It seems that the iPhone isn't the world beater that people thought it would be. Though it did change the paradigm, the sales have been underwhelming. The interface is cutting edge, but it doesn't have a lot of the functionality that my 7 year old phone had like auto-answer or voice dialing. For use in the car it really needs an auto-answer capability. The coverage from AT&T is spotty; it will tell you that you've got a good signal - but you can't make a call. Worse your calls go to voice mail with no warning. The email interface is pretty bare bones, and emails sent from the iPhone show up as new emails. It's a hassle getting all the stuff you don't want out of your way.
So now the rumors have started about the gPhone. I love GMail because tagging emails is a great idea because you can get them out of your way and then save them forever. All Google's applications like Maps are already networked. Frankly they can probably give the iPhone a real run for their money if they concentrate on phone functionality. If the gPhone can use a faster network than AT&T is using it would be that much better. Could they be using VOIP? gPhone with Skype would be awesome.
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