The iPhone has had its successful debut with long lines and huge hoopla.  This latest little miracle of advanced technological engineering takes all of the popular hi-tech gadgets in the marketplace and combines them into one sexy little package.Well done, Apple.What the iPhone does not do is to actually improve human communication.  You still get a telephone tree at the other end of the call.  As the methods of communication have improved, the ability to contact the intended recipient of the call has decreased.There was a time, not too long ago, when if you cranked (yes) your phone, you got an operator right there in your own home town.  When the callee answered, after the operator rang them, so did several other folks on your party line.  They knew the call was not for them because each phone had a distinctive ring, 1 long 2 short, or some other combination -- but they wanted to find out what was going on.  Phone calls were usually short as callers were...(Read Full Post)