I finally got to watch Steve’s keynote at MacWorld this morning. I wanted to write about the iPhone. But since I have this tendency to deviate from everyone’s positive reaction, I made the wiser decision to watch its introduction and save myself from humiliation.

First off, the multi-touch screen isn’t a new thing. I posted a link about it before and here it is again. I’m not saying it’s not cool. People are just too amazed like it was impossible.

One thing that Jobs didn’t mention is if it’s possible to install third party applications. Widgets are a different thing. Here’s a list of applications that I want in the iPhone that Apple wouldn’t probably bother to port:

• Vim
• a PDF reader
• an SSH client
• Parallels (I’m kidding)

It looks like that this looks unlikely though. I just read that Steve doesn’t like third party apps on the iPhone. The Inquirer isn’t much of a reliable source though, so there still hope.

Another factor is that wireless internet access here isn’t that cheap. I think that mobile Internet access isn’t something worth paying for.

I do like the fact that you get a full blown browser and that you can zoom in. WAP version of websites are limiting. Wait, does it have Flash player included? The Internet isn’t fun without YouTube.

Yahoo’s Jerry Yang didn’t mention Yahoo! Messenger for the iPhone. IM on your phone would be a great replacement to SMS. Specially if mobile Internet access becomes dirt cheap.

So do I want one? Yes (provided that I can install third party apps). 8GB is too small for me though. I’m currently picturing a racing game in landscape mode with Multi-Touch and the Accelerometer.

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