“what groundbreaking functionality did the iPhone bring that was not present already?”
Hey iPhone has Cut and Paste... Oh wait that wasn’t until version 3.0. My Blackberry 7290 had that 5 years ago.
Hey iPhone can play music... Oh wait my Blackberry Curve can do that using a similar interface from Miutunes and my 16 gig SDHC Micro SD card.
Hey the iPhone can link up to Exchange for corporate email... Well some of the time. Requires lots of configuration... Drains the battery if you push too often... Is not secure... and frequently blows its brains out and requires setting it up again. My Blackberry rusn for three days on a charge. I get Email on my Blackberry before it pops in to my desktop Outlook.
Hey the iPhone has a built in camera... Yeah so does my Blackberry - 3.2 megapixels
Hey the iPhone has a video camera... Yep ditto my Blackberry
Hey the iPhone has GPS... Yep dito my Blackberry curve. GPS with turn by turn nav.
Hey the iPhone can connect to Wifi... Ditto my Blackberry Curve.
Hey the iPhone has an iFart app so you can make farting noises... Okay you got me there. No farting app for the Blackberry.
Different devices for different people. My company will provide you with either an iPhone or Blackberry your choice. 16 people carry Blackberries and 2 people carry iPhones. The one’s that carry iPhone spend and inordinate amount of time buying with and playing with applications and they have 10 times the trouble tickets that Blackberries have.
As far as Microsoft... Microsoft makes a smart phone???
You said — As far as Microsoft... Microsoft makes a smart phone???
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Ummm..., that’s the trouble... Microsoft doesn’t know how to “make” anything... LOL...