After years of prodding from friends ("What? A techie like you doesn''t have an iPhone???") I finally broke down and bought one- the top of the line, with all the bells and whistles, and the maximum memory. It''s a bit of a hit to the pocketbook, but I thought the payoff would be in portability and the computing power. And for the most part, I''ve been pleased with it. I love how it shares data with my iMac and iPad. But I do have some issues.It''s certainly amazing how Apple has managed to cram all that computing power and battery life into such a tiny package, but they''ve done so at the expense of ruggedness and battery life. The first purchase I made for mine was an Otterbox Defender, and the second, an auxiliary battery and a second charging cord for in-car use. The case, because I can just see dropping this wand watching $849 turn into several ounces of inert plastic, glass and silicon, and the cord and battery because compared to the cell phones I''ve been using, this phone is a real power hog. While it gets a lot of oohs and aaahs for its tiny packaging, it would be nice if they made it a bit thicker and doubled the battery capacity. It would be even nicer if they made a ruggedized version with extended battery life; I''m thinking of spending another $99 and buying a Morphie case with a built-in battery.I would have also like to see Apple provide better tools for importing data from an older technology cell phone. The use of the nano-SIM means that this was the first phone I has where I couldn''t simply slide the card out of one phone and into the next. It also means that I can''t quickly switch to a back-up phone if this one suffers a failure and needs repair or replacement.So yes, an impressive phone and impressive technology. But not quite as practical as I''d hoped.Two week Update:As the novelty has work off, and I''m no longer checking it every few minutes just because of the novelty of it all, I find that the battery life is much better than I''d thought as first. But I''m still keeping a charger at bedside, a charging cord in my car, and a small back-up battery in my parka. I''m also finding more useful apps for it- even after having used an iPod Touch and an iPad for years. In fact, I''m starting to realize tha Apple has now successfully locked me into the iPhone.... forever. Sneaky, Apple. Very sneaky.