ohbw
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Umm...that's a pretty poor analogy IMO.
I meant to be humorous, Count! (While, of course, suggesting that you should all take a close look at the merits of pink, rosy women).
And we can agree that no device is perfect for everyone. I don't game or IM or do a host of other things, so yes, I weight the approachability and the stability of the device above having every possible function or being able to download an encyclopedia in 22 seconds.
There's a lot more that's innovative in the iPhone than prettiness, be real.
I suspect the iPhone will meet you guys halfway in time. As I said in another post, it doesn't make any more sense for Apple to crack a secure platform wide open to just any old developer than it does for Audi to continue to warranty my car if I've chipped it with some insane hot rodder's engine management program that's likely to send valves clattering into pistons in short order. There are competing considerations at work, and Apple balances them differently than some others. For a lot of us, what we gain from that is well worth what we give up. I like having machines that never crash, and can't be infected, and that are hugely friendly to use.
Does Steve Jobs stay up at night thinking of ways to make people read about French cheeses on their iPhones rather than playing Grand Theft Auto? I don't think so. After all, who gave us the wide spectrum of downloadable music (that honors an artist's copyright, i.e., ability to eat)?