[RKC]

Got mine Saturday - just walked into an Apple store near Chicago and they had plenty.

Set it up over iTunes w/no problems.

Since we're all Apple at work and at home (and I was already a Cingular customer), I wasn't expecting any problems, and none showed up - all contacts, email (*.mac), etc. came over flawlessly. Phone worked in less than 2 minutes after activation (and no SS# needed for current customers).

After about 10 minutes of playing with it, my 5 year old got up (he had been put down for bed and wanted water) and asked what it was. He unlocked it, and wanted to see what the weather was like in various places. (He and his sister use the Apple/Mac Widgets to see the weather rather than walk to the window to look at the outside thermometer - it is a different world they are growing up in...). Just like an iPod, he figured a good amount out in a few swipes of his fingers - it is easy to use as advertised.

Haven't found EDGE to be that slow, but never used web-stuff on my old Razr anyway. Have WiFi at home, at work, and did see a number of unprotected networks on my way to the commuter train. Email worked fine on EDGE, and since my business uses *.mac mail anyway, there were no firewall issues.

Not perfect - want my old ringtone, want my "to do" list from iCal (only datebook entries show up unless I'm missing something). I suppose it'd be nice to edit Word or Excel docs, but would likely never do it since I'm never more than 30 minutes away from one of my laptops/computers. No other complaints so far - except that my thumb keeps hitting "P" when I mean "O"

This does what my Palm VII promised to do in 2000 or so and never did - connect me to the web. Friends all have Treo's, etc. Never could get past their looks/screens/clunkiness. Glad I waited....

This morning I left my newish Palm, 2nd Gen iPod and Razr at home, and just used the iPhone. Will likely still use my iPod Shuffle for running, and my 2nd Gen iPod for the home stereo - but I will retire the phone and Palm.

All I wanted was to combine those three things, and that it does....

If you're already on a Treo, etc., the slickness will impress, but probably isn't worth the $$$ until you're contract is up as it doesn't really do more than is out there....

But for a small business owner, it's great!