iPhone may be delayed

Last two lines: "it's" should be "its" - although you got it right in the last line.

this wouldn't surprise me AT ALL. especially considering they had to pull staff from Leopard. couple this with news from the other week about an "insider" claiming the device was barely functional and it takes on a little more weight. personally i couldn't give a rats arse if it never comes out, i like to keep my devices relatively simple. something about not putting all your eggs in one basket. i think with all the iphones specs and functions, that thing is gonna require charging every night to keep from going dead in the middle of the day.

.. you see WiFi on the iPhone is a problem, just like WiFi on any gadget - the Blackberry, MacBook, you name it.

Steve was very clever to keep switching between the 3 iPhones during his demo time of about 85 minutes.

That doesn't mean the battery on the others died out , but its good not to let everyone see yellow/red bars on the thing when your announcing it..

hehe and when leopard will be released, we europeans can enjoy the phone meh...

Yes, but they said it passed SEVERAL required certifications, not that it had passed ALL of them. There is a difference.

It's also unclear what certifications they're talking about, whether those are internal Apple quality/performance certs or the various government tests.

If the rumors about 20-minute talk time are true, this is a DOA product. No matter how sweet and nice the iPhone might be, 20 minutes of battery is completely unacceptable.

Oh it can't possibly run out of battery that fast, you might say? My old PDA used more or less the same Xscale processor as will be used in the iPhone. When the wifi was enabled, that PDA really DID have about 20 minutes of battery life. With wireless turned off, it had multiple hours of battery. There was a huge difference in power consumption.

For that reason, the wireless feature was only usable when the PDA was plugged into a power outlet. Turning off wireless worked for a PDA but this iPhone is supposed to be a wireless telephone device. Despite all the other things it will be able to do, making phone calls is purpose number 1.

No battery for calls means it's no good.

I call BS on this one. The statement announcing the Leopard delay said that the iPhone had met all of its milestones and was on schedule to be launched on time, and that was very recently. I doubt they would have put out a release saying that if there were doubts as to quality this soon.

and it's talk time --> and its talk time

I totally agree with TKelly, I wanted leopard until the iPhone announcement, then I wanted both. I have been saving my pennies for at least one, STOP MAKING ME WAIT LONGER!!!

Who cares? Verizon is not getting it.. I am not bitter

A blogger should have something to say that's relevant, but this post is neither. The working prototype hasn't even been certified and approved by the FCC yet, so maybe you can explain how Foxconn/Han Hai could possibly be concerned about battery life and talk time for an item they aren't even building yet.

Stop pimping your related sites to get hits. If you don't have any critical thinking skills, don't say anything at all.