WALT MOSSBERG TRIED THE IPHONE FOR TWO WEEKS and liked it pretty well. And to my surprise, the lack of tactile feedback didn’t matter to him: “The iPhone’s most controversial feature, the omission of a physical keyboard in favor of a virtual keyboard on the screen, turned out in our tests to be a nonissue, despite our deep initial skepticism. After five days of use, Walt — who did most of the testing for this review — was able to type on it as quickly and accurately as he could on the Palm Treo he has used for years.”

On the other hand, there’s a major drawback: you’re stuck with AT&T cell service.

UPDATE: Reader Zachary Bennett emails: “what’s wrong with AT&T cell service?”

Possibly nothing, but you don’t get a choice. I’d have to quit my contract with U.S. Cellular, for example, to buy an iPhone.