Agreed. Every major feature has been around or in design/development for years, whether it's adaptive menus, touch-screen, motion and proximity sensors, and even the multi-touch and pinch-interface. See my post elsewhere: http://sanchmo.blogspot.com/2007/01/iphone-revolution-by-evolution.html.
What Apple has done (again) is bring it together into a better product. So now let the battle between Apple, LG and Samsung begin.
Yup. It'll be interesting to see how the touchscreen keyboard flys.
No kidding - in early December, I bought a Cingular 8525 which is about $150 cheaper and plays video, music, has a hi-speed internet connection, connects me to email, and also has a camera and a phone. I can put in a 1-GB card that gives me god knows how much room for "iPod" capability. I'm trying to figure out what's so special about the "iPhone" other than I would get to give Steve Jobs more money.