CNET Top 5: Reasons to hate the iPhone Video

CNET Top 5: Reasons to hate the iPhone Video Transcript

Welcome to CNET Top 5, where each time we meet we count down another hot CNET list. I'm Tom Merritt. Everybody's making a big stink about the iPhone 3G. It'll save us all. It's the best thing since...well the last iPhone. Is this all making you sick? We have the palliative to settle your stomach Let's count down the Top 5 reasons to hate the iPhone 3G At No. 5, no voice dialing. My Samsung phone in 2000 had voice dialing. This thing can supposedly play you Beatles music, track your stocks, navigate you to Pittsburgh, and play Super Monkey Ball but it can't voice dial!? Fail! Coming in at No. 4, no cut and paste. The BlackBerry lets you cut and paste. The Treo lets you cut and paste text. But if I want to take a bit of text from a Web browser and paste it into an e-mail I have to memorize it. No other option. Up to No. 3, you can't use it as a modem. It's 3G. It has Bluetooth. Now a lot of phones shut you out on this, but often you can pay to tether your phone to your laptop. Others just let you do it. iPhone? No way. Not even if you have all the money in the world. Sliding in at No. 2. No multimedia messaging. So I take a photo with the decent 2-megapixel camera but how do I shoot it off to Aunt Betty? By e-mail! Because you can't attach pictures to a text message. Because the iPhone thinks it's 1999 apparently. Before we get to No. 1, let's check in on a few downers about the new iPhone that didn't make the top list. Those coverage gaps are bad for traveling or living in them. All right. The hating is almost done. Let's get to our No. 1 and then we can all love again. The biggest reason to hate the iPhone 3G is... It's all locked up baby! Unless you're in Italy or a country that requires unlocked phones by law, you cannot use the iPhone on anything but approved 3G networks such as AT&T in the U.S. or O2 in the U.K. So get to jailbreaking my hackery friends if you wanna choose your cell phone provider. Well That's it for this edition of CNET Top 5. If the negativity's getting you down, be sure to check out our Top 5 reasons to love the iPhone 3G. It's much happier. I'm Tom Merritt. See you next time.