Over the years as Google has become a dominant player on the Internet, the word Google has gone from being the name of a company to being a very well known verb. People Google for things, they don't search. Well, now it is time to do it with iPhone.

Here are some example sentences with the new usage of iPhone:

• I forgot my iPhone on my desk at work.
• My iPhone doesn't have a touch screen.
• Nobody ever calls me on my iPhone.

You see, it is just that easy to suck the coolness out of the iPhone and chip away at Apple's trademark.

I look forward to talking to you on my iPhone soon.

So it seems all the geeks (and geek wannabes) I know are getting iPhones. Well, I'd just like to take this opportunity to state that I have no plans to go out and drop the cash on it right now. I have a few reasons for my stance.

1. It is a first generation Apple product. This should be reason enough.

2. It has a two megapixel camera, but no support for MMS. Why have a camera if you can't send the pictures to Flickr or to friends? Sure, you can e-mail them or sync with iPhoto, but that is just extra effort.

3. It is EDGE. Currently, my phone has EVDO. Stepping down would be painful.

4. I don't really want to have a two year AT&T contract.

5. The on screen keyboard. First off, the keyboard is kind of small when it is in portrait mode. Sadly, the keyboard doesn't go landscape in any applications except for Safari. Why? Who knows. Further, there is no tactile feedback for the keyboard, likely making it somewhat hard for somebody with poor vision to use.

As a concept product, the iPhone is great. I imagine it will be even cooler down the raod, and hopefully it will set a new mark for portable device user interfaces. I just hope they make a non-phone standalone iPod version.


For a really in-depth iPhone review, check out wirelessinfo.com's review.

The other day, I got a new cellphone. My ancient Motorola T720 has been replaced with a much newer and cooler Motorola E815. Among the new features I gained was a megapixel camera, a Transflash/microSD slot, and of course bluetooth.

So far, I've gotten most of it to work with Mac OS X 10.4. I've got iSync working, and I've got OBEX going as well. I've transferred sound, video, and pictures from and to the phone. I've sync'd my address book with the phone. These work great. Sadly, there is one feature of Address Book that I can't get working.

In Address Book, you're supposed to be able to pair your phone and then right-click on phone numbers. This brings up a context menu that includes SMS Message and Dial With Cell Phone. Sadly, my phone refuses to work with Address Book. Whenever I click the pair button, it asks for a Passkey. This, despite already having paired it in System Preferences. No matter what I put in, it doesn't work and those two menu items remain grayed out.

Oddly, despite Address Book not working, there is payware for OS X that is able to interface with my phone and get call logs, SMS logs, and supports both incoming andoutgoing calls and SMS. I wish Apple would fix this, or somebody would tell me how to fix it. I want to be able to use my phone from Quicksilver. That'd be pretty sweet.

All that said, phones sure got cooler in the few years since I got my last one. I'm just happy I'm not another RAZR toting zombie like the majority of the Moto customers.