First of all, I want to take this time to thank the people at Sprint, who had to change my account around, and play with the calendar, so that I would be able to get the EVO 4G on launch day.  John and Jackie, I am looking at you. So thank you.

I have been playing with my Evo since Friday, almost nonstop. I won't belabor you with an extended review, because other people have done much better than I could ever dream of doing. Let me just say, this phone has done something remarkable. It has lived up to my expectations. But like I said there are people who have reviewed this phone much better than I can, and have come to the conclusion that this is a great piece of hardware. I couldn't agree more. So now let's talk about the iPhone.

Today we saw the official unveiling of the iPhone 4 at the WWDC.  And its…disappointing?  I sat here at my keyboard stuck looking for a word that best describes how I feel about this new device.  

Because of all the leaks, nothing was really surprising. The front facing camera, the new design, the larger battery, the higher resolution screen. All of these things have been seen online before today's reveal. We can't even fault Gizmodo, because all the Vietnamese leaks actually revealed more than theirs did.

After googles Keynote a few weeks ago, people were mocking the failed demos and how the presenters had to ask the attendees to shut down their WiFi. It has to be said, that Apple did not plan well for a failed WiFi setup. I was listening to a pirated stream of the keynote, and Steve Jobs was visibly (well audibly) annoyed the technical problems that they had. I don't want to be in the meeting where they rip apart the person who was in charge of that.

Now to the hardware, again slightly disappointing. I'm looking at my EVO 4G, and thinking to myself "what does the new iPhone do that this phone doesn't?"  I love how Engadget and TechCrunch have both put up direct comparisons between that Evo and the iPhone. It really does feel that the iPhone is playing catch-up now.

The two main I guess you could call them advantages of the new iPhone are the gyroscope and the very high resolution screen. But to be honest, it's not that much better than my EVO's.  Let's take a look at the numbers, shall we.

For comparison, I added the MacBook.

The other specs, are not so much important. They cost the same, and essentially do the same.  Yes, the iPhone has iMovie mobile built-in, but that's a fair trade I think for being able to do whatever I'd like with my phone.

I'm not going to say that Apple has lost its edge, but with the iPad release and this new iPhone, I don't see Apple innovating as much as they used to. Yes the industrial design is gorgeous, and it is quite lust worthy, but I don't think it's at all better than my EVO.  

Oh and one more thing, my phone can do two-way video calls already, on WiFi, 3G, and 4G.