There are some things that most people dont understand. Wifi (in or out) is decided upon primarily by the CARRIER; its not as though Palm doesnt want Wifi or cant do it (the T|X and LifeDrive do it, right; think about it). And BT 2.0 and size will all be addressed, of course. Once Apple gets into this insane carrier-based world, things will get mighty complicated - I suspect that dealing with one carrier (Cingular) will be painful enough.
Marc
I think that is for the most part, incorrect.
The reason why the PalmOS Treo's don't support wifi is because of PalmOS's inability to multitask. It can't handle a cellular radio and a wifi radio at the same time. WM on the other hand, can multitask pre-emptively, allowing for wifi and cellular radios to operate at the same time. The Palm PDA's do not have a cellular radio an thus they can operate the wifi radio.
The reason why the WM Treos don't have wifi is because Palm is slow to advance their hardware. Most other higher end (and even some basic ones) WM phones (Some that even cost less than the 700w| wx and 750) have wifi. Palm could have put it in, but they chose not to. Maybe because of cost (I doubt adding wifi can be that expensive), or because they felt it wasn't necessary. Or maybe they're just plain lazy, who knows?
IMO, I don't think the carriers have such a big say as to whether the device gets wifi or not, especially if the device isn't exclusive to that carrier. Not to mention that every major carrier has other phones that have wifi on them, so there's no reason why they'd suddenly say "Yea, the 6700, Dash, SDA and MDA/8125 can have wifi, but the Treo 700w|wx and 750 can't, or we won't sell them".
As for Palm and BT 2.0, I think we'll see that happening whenever BT 3.0 or 4.0 is out. Like I said, Palm is a bit slow to advance on their hardware, and they're certainly not known for having the best bluetooth.....
In regards to the iPhone, I don't think it was wise for Apple to make it Cingular exclusive. The thing about he iPod that made it sucesssful was that everybody could use it. Mac, PC, and even Linux (with 3rd party programs). There aren't many requirements you have to fulfill in order to fully utilize an iPod. But with the iPhone, you HAVE to be a Cingular customer, which already locks out millions of people, unless they want to switch, which isn't an option for a large percentage of those millions of people.
Once you get past the Cingular exclusivity, then comes the fact that there's no CDMA version (or at least none has been announced), which locks out Sprint, Verizon, MetroPCS, Altel, and other CDMA carriers.
Next, the price of the iphone. The 4GB version is $500 with a 2 year contract. I don't think most people are gonna go for that. And without a contract, it's even more expensive.
The iPhone looks ok to me so far (I don't see what's so thrilling about it yet), but I think the price, Cingular exclusivity, and lack of a CDMA counterpart will hold it back from saturating the market to it's full potential.
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