Yesteday Steve Jobs came out with a rather neat toy - the iPhone. It's small, it's running a variant of Mac OS X, it's completely touch screen driven - given my lack of love for my Windows Mobile device, I was rather excited.

 Then the details came out - EDGE, no 3G (EDGE is conspicuous in its absence from the UK), no expansion slot (which makes the photo viewer somewhat less useful on the run) and most disappointingly, no European release until Q42007. It's also been announced at US$599 with a 2 year contract, so no doubt we'll be lucky to get it at £400 with a similar period of tie-in.

 Worst of all, Steve spent the better part of 90 minutes waxing lyrical about this, and neglected to mention anything about Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), a new iLife or iWork, or any chance of video in the iTunes store outside the US. The first is surprising, given it's aimed for a spring release, the second is a break from tradition and the third sharply drops of the usefulness of the announced AppleTV.

 All in all, less than exciting. Nothing to see here...