iPhone: Big Dummy Among Smart Phones

Let's just come out with it: The iPhone is still terrible.

Despite improvements in the new 3GS model of Apple's(AAPL Quote) flagship toy, the iPhone's nagging flaws have kept it a slow learner among smart phones. Blame Apple for refusing to let users change batteries or take flash photos. Blame AT&T(T Quote) for soaking users in more than $1,000 of annual data-plan costs to use a network so flimsy that, in parts of New York, shouting is a more reliable form of communication.

But, before doing so, turn the mirror on yourself and your love of silhouetted indie-pop commercials and time-sucking applications that are the technological equivalent of shiny, jangling keys. ...