iPhonely I had one

THE iPhone is a touch of class—it’s already the coolest gadget on the planet and it’s not even on sale yet.
The revolutionary touchscreen device launches on Friday and it will introduce the biggest change in mobile communication since the heavy brick became a lightweight handset.
Apple has reinvented its own clickwheel to bring us the most sophisticated fingertip browsing experience yet.
The awesome feature allows you to enlarge web pages and pictures by moving your thumb and

forefinger apart on the screen surface. To reverse the zoom, just squeeze the surface and the image will reduce in size. Tip the iPhone on its side and you get a widescreen landscape view.
Visual voice mail is also brilliant, working like a text-message folder. You can see the caller’s name or phone number and listen to the message instantly—you don’t have to call your voicemail. You can even scroll back the message like an audio or video clip to replay specific segments.
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Sadly Apple have left a few things out. You can’t send a picture message to another phone because it doesn’t support MMS. And you can’t share songs via Bluetooth. You get songs and videos by downloading from iTunes or “sideloading” from your computer. Streaming is not included because there’s no 3G. And if you want to change the sim card or battery, you have to send the iPhone back to Apple.
But everyone who sees an iPhone wants one. You’ll have to fork out £269 for the handset and switch to an O2 network with a minimum £35 a month contract, which includes 200 minutes, 200 texts and unlimited data and wi-fi browsing.
Other phone makers will race to catch up with Apple’s new touch-screen interface, but there are some devices that offer similar and sometimes better functions.
Turn to GadgiTs in the News of the World today on Page 57 for a rundown of some of the best.