I wouldn’t say trash.

For the record, it let you read the same web pages as a desktop computer over WiFi. It had a usable mapping app and good music app.

The rest of the experience, stuff like alarms, calculator, address book, etc. also worked nicely.

Those turned out to be things no one else was offering. I had a Nokia N95 at the time and the original iPhone was a big improvement on everything except the camera.