utter c***. Too limited, doesn't offer anything email can't do, too expensive. Plus there's been all sorts of fishy stuff (read expensive p*** spam sent to users without their consent) going on that makes MMS only interesting for content providers.

Half of the stuff is says is something that hopefully will come with future updates. Next, the keyboard is fantastic, and who the h*** needs Slingbox control with it?!? What cellphone does that? Also it's a MAC and a stupid Windows, why would they push Office on the phone? Can't please everyone.

His page is "13 Reasons Why I'm Not Buying an iPhone--Yet", NOT "13 reasons to not buy one"

>Half of the stuff is says is something that hopefully...

Um, this is Apple, right, not a company renown for sweeping updates once they get something out of the door.

It may be innovative to start with, but progressing from there is hard work.

I have a Sprint 6800, which is Sprint's equivalent to AT&T's 8525. What sold me on it is the supercheap SERO plan (google it): 500 anytime minutes, unlimited nights (7pm) and week-ends, unlimited calls to other Sprint mobiles, unlimited text messaging, unlimited data, for $30/month. With AT&T you have to pay more than twice as much to get less. He's also right about the lack of 3G, IM client, tethering... On the other hand, although I can deal with my phone's idiosyncracies, I would NEVER recommend it to a non-nerd. Windows Mobile is unreliable, flawed, cumbersome and horrid to use. The browser is borderline worthless. Where the iPhone shines is its delightful usability, simplicity, and software polish. Battery life is also spectacular (my phone doesn't make it through 12 hours of heavy use even with WiFi turned off). EDGE is surprisingly fast on it (from playing with my friend's iPhone), although it's no 3G, it's certainly usable. Other than 3G, all the missing features can and will be provided by software update. Bottom line, although I love my phone and wouldn't switch to an iPhone quite yet (mainly because of the reasons McCracken gives, and the price of subscription), I think I'm very atypical and don't know many people who would put up with Windows Mobile c***. I know I do have iPhone envy, I'm definitely planning on switching as soon as the prices come down and you can get 3G and tether it!

First you need Apple's design prowess to force the cell industry, crying and screaming the whole way, out of c*** world.

Then you need the other guys to take all of Apple's best ideas and give it back to us at a competitive price and with the features we want.

Same dynamic in the pc world. That's why I can buy a $400 laptop with Windows Vista and 2ghz processor and 1gb of ram, brand new with 15.4" widescreen.

I would love an Apple iPhone, but as many have said Steve is a benelovent dictator. He just isn't going to care if the iPhone is missing a feature I want (in my case java)...and he won't even let people customize and add to it, with their own apps. So in the end, when a future iPhone competitor comes out with the features I want....I'll buy that. I'll thank Apple for the effort, but its another company that will get my business.

Boy...that's gotta be a dandy. Have fun with your cheap virus collection unit.

I wouldn't give you $1 for that $400 laptop. Have fun though.

14 reasons not to bother reading his article. No facts No brains No real reasons No one really cares No the 8525 is a piece of c*** No I don't need 3G No we don't listen to PC blatherings No there is no other phone that does everything the iPhone does now. No I don't like blackberries because they are hard to setup and keep working. No the Palm isn't any better and they die all the time. Just ask my friend who's on his 4th one in a year. No the iPhone can be upgraded so iChat may be coming soon. No I don't want to ever use a modem again when I have WIFI No the price is what it is and I would like a ferrari for $10 grand but it will never happen. No those real keys are smaller than the iPhone and placed in odd orders and are harder to use with alt and shift keys which makes it hard to puctionuate properly.

iPhone is just better now and will get even more better later as software updates come down the pipe.

Those same reasons could apply to my d***.

But I still like it.

As someone else said, MacNN has misreported the title of the guy's article it is actually "13 Reasons Why I'm Not Buying an iPhone--Yet" The "I'm" and "Yet" are pretty huge differences.

Frankly I'm in the same boat on some of his issues. I definitely want support for internet chat protocols and I want to be able to use it as a modem for a bluetooth-enabled laptop. When those features are added (and they will be), it will be that much more compelling.

It will be interesting to see if Apple supports the iPhone more like a Mac (with regular software updates that add revolutional functionality) or like an iPod (where features are only added to new models). I'm optimistic that it's the former--especially if it's true that Apple is getting significant revenue from AT&T from subscriptions.

@ Gee4orce

So its wonderful and free to use the internet and send emails on your iphone? I hope you have a good data plan with your service provider because if now enjoy your bill.