No matter what else is going on in the world today, one item is virtually guaranteed to be driving a full 1% of internet traffic today…
The debut of the iPhone.
It's beautiful, and I love the interface, but I'm not spending $500 for a phone - I prefer my trusty Nokia 3650 and Dell Axim x50v, thankyouverymuch. Besides, I've always thought that the long neglected Pocket PC platform, with a sexier interface, would be a more-than-capable competitor. Hopefully this will encourage developers, manufacturers, and carriers to get serious about the handset experience. Not only that, but the availability for an "open" phone that allows for outside development (with apps running on the internet via webapp, not "on the phone", a la Facebook's F8, will allow a diverse (and passionate) user base to compensate for any of the iPhone's real or perceived weaknesses.
While personally I'm a big fan of convergence devices, I'll take a wait-and-see for the second generation as far as the iPhone is concerned.
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