Tech crowd reaction to the iPhone

Browsing through my 400+ feeds (yuk) I find my part of the tech crowd's echo chamber resonates with posts complaining about the iPhone's lack of 3G, lack of third-party apps, lack of VoIP, too expensive etc. Interesting enough, most of the guys complaining still want one. That's the reality distortion field at its best. Plus, I remember the tech-savvy crowd bashing a certain mp3 player for not having enough features a few years ago....