Many Apple fans are eagerly awaiting the July 11 release of the new iPhone, including tech-obsessed geek Benjamin Higginbotham of Eden Prairie. I spent some time with him and his wife, Cariann, on Tuesday for an article about their SpaceVidcast. His iPhone rang during the interview and, just as happened when I called him once, he couldn’t hear the caller.  It seems his iPhone’s casing is cracked and the thing is on the fritz. Ben really wants that new iPhone.

I have to confess that I have no need for an iPhone, but I still got a kick out of Retrevo’s “7 Reasons why the new iPhone 3G sucks.” 

“This is the iPhone that all the late adopters have been waiting for,” the author says. “It promised to address the deficiencies of the first generation iPhone, but does it really?”

He then goes on to list the seven reasons why it doesn’t:

• Too expensive, at $1,000 a year for service and expenses.
• GPS locates but doesn’t offer turn-by-turn directions.
• Can’t be tethered to a laptop
• Still no cut and paste.
• Poor 2MP camera.
• No stereo Bluetooth.
• Many other problems, such as no Flash player for rich media and no replaceable battery.

His conclusion? “So it’s not perfect but it’s still the coolest smartphone out there and I still want one.”

Ben, is that you?

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