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(Unverified)Sep 4th 2007 4:27PM
I am a somewhat-recent 770 owner as well, and let me remind people of one important stat that gets glazed over: CPU speed.
770: 252 MHz
800: 350 MHz
iPhone: 620 MHz (!)
Especially on the 770, you can feel the difference in processing speed. Waiting 20-30 seconds for some apps to start certainly isn't going to ruin your day, but when doing the same thing (web browsing, reading email) takes low single-digit seconds on your desktop/laptop, you notice. I haven't used an iPhone, so I'm not sure if Apple is using those extra cycles wisely (or just piling on the eye candy), but I have to imagine it feels more responsive. I like my 770, but I had to come to terms with its PDA-like response time, i.e. not fast.
Just be aware that you make the usual decision between a polished commercial product and an "open" product geared to hackers: slower, uglier, and customizable, or faster, prettier, and sealed up tight. Oh, and of course the iPhone is like 20 times more expensive (literally, when you figure in the cost of the contract).