Business & Technology | iPhone has the answers, and that's the problem | Seattle Times Newspaper

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Apple's iPhone, which went on sale nine months ago, isn't the only smartphone that provides itinerant access to the Web. But its wide screen and top-quality browser make it easy to use and read, which means it can in seconds change a lighthearted conversation into the pursuit of truth.

"It's turned me from a really annoying know-it-all into an incredibly annoying know-it-all, with the Internet to back me up," said Sadum, a technology writer in Denver. "It's not a social advantage."

Business & Technology | iPhone has the answers, and that's the problem | Seattle Times Newspaper