The Perfect Storm: Apple Hacks the Hackers

peter deacon writes: Is the iPhone the next Segway, the next Zune, or the next iPod? The Perfect Storm offers some secret iPhone details that aren't really a secret, but are lost upon the analysts and journalists cranking out hit pieces on the iPhone. Why is everyone from Gartner to Gizmodo calling for a boycott of the iPhone? It's all connected with a worry that open platforms will level the playing field too much. An interesting take on how Apple's new mobile phone will push to open up the web as a mobile platform for every mobile device on the market with a standards-based browser, and how Apple hacked the hackers by releasing Safari for Windows in advance of its new phone.