iPhone Revolution
This column was written by CBS News Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith.
The iPhone goes on sale today, and I've had a chance to check it out myself.
The folks from Apple let us play show-and-tell with it on The Early Show — and, I must confess, it's pretty cool. The iPhone can do a lot of things, including play music and video like an iPod. It can roam the Internet. It gets you YouTube and, yes, it can take and make calls.
I was most surprised by the picture quality of the screen. It's way better than anything I've seen before. The keyboard is virtual and is a tad small, so typing was slow. But they say you get better after a week or two.
I'm not sure what the iPhone is, exactly. It's definitely the next … whatever it is — and a million miles removed from the first portable phone I ever carried. Twenty years ago, they came in a Halliburton case and weighed about 25 pounds. Back then the future was clunky and not very reliable. This seems better.
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By Harry Smith