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Cingular = death
Tying this thing to Cingular kills it for me. How many people want to sign a two-year contract with the worst carrier in the country just for the chance to overpay for the handset?
The iPhone does indeed look as revolutionary as the hype would have us believe - Apple's critics are almost invariably wrong when it comes to the technology itself. But by pursuing a bloated price point and pointlessly fortifying the old-school controls of carrier power rather than unlocking the phone for use on any service, Jobs shows himself to ultimately be looking backwards.
It's a shame.