There’ve been a few big-scale reviews of the iPhone by the past week or so, and I wanted to take some duration to flag a few up that I enjoyed reading.  Ars Technica have posted up their magna-opus and are sending some pretty serious love Apple’s way with an 8 out of 10 rating.  Don’t get me wrong, they’re not all positive - most frustrating to them seem to be the lockdowns and surprising omissions, like the choice of sole AT&T availability, the lack of MMS and its refusal to sync wirelessly: 

“The lack of (real) Exchange support irks us on a $600 device, the ringer/alert volume issue is foolish, the inability to use it as a modem via Bluetooth

or any other method is irritating, and third-party application support is weak. We plus feel as though Apple really forgot the spit and polish on the mail application”

But to get that high score the iPhone has to come through in the end, and as in so many other reviews it’s the general experience of using the handset and, in specific, the way it handles the Web that earns it so much love:

“It is, without a doubt, the best mobile browser in existence, period. It’s innovative, its page renders are beautiful, and it’s only going to get better with more support”

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Original post by Chris Davies