[techweenie]

LOL.

It's a bit more than a 'phone' and a bit less than the Second Coming. But it's hardly the "Mac guys" that are delirious over it. AAPL is up about 18% more or less and RIM and Palm are down, so maybe there's something there.

It's worth it to watch the Jobs keynote intro of the device and not simply try to look at a list of specs.

It's long been known in the 'smart phone' market that US consumers are unwilling to learn the capabilities of their phones. So it's never been about 'what your PDA/phone can do,' but rather what consumers *will* do based on their learning curve commitment. Apple has produced something that people will use -- perhaps to 80% of its capability -- instead of the alternatives now in peoples' hands, which are used at maybe 30-40% of capability.

And for all those here who love to rag on elegance of design as being a trivial concern, go out to your garage, look at your 911 and repeat that if you can.