On the quality of the iPhone's camera I'd been weighing up getting an iPhone for a while, ever since the new and improved 3G one launched. My existing contract with Orange featured rapacious data costs and distinctly rubbish data speeds, so the iPhone/02 combo of Exchange email, a decent mobile web browser and all-you-can-eat 3G data was tempting. A couple of things put me off: 1. The iPhone's camera looked rubbish, and I'm a big fan of mobile phone cameras -- I remember paying to upgrade my phone back in 2002 just to get one of the first phones in the UK with a camera. 2.Several people at work told me the iPhone's call quality was poor. 3. Crappy battery life. Points 2 & 3 were quickly rendered null by the fact I couldn't believe anything would be worse at these than my dreadful Samsung Windows Mobile machine... And point 1? Well, I got the iPhone a week or so ago, and it's all up and running now, synced with Exchange, hooked up to my number that I've had since the late 90s and... well the camera's ok. On the downside: * There are zero controls over it (no white balance or exposure comp) which is annoying -- although Apple could, presumably, add these in a software update. * No flash. * No video (also could possibly be fixed in software). * It's only 2 megapixel. On the plus side: * It meshes really well with the rest of the