So...techRivet doesn't really review gadgets all that much, it's not the raison d’être of the site.  But even we here at the vast world headquarters of techRivet.com get sucked into the hype.

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For it appears that the truth may live up to the hype and let me tell you that would be amazing.  Walt Mossberg the mavin for all gadget-dom has come out with a largely lauditory review.

The two worries about the device prior to launch were:

1. The screen-as-keyboard
2. The slower network

Walt says the keyboard is a "non-issue".  Check off one.

He then says that the slower network may be a problem as you move about outside, but inside the iPhone seemlessly picks up wifi networks.  Half-check.

But the statement that got me was this one:
"It is certainly the most beautiful and the most radical smart-phone or handheld computer I have ever tested!" - Walt Mossberg

I for one welcome our new iPhone overlords

I have believed from the day it was announced that REGARDLESS of its actual real world capabilities the iPhone was going to be a smash.  There was no way it wouldn't be.  But now it appears that Apple has done it and is poised, poised only mind you, to do to the cell phone market what it did to the mp3 player market.

It will be fascinating to see what the world of the phone will look like in 5 years.

...and no I am not participating in link whoredom, how dare you say so.