The value proposition of iPhone without phone calls

personally i think this is a great idea. as someone who is already "tethered" to another phone company (for the next year and a half) i would love to get the internet in my pants, and if this came to fruition i would sign up immediately.

I travel a lot, so my most frequent use of my iPhone is in looking up flight itineraries, destinations, maps, directions and public transportation schedules. It has been a godsend for this.

Why didn't you have the internet in your pocket before the iPhone?

Let's change 'always on' to 'nearly always on'. One of my favorite local watering holes seems to be constructed such that it cuts my signal down to 1 or 2 bars--on a good day, near a window--and makes 'server cannot be found' errors the rule rather than the exception.

Do you know what really grinds my gears?

When the elitist, pretentious, recently-converted act like their precious device was the first and only device that can do this or do that.

The sad fact of the matter is, no matter how you slice it, no matter how many times you defend it, the value of convergence is lost when all you have in your pocket is: a very-low capacity video iPod, a below-mediocre cellular phone, poor mobile productivity, memory full of useless apps, and above all else - very slow, time-out-ridden internet in your pocket.

Wow. That was a seriously lame excuse for having an iPhone. You do know that there are MANY smartphones out there that cost a lot LESS money, don't you? My Centro was $99, SERO plan $30. Your iPhone was ~$400 and I don't know how much you spend on your data. Oh, and EDGE? HAHAHA!

I forget that the Iphone makes calls sometimes. For me, it is a portable Internet communicator that plays movies and music.

The iPhone + Wikipedia is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Douglas Adams was a prophet!

Ummm, Erica, you should be warned that "pants" generally refers to underwear in the UK.

Whilst some might find it particularly useful to have the internets in their y-fronts, I personally would find that rather uncomfortable!

(Also, "fanny" is not your bum...)

As an iPhone owner I must disagree : EDGE can be painfully slow.

Now... come out with a 3G iPhone and this might make more sense.