And yes, I know that this opinion is not popular on a site as conservative as slashdot
you must be new here, I'm a moderate but slashdot is pretty far from conservative
The game changer of the iPhone wasn't features. It was UI and updates. Prior to iPhone, you typically would never receive software updates for your phone. After all, why bother, it doesn't sell more phones. The opposite, even. Bug frustration was a reason why people would "upgrade" by buying new phone whenever they hit the end of the contract period.
Apple was big enough to force the phone companies to allow updates to happen.
Well except for Blackbery, Symbian, and Windows Mobile huh?
My third son went from talking and acting normal to non-verbal for years around the time of his 2 years vaccines. Now, it's likely coincidence.
Likely?
Variables don't; constants aren't.