So it’s real. And it looks like a wet dream of a phone. Let’s see, how does it compare to my previous list of must-haves and would-like-to-haves?

Bluetooth + WiFi

Yep, it’s got this. And 2.0 EDR at that. To top it off, Apple will also offer a Bluetooth headset that, at first blush, is quite small and sexy. This is a must-have that is quickly becoming standard on most cell phones. It has WiFi too! Gah!

Sync Support

Well, duh. Apple would be insane not to do this, and though Apple is many things, it is not insane. I expect full support for Address Book, iCal, iTunes, and iPhoto.

Google Maps

Yep, and it seems to even have GPS support! Maybe Apple got Cingular to pull its head out of its ass and support this feature. From what I understand GSM networks have technical issues with this, but it is technically possible to do it on GSM. Google Maps on the iPhone looks even sexier than the one on Google’s website.

Email

POP (Gmail, etc) and IMAP (corporate, .edu) support. Will we see push email like Blackberry? I bet we will.

Web Browsing

As a web developer I would like to have frequent access to the internet, and the iPhone will do this extremely well. It has Safari with zooming via two-finger pinching.

The Rest

It’s also a video iPod, so you can play movies, tv shows, music, etc. It looks truly amazing. So it sounds awesome, but guess how much it costs! It’s only $499 for 4GB! Wow, that’s… uh.. expensive. Damn it!