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[tomm]

I intend to buy an iPhone after 2.0 is debugged

2.1 is being seeded now.

[WinLoseOrDraw]

Is iSynch without MobileMe reliable between the iPhone and a Mac?

Yes! Even to the point of dumping a lot of "sync" material onto an external drive, swapping computers, and having the relevant apps point to the material on the external drives.

There is some kind of strange interaction when you update an App through the phone and then sync back to iTunes, but it just seems confused, doesn't appear to be any damage.

Other than that, it's pretty much perfect.

[WinLoseOrDraw]

I should probably have added...there are definitely stability issues with the current release. The thing does have a tendency to crash - some of the apps crash A LOT (eg Safari) - and there are inexplicable slowdowns where some of the default apps (Contacts, Maps) slow to a crawl.

In the two weeks since launch I've had maybe three times when the thing went completely unresponsive - wouldn't even power down or reset with the external button - which caused a bit of a concern because there's no way to remove the battery and force a cold restart. One time I got it back by repeatedly trying to sync, another time it stayed that way until the battery went dead, then revived after a couple attemps at syncing.

Also the touchscreen interface - if you've used a Touch, you may have some adjustments to make, because the screen/UI on the phone is not nearly as responsive as on the Touch.