I swear to God, if I read, hear, or see one more thing that mentions the iPhone in a way that is not related to something technical and newly discovered* I will wait in line at my local at&t store, get one, open the box, and piss all over it before they activate the service.

Beyond that, I can’t wait for the “I-Couldn’t-Place-A-Call-Cuz-I-Have-No-Battery-Having-Listened-To-10-Tracks” backlash that will eventually hit the street. Not to mention the general issues with first generation hardware, or have people forgotten the broken DS Lite hinge or cracked display nano while both were in it’s first generation of hardware? Or the irreplaceable battery. Or the lack of upgradable memory. Or the inability to thumb type with it. which a few reviewers have noticed already. Or the ongoing outrage at enterprise IT departments that won’t support it for a long, long while. Hell, even Safari for Windows has been patched twice in beta.

Does anyone honestly believe this will be a perfect launch with a problem-free product that “just works”, much less live up to the amount of hype that has been generated?

*for example, the alleged 80GB HDD based device that at&t may have accidentally exposed is blogworthy. If it’s true.

And what’s this crap, $100 for a Bluetooth headset? I liked the design, even if it is bigger than a Bluespoon and Samsung BT200 – I’m a sucker for BT headsets that are small and in-ear, but, che cazzo! Unless that thing also gives you a hand job once a month, it’s priced at least $50 too much. And along the same lines, I went shopping for a new router this weekend. Looked at the Apple Airport – $179 without 1Gb LAN?! Bollox, too since most of the packaging is “802.11n” with no mention of “draft”. Got a Netgear draft-N with gigabit for $99.

meh.