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Gizmodo has confirmed it, the iPhone won’t support flash player, instant messaging, voice dialing, heck it won’t even have stereo Bluetooth. We already know it doesn’t have 3G, a removable battery and extendable storage. But the lack of MMS? You can’t buy song direct from iTunes and the headset jack is proprietary. So why are all those people lining up for iPhone (see pic below) and why all those craiglists ads?

Here’s a comprehensive review from Walter Mossberg and Katherine Boehret after a two-week-long hands-on with the iphone: “… despite some flaws and feature omissions, the iPhone is, on balance, a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer. Its software, especially, sets a new bar for the smart-phone industry, and its clever finger-touch interface, which dispenses with a stylus and most buttons, works well… ” Read it here.

NYTimes David Pogue has a great photo of the iPhone (above): “The iPhone is revolutionary; it’s flawed. It’s substance; it’s style. It does things no phone has ever done before; it lacks features found even on the most basic phones.” Read it here.

Update: Watch David Pogue’s short film about iPhone after the break (hint: Pogue really likes Google Maps and the “fake GPS” on iPhone).

Update: Even if you’re a new AT&T subscriber using a subsidized phone of another brand, you can upgrade to the iPhone by adding $20. Go to AT&T iPhone FAQ page.

via gizmodo, photo: nytimes]