Apple waves its wand, again with the iPhone

David Pogue of the New York Times writes more on Apple Inc.'s iPhone. He says it is not so much of a review, but a preview since he only got to use it for an hour:

Take the iPod features, for example. As on any iPod, scrolling through your lists of songs and albums is a blast — but there’s no scroll wheel. Instead, you flick your finger on the glass to send the list scrolling freely, according to the speed of your flick. The scrolling spins slowly to a stop, as though by its own inertia. The effect is both spectacular and practical, because as the scrolling slows, you can see where you are before flicking again if necessary.

The same flicking lets you flip through your photos or album covers as though they’re on a 3-D rack. All of this — photos, music collection, address book, podcasts, videos and so on — gets synched to the iPhone from Apple’s iTunes software running on a Mac or Windows PC, courtesy of the included charging/synching dock.

Movies are especially satisfying on this iPod. That’s partly because of the wide-screen orientation, and partly because the screen is so much bigger (3.5 inches) and sharper (160 pixels per inch) than on other iPods. The iPhone can get onto the Internet in two ways: using Wi-Fi, at least when you’re in the presence of a wireless hot spot, or using Cingular’s disappointingly slow Edge network.

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