Pardon the consumer fetishism for a moment, but we’re watching MacWorld and we’re just a teensy bit stoked.

O! Mine freaking God: It’s an iPod. It’s a phone. It’s a Blackberry. And when you touch it, evolution accelerates:

Launch date: June in the US, Q4 2007 Europe, 2008 Asia. Canada? What, is that like, a country or something? No word. Bastards.

Edit: Okay, so unnamed Rogers execs are saying that Rogers will be offering the device. However, you’ll be paying their usurious data plan fees to use it. Just be careful and read their novel redefinition of ‘unlimited’ before signing on the dotted line.

Edit edit: And the first review is in: The virtual keyboard is lame. The NYT’s David Pogue writes: “The iPhone is not, however, a BlackBerry killer. The absence of a physical keyboard makes it versatile, but also makes typing tedious… Instead of raised alphabet keys, you get virtual keys on the screen. They’re fairly small, and of course you can’t feel them. So typing is slow going, especially for the fat of finger.” He’s keen, however, on the autocorrection feature. Bearing in mind that Apple has six months to improve the interface, we’re not ready to write off its potential to be a consumer-market Berry-beater. But it appears one should try before they buy.