iPhone Passion

Via TUAW (the unofficial Apple Blog) we hear that Andi Ihnatko from Chicago Sun Times has been playing a bit with the real iPhone. Here are, briefly, some of his insights:
1. the touchscreen works great, but it’s skin-sensitive: won’t work with gloves, nor with screen protectors.
2. the virtual keyboard seems to work great, despite what some critics would expect:

After 30 seconds, I was already typing faster with the iPhone than I ever have with any other phone. I suspect that true e-mail demons will need to adapt to the lack of tactile feedback, though.

3. the iPhone software will be most probably be available on iTunes, and only Apple partner developers will be allowed to create it. This is directly answering everyone’s questions. (though not all of them - I’m still curious if iPhone Widgets will be installable from the net)
4. the iPhone widgets are NOT Dashboard Widgets, though they have some part in common.
5. the OS is the stripped-down Leopard (OSX 10.5), and the cool animation effects we’ve seen on the keynote are made via Core Animation.
6. no Flash plugin for now. Damn!