Major flaw in the iphone is that the ON2(ONT) based flash software has not been included . This means that the iphone cannot access videos that are flash based. Flash is popular all over the world and the arrogance of Steve Jobs not to include ON2/flash software is going to cost him dearly. Every other company will include all video codecs so the buyer can access video in any format and from all over the globe!.

I like XML (and Altova XMLSpy) as much as the next SOA "geek", but I think it's even more important to know that the iPhone can support a Web 2.0 app, which uses the JSON (Java Script Object Notation) data-interchange format. Can it successfully do that, today?

The iPhone does support PUSH IMAP for email. I use it everyday.

I've been a big proponent of smartphone technology for a long time, and have been chasing the 'perfect smartphone' for a while. Specifically, I've been hooked on using Windows Smartphone devices, because of the seamless integration with Outlook and the resulting automatic synchronization of all my contacts, calendar entries, tasks, notes, and e-mail over the air. And my favorite Smartphone so far was the Cingular/AT&T 8525. To meet a new business partner on the road, enter their contact details into the smartphone, and find the same person automatically in Outlook when you get back to the office is simply great - same goes for calendar entries.