Like most Mac addicts and lovers I have been waiting for the iPhone to hit the Maltese shores. Well, it has finally happened... however, with one major flaw. We still have no iTunes Account. Frankly, I think that without an iTunes store account we cannot use half of the iPhone's potential since we cannot buy apps from the App Store. I have used a first generation iPhone in the past, and I decided to get rid of it because unlocking, jailbreaking and downloading fixes was too much of a hassle, the visual voicemail was not active, and I was not happy with the lack of some of the most basic phone features such as SMS message forwarding. So I figured I'd wait until it is officially available in Malta to be able to fully benefit from the features. Apart from the fact that version 2.0 did not introduce the SMS message forwarding, the iPhone still lacks some basic features which are standard in the most ordinary of mobile phones. I cannot understand why Apple is not seeing this. Another major flaw in my opinion is that the Notes on the iPhone do not sync with the Notes on your Apple Mail and iCal. This had caused me a great deal of confusion when I was using the iPhone since I would have loads of Notes which I inserted on the iPhone while I was on the go, and then they do not sync to Apple Mail or iCal.
The lack of an iTunes store account in Malta has convinced me that it is still not the right time to buy the iPhone. With all the money you pay to purchase the iPhone, it is still too expensive when you consider the number of limitations it has. For the same price I'd get a top notch Nokia which can sync beautifully with the Mac.
What do you people think?
