Many people would be disappointed by a phone who's battery life is half gone in a day, but it's better than my crappy old Sprint Motorola Q. I really hated that phone, but apparently the newer version are much more solid (according to my CEO). Now those old Motorola StarTacs were solid phones. However, back then phones were simpler and were mainly just for phone calls on the road.
The thing that I love about the iPhone is that it offers a fair number of features while still remaining simple and easy-to-use. It's the iPhone's touch-screen user interface that does it for me. People can always argue that the iPhone lacks this or that, such as a removable battery or memory expansion slot, but I can deal with those shortcomings because I'm able to do everything faster on the iPhone.
I recently also got my work's Cisco VPN connection configured on the iPhone. It was very easy to setup once I got the correct group secret password from our IT guy. Interestingly, the VPN connection seems to more reliably connect on my phone than my computer (I'm guessing it's because of Vista). Setting up the VPN configuration was one of the last things I wanted to do with the phone, and I think I'm set to do whatever I want with this handy little device now.
Now I just hope that Apple and AT&T continue to work towards resolving the 3G issues. While in Berkeley yesterday afternoon, I was able to get great 3G coverage and browsing the web on the phone was a breeze. I was actually surprised at the speeds I had (~800Kbps down).
Only other thing that would be really nice for iPhone users is copy/paste functionality. I found this article interesting, it's about how Apple had touch-screen copy/paste 15-years ago: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/07/apple-solved-touchsc.html.
