As the first iPhone sales are about to happen on the East Coast, we thought we'd offer a few thoughts.

A Business thought
The iPhone is an (almost) free business expander for brick and mortar retailers. The iPhone turns every shop into an internet café. Sure you can haul out your laptop in a Panera Bread Café and enjoy their free WiFi while having a meal, but short visit eateries or businesses where shoppers walk around browsing can now offer that friendly open WiFi speed boost that will draw in visitors. All the business needs is a DSL connection, and many shops already have them, and a small WiFi router to draw in the customers.

A Technical thought
Since the iPhone switches from EDGE to WiFi when it finds an open service, the iPhone is a hand held WiFi detector.

A Product Support thought
Since Apple announced yesterday that the company is giving a free 8GB iPhone to every employee and long term part timers, the iPhone becomes the first product in history that will be used daily by every employee of the company that makes it. OK maybe Coke was first, but colas don't need bug fixes and ongoing product development. A brilliant move on Apple's part, considering the implications for better quality control and faster revision cycles.

A Feature driven thought
The iPhone is the first mobile phone that is not limited to the features built into the product in the box you buy today.