My first few hours with the iPhone were a magic carpet ride flying past buttery smooth OS X screens. All the good things that have been said about the iPhone are true (see the exhaustive coverage on Engadget), most anything related to missing features in the software will likely be addressed in upcoming updates. What's not in the hardware, like camera flash, faster phone network, more memory and keyboard will have to come in the next couple years in a future iPhone. I see the vast opportunities this breakthrough phone opens up, so I'll likely be retiring my Sidekick on its 5th anniversary this October to stay on this black and silver magic carpet.

I'm going to continue to collect thoughts about the iPhone as I go on about my weekend. More soon...

- mike lee - wheaton, md