H> Battery life
H> Yes, the iPhone has a longer rated talk time than many other smart
H> phones, but in our CNET lab tests, we've had quite a few devices give us
H> that much juice or more. The Cingular 8525, the I-mate Jaq, and Nokia's
H> N95, E61, and E62 each had eight hours of talk time battery life; the
H> RIM BlackBerry Curve and the Sony Ericsson P990i went for 8.5 hours; the
H> T-Mobile Wing offered 9 hours; and the Nokia N73 lasted 9.5 hours.

H> Yet the iPhone could surpass all of the above.

Isn't it remarkable that first there go descriptions of all these whistles -
music, and internet, and video camera, etc., but then battery life is
measured by talk time. How about listening/surfing/shooting time? or they
know that after the brief period of excitment, the whistles are naturally
forgotten and 99.9% of the users are back to talking-only?

Seriously, I wonder, are there many cellphone users who on regular basis use
the phone for anything but talking? I occasionally shoot a photo, once in a
month perhaps, but I don't recall myself using organizer, calculator, voice
memo, and so on. Once you recall it's there, the thought is "cool, I should
be using it more", but somehow it never materializes. Wondering, is others'
usage much different?

regards