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Friday, July 13, 2007 12:00 AM

Why I returned my iPhone

The iPhone changed my life. But I'll save my money until Apple makes some key fixes.
By Farhad Manjoo

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  • Friday, July 13, 2007 12:02 AM

    This "may" sound self-indulgent??

    Like just about everything Manjoo writes, it fairly drips with self-indulgence. I'm far from a Luddite but I'm tired of being lectured at about how much the iPhone will change my life just like the way cell phones have. (Except, of course, that cell phones haven't.) I agree with him that someday, most of us will be carrying devices that meet the iPhone's potential, because someday some manufacturer will create a product that delivers what the iPhone promises.

    Sadly, of course, that manufacturer (whoever it is) won't get credit -- they'll just be "catching up" to Apple...

    —-=-Bernard HP Gilroy Read -=-Bernard HP Gilroy's other letters

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