Hi,

the New York times review also contains this quote:

"Making a call, though, can take as many as six steps: wake the phone, unlock its buttons, summon the Home screen, open the Phone program, view the Recent Calls or speed-dial list, and select a name. Call quality is only average, and depends on the strength of your AT&T signal."

It seems the device is as expected weakest function is being a phone. But as you said they still rate it as revolutionary but I have feeling that is more because of the size and design of the device rather than as a phone.

Have fun

Martin