Beautiful device (the 8GB version). Met and exceeded most of my expectations.
-Activation. For me, painless, less than 5 minutes. Too bad there are some fairly widespread issues out there, but with an estimated 500,000 units sold since 6pm ET, that equates to roughly one activation every 3 seconds. I’m really surprised there weren’t more issues.
-Needs cut/past functionality.
-Needs more ringtone options. The default selection are fun and whimsical, but including a few more that could be ‘sanitary’ enough for the workplace would have been nice. As it is, I’m using Marimba.
-EDGE isn’t as slow as I was anticipating based on some of the complaints prior to launch. It isn’t EVDO, but it isn’t a 56k modem either.
-On screen keyboard gets easier with practice. I can one finger hunt-n-peck pretty quick and my thumbing skills are improving.
-Disappointed by the lack of drag and drop music/video transfer in iTunes. To the best of my knowledge, everything has to be done via the syncing interface for the device in iTunes.
-Disappointed by the lack of ability to use the phone like a portable drive.
-Games. Where are the frickin’ games already?
-Maps, Photos, Camera, iPod Functionality, YouTube, Safari, Phone quality. All beautiful and excellent.
-If you are thinking about the 4GB, spend the extra hundy for the 8GB.