Living with an iPhone

Five iPhones will set you back at least $2,500.

• So you don’t have to peek at the end of this review I’m going to tell you what I really think: iPhone is fabulous. I’m not saying it’s perfect, but its interface – the way you control the device – is truly revolutionary.
  


• The iPhone is thin – but not small. It measures 4.5 by 2.4 by 0.5 inches and it weighs 4.8 ounces. In your hand, it feels a little heavier than it looks – and it looks like someone took an old-fashioned smartphone and flattened it out under a steamroller.
  


• iPhones have a very cool little mechanical device inside called an accelerometer. It senses when you tilt your iPhone sideways – and then automatically changes the picture on the screen from vertical to horizontal. When you’re looking at a Website, photo or video you can turn iPhone sideways and see a much larger picture. The iPhone is not the only smartphone to have this feature: Sidekick’s screen does a 180-degree turn when you open its keyboard.
  


• Inside there’s a four-band GSM world phone, EDGE data capabilities, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi as well as Bluetooth – pretty standard fare for a modern-day smartphone. It sports a very large 3.5-inch diagonal screen.