As the world awaits on this iPhone eve, I feel compelled to at least say something. I have been pretty quiet about this phone. I reluctantly posted something about it when it was first announced. It looks damn cool. It's also damn expensive. So let's take a look at all the things your $500+ (and 2 year contract) doesn't get you.

The iPhone will not have:

• Songs as Ringtones
• Games
• Any flash support
• Instant Messaging
• Picture messages (MMS)
• Video recording
• Voice recognition or voice dialing
• Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Streaming (A2DP)
• 3G (EV-DO/HSDPA)
• GPS
• A real keyboard
• Removable battery
• Expandable Storage
• Direct iTunes Music Store Access (Over Wi-Fi or EDGE)

Not that I really care about having Akon as my ringtone…but you would think the innovator of the digital music player would be able to incorporate customized rings. Right? Doesn't that one just seem…well…dumb? No games, hmm… I guess with the price they feel like they are marketing this at the biz crowd, but still games are fun while waiting for meetings to begin. Cell phone batteries die as often as gold fish, I wonder what Apple plans to do in 6 months when half of these units are "dead?" I won't get started about the lack of GPS, that's just silly and will most likely being integrated in the next version. The one lacking feature that makes this phone a deal-breaker, MMS. The inability to snap a pic and send it to my friends (or enemies) at $500 (for the 5GB) and $100 per month makes me happy I bought my Motorola Ming.