Yep, it's out. And we have our hands on several. First impressions of this phone combined with Apple's new 3.0 iphone software appear to make this a solid "smartphone" system. Access to email is excellent and (as it has for some time) can connect to servers those corporations who feel Microsoft Exchange is the right way. On a side note, the iPhone has supported MAPI (Microsoft Proprietary Protocol) for email for quite some time now. So it can fit in nicely with a corporate structure.

Combined with the upcoming Snow Leopard server system, this phone can make a very strong ally to the traveling road warrior.   Snow Leopard will offer shared calendars along with Push email, which some people seem so wed to.  Shared contacts calanders are also in play.  There is lots going on if you are willing to break from the 'safe' choice and look at some very strong competitors for the server market.

Aside from the native applications there are over 50,000 available on the iTunes Application store. These applications really set this environment apart.  Everything from games to real world business applications, such as time tracking and credit card authorization systems are easily available.

Additionally, the ability to remotely wipe the phone has filtered into the consumer market.  Leveraging Apple's MobileMe system the consumer can now locate their phones and even wipe them remotely.  The process is simple and straight forward.  MobileMe  also offers realtime synchronization of contacts and calendars.  We're currently examining these features with our own Snow Leopard server.  Soon we'll know (and post) more about it.

I can personally attest to the advantage the iPhone environments effect on my professional life.  I'm clearly more productive and responsive to my clients with this phone in my pocket.