Prada’s phone is as close to the iPhone as you’ll get. Everything is done with a tap of your finger. No buttons, essentially, to work with. Once you get beyond the looks, though, you’ll face up to a major cell decision: do you REALLY like that? In my case, it’s starting to feel like a no. There’s something to the tactile feel of a standard cell. Even with a flat panel like RAZR you still get a feel for the numbers you’re dialing. Not so here. You need to double check everything. Odds are you’ve made at least one mistake. And getting to a keyboard after you’ve dialed (as in punching in your voice mail password) is a task. Makes you wonder if touch screen really will totally overtake sliders, clamshells and candybars.

For now, iPhone is scheduled to come out in less than a month. I need to see myself it the feeling with iPhone is the same.