Reviews in papers, any papers, are just opinion, not journalism per se. There is very little factual about liking or disliking a product, it's all subjective to what the reviewer thinks is important in the product he's looking at. Further, you can write these things any way you please, including all the bells and whistles you want, or no-frills as you like as a writer, the only fault you can really make is to invent details that don't exist. I approach all reviews with the same method I approach Op-ed's, dear abby-style columns and other stuff you find sandwiched into newspapers: With a healthy sense of skepticism.

I have no idea why this article or subby has it in for the NYT, opinion columns are found in every paper on the planet, and tech reviewers tend to be gushy early-adopter technogeeks everywhere you look.

/waiting for credible word-of-mouth on iphone to kick in.