iPhone hacked

Per the New York Times (by John Schwartz),

A team of computer security consultants say they have found a flaw in Apple’s wildly popular iPhone that allows them to take control of the device.

I am not one of those people smirking at those smug Apple zealots who have constantly regurgitated the mantra that “with Apple, you just don’t have the virus and security worries you have with Microsoft products …” I’m not; I’m just an 8525 guy.

iPhone vs At&t 8525: review (and beta post)

[*Update: If you are considering purchasing from Wirefly/Inphonic online (and you think their rebates look promising), you might consider it due diligence to at least review and consider: D.C. Sues InPhonic Over Rebate Restrictions; Cell phones: Poor customer support from Inphonic.com/Wirefly.com; and Ripoff Report: InPhonic. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of any of that information, HOWEVER, after my personal compliance, re-compliance, online status checks, online customer service requests, emails, and certified mail regarding a RAZR rebate (yes--it has been one phone ago), it was apparently the use of three magic words which ultimately inspired my long (many months) overdue rebate check to finally come in the mail: Better. Business. Bureau. Find info here. To be sure, the RAZR was truly great and the Cingular/AT&T service was fantastic. This customer's experience with Wirefly's ("fulfillment" by Inphonic) rebate? Well let's just say my mother taught me, "if you do not have anything nice to say, stay quiet." In that case "________" should make the point.]

So it’s July 12 and the iPhone has been in a lot of hands now for nearly two weeks: Is there now a revised (more considered) opinion?

• DennisKennedy writes: Is the iPhone ready for Business? pointing to a Business Week tech commentary on Making the iPhone Better for Business (what does that tell you) as well as a Consumer Reports write-up (noted by Dave Winer) which highlights a not-so-great (per the writer, comparable to Treo 680) call quality in the iPhone;
• ErnieTheAttorney reports on the iPhone blank screen of death (my words — homage to persistent blue-screen-of-death references by the many mac-faithful);
• FutureLawyer (a daily stop for this writer) drops a not-so-subtle hint, noting a post entitled “Fixing the iPhone“;
• {this portion is arguably not quite worthy of a full bullet, but here it is anyway: should you be part of the want-windows-function-but-with-iPhone-look crowd, the folks at Lifehacker present an iPhone knock-off skin and procedure to make your windows mobile smartphone/pocket pc look like the iPhone}; and finally,
• my revised comment (thanks Finis): My mistake — the iphone keypad does, in fact … go landscape.
• Update: Be sure to see Home Office Lawyer’s competing view on iPhone (and just as Bo knows sport, Grant most certainly knows tech), lest we forget that reasonable minds differ and that for us early-adopters anyway, how cool it feels in our hands does matter.
• Got an honest assessment of the iPhone? Say on.