So Steve has had his few minutes of fun and as usual the fanboys are going nuts.  I know many are going to call me a Nintendo fanboy but trust me, I'm plenty critical of Nintendo (just talk to me in person) and I will from time to time let you know.  Chad brought up a good point that Apple glossed over the details as well as not paying attention to their own page.  There are many things that I want to know as many things bother me.

What about the keynote bothered me?  While Apple holds many patents now on a number of "new" technologies the tech is essentially stolen.  Two handed/two point touch technology is not new.  Heck, not 20 paces from me sits a professor who has a grad student that's heavily involved in two handed input as well as multi-touch technology.  The current undisputed master of this awesomeness is Jeff Han who has technology that is far more interesting than the iPhone.  Even Philips has a table product that's going to be used for gaming (we were contacted) in the near future.  This technology is not new.

IPTV?  Not new, Microsoft tried to do the same thing and their solution is far more widespread and cheaper than what Apple can put forward.  Apple is also notorious for having terrible tech support and when it comes to networking or devices that deal with new technology the small percentage of the population that do buy the first gen devices are in for a world of pain.

Speaking about pain, what's the deal with going with Cingular?  The phone is 499 USD with a two year contract at Cingular.  That means a standalone version (without contract) is going to cost something on the order of 650 or 700 USD.  Yes it's hot tech but the price is ridiculous and I have serious usability concerns.

One of the biggest problems with having a touch screen is that there's no user feedback.  How many times have you used a touch screen and pressed really hard in order to make a button work?  In our minds we know that just a light touch will work but our minds unconsciously want that touch/button depression feedback and so we push ever harder.  How long before the screen gets dirty and greasy?  How long before scratches start to affect it?  These are all details that will perhaps be revealed over the new few months but right now I'm concerned about people getting carried away due to the marketing giant.

What else?  We haven't even gotten to the basic questions about the iPhone as of yet.  What's reception like?  What's battery life like?  Microphone sensitivity?  Recharge times?  All these things will be revealed when third parties get to independently review it but why not provide more realistic details at this time?  Why is it not 3G?  What other features is it lacking?  Is this just a glorified iPod?

Serious concerns that need to be addressed now.