I've heard this bandwidth point before. Now that I hear how insanely out of date the rest of the technology is, I get very suspicious about the bandwidth issue. We have made great strides all kinds of radio technology. New technology may need to be adapted to increase the bandwidth. But the most important point is some info sent by radio is better than zero. Surely we can do better even with off-the-shelf technology.

Ballmer is dog barking at every truck that rolls by. He has no clue about the truck. He hears noise. He barks.

It's about control. Science says that the facts rule, not opinions, or beliefs. If facts rule, then many people fear their power is diminished. Also many people are impatient. They prefer an authoritative sound bite, to the details and the logic.

Go back and read Steve's statement. He doesn't want someone else to control "his" developers. He is blatantly pursuing his self-interest. Is that hypocrisy? iPhone/iPad developers and customer are not forced into this. They opt in. My last count says iPhone has about 1% of the world's cell phones and less than 20% of the "Smart" phones.