Update: If you look at the homepage (or sort by the iPhone category) you’ll get some more updated posts on the iPhone progress (and my success/failure at some features). 

So Macrumors.com reported the other day on some leaked Apple iPhone sales literature, highlighting the glaring disabilities of what should be the world’s most-capable phone.The largest injustice to me is the lack of support for MMS messaging (multimedia). Since I use a Blackberry, I only use MMS (in place of SMS) about one-tenth of my messaging time. Even so, my simple Blackberry supports the sending and receiving of MMS messages while the OS X, wi-fi and EDGE enabled iPhone does not. Adding insult to injury, the iPhone includes a 2mp camera!Further frustration comes from the keynote yesterday where Apple announced their “support” of developers, only to ridiculously pawn “support” as “your development will be through Ajax and Web 2.0″ as Web pages using the Safari browser.To me, that’s not application support, that’s a continuation of a browser experience on a small platform. I had high hopes for developing an OSNAP.net application that tied into the camera, the maps, and the wi-fi/EDGE capabilities, but now it appears I’m stuck in a browser environment. Shoddy if you ask me when the phone has been advertised as a full version of OS X device - a mini-Mac, if you will.Many tech-savy people I’ve spoken with about the iPhone have said they’ll wait for a version 2 of the iPhone before deciding on a purchase. It is their hopes (and mine) that Apple will make suffucient changes to the phone’s experience, and either more plan options - or ideally, more carriers - will appear.So, my recommendation: Like myself, I’d recommend you wait for a revision 2. The price may be lower, more carriers available, and some missing features may be introduced. Another good reason to wait for a revision 2? If the iPhone doesn’t get the support or saturation necessary, then you might end up with a lackluster (if not expensive) hunk of plastic that’s no longer supported by your carrier - it wouldn’t be the first time Apple or a cellphone provider dropped support for their devices.

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