Letting go of the Trumpets: A Week with the iPhone

in discussing the iPhone with Dan Benjamin a couple of days ago, at one point I mentioned it was "like someone assembled the finest orchestra the world, but decided to leave out the trumpets".

Given such an orchestra, one can come away with either of the following reactions:

a) "Wow, what an absolutely fantastic orchestra."

b) "Uhhh, where are the trumpets?"

With apologies to trumpet players around the world, I find myself decidedly in camp A — sometimes appreciative of what Apple has left out of the iPhone and sometimes frustrated by it, but never losing sight of what a great device this is and what it will become in the months to follow.