If Apple wants to unmuddy the mobile contract landscape the wat they appear to want to improve the phone they might consider clarifying cost structure:

- unlocked gsm cash purchase - financing for those that prefer such - pay as you go option

Let the uncontracted carriers outside the USA fight it out & actually compete on a fee for services basis rather than the current obfuscating mix of variable airtime, subsidized phone & 'network access' fees...

Now I can play

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/boomshine

while I am driving home!

Isn't it actually more likely that the video input for the ad is "faked", because it would be pretty difficult to film this device in real time usage? Thus the real input is from a desktop system, and its not surprising that such would have the Flash plug-in.

On the other hand, it shouldn't be all that surprising anyway, because Flash is handled by core services in MacOS X.

I think it's unlikely to be a fake. If you watch closely, you can see things like the number of unread email messages (9) change to an (8) as the user opens an email. Looks like the real deal to me......

The screen is probably not fake. Most (if not all) advertisements with simulated screens on computers etc. include a disclaimer.

However, it may simply be that iPhone's Safari includes streamlined ways of dealing with content it can't handle, replacing it with a preview rather than an ugly error message.

The definitive answer is...it's real. Apple have posted it on their website. Go take a looksee http://www.apple.com/iphone/ads/

I think given the content of the ads, it'd be a bit ironic and unlikely, not to mention illegal vis-a-vis false advertising, if the iPhone's browser were to be watered down. Yes, I know Steve originally said "no flash"...but maybe he was meaning the camera!

the best thing they can do here is let you off the hook for an early plan change - at these prices, another penalty would be the dealbreaker for me. i'd get the low end one tomorrow if i didnt have to pay the upgrade / penalty fee.

Why is this big news? If the iPhone is running OS X and safari, and safari now handles flash, why is it surprising that the iPhone would handle flash? You'd expect it to work with Quicktime, right?

BTW, to geobunny, I didn't realize Steve-o said "No flash". But it seems more likely that's for the limited camera on the thing then for web support (and Flash is used heavily on a lot of sites, and it would be hard to say its a full-featured browser without support for some plug-ins.)

And, more importantly, and more sign of the mysterious 12th app????? Because we know it couldn't have been a slip-up in the ads, using an older picture or phone OS, but that Apple was trying to hide something but, for some reason, let the advertisers get a hold of the phone with the mysterious app anyway.

And how come no one's here being an a** and complaining about how the add talks about the "internet", but should say "world wide web". Someone raised a ruckus over this on AppleInsider!

But to handle the iPhone voicemail involves some server stuff at ATTingular that other carriers won't have, so you lose the 'visual voicemail' feature if you use a different carrier (though probably not while roaming data, I suspect it's some form of IMAPS, given that most decent IP phone systems will present voicemail over IMAP or as forwarded attachments).

Given that I have at least 1 year left with tmobile and a Nokia E70 with a little new-tech smell left on it, I think I shall wait for the higher-capacity iPhone with builtin GPS and a landscape touchscreen keyboard..

Testudo, it's entirely possible that I'm wrong and I would love for that to be the case, but for some reason it's in my head beside the part where Steve said it wouldn't support Java either.