{"id":1587,"date":"2007-06-26T18:27:40","date_gmt":"2007-06-27T01:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2007-06-26T18:27:56","modified_gmt":"2007-06-27T01:27:56","slug":"iphone-reviews-begin-to-appear-a-strong-win-with-caveats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1587\/iphone-reviews-begin-to-appear-a-strong-win-with-caveats\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone reviews begin to appear: A strong win with caveats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m writing about the Apple iPhone for Friday&#8217;s <i>Republic<\/i>, putting me in an august company of gushing fans. Reviews appeared today from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/06\/27\/technology\/circuits\/27pogue.html?_r=2&#38;hp=&#38;adxnnl=1&#38;oref=slogin&#38;adxnnlx=1182895729-zFW5V8OlPbwhPDurNy2Tow&#38;oref=slogin\" target=\"_blank\">the <i>New York Times<\/i><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB118289311361649057.html.html?mod=technology_main_promo_left\" target=\"_blank\">the <i>Wall Street Journal<\/i><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/tech\/columnist\/edwardbaig\/2007-06-26-iphone-review_N.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>USA Today<\/i><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/19444948\/site\/newsweek\/page\/0\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Newsweek<\/i><\/a>. So far, everyone loves it, with some reservations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2007\/06\/26\/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\">Engadget<\/a> has a run-down of the caveats turned up so far. Chief beef from all over: No AT&#38;T, no iPhone. You can&#8217;t buy the device as a wi-fi enabled pocket-sized Macintosh with a video iPod and a 2MB camera &#8212; but <i>without<\/i> contracting for a cellular phone and data plan. On the plus side, the Applefied monthly plans are robust and reasonably priced.<\/p>\n<p>Biggest unnoticed beef? Perhaps because fish are not aware of the waters they swim in, no one in the enblogged globe seems to have complained that, because the device is activated and synced through iTunes, you cannot use an iPhone if you don&#8217;t own a Macintosh or Windows computer. Lachrymose Luddites and Unix eunuchs need not apply.<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate\" rel=\"tag\">real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m writing about the Apple iPhone for Friday&#8217;s Republic, putting me in an august company of gushing fans. Reviews appeared today from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Newsweek. So far, everyone loves it, with some reservations. Engadget has a run-down of the caveats turned up so far. Chief beef [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-marketing","7":"category-real-estate","8":"category-technology","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1689,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1689\/uh-oh-apples-iphone-caught-with-its-pants-down\/","url_meta":{"origin":1587,"position":0},"title":"Uh Oh&#8230; Apple&#8217;s iPhone Caught With Its Pants Down","author":"Lani Anglin","date":"July 23, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"So, some of you camped out for your new toy, others ordered it online. 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