Originally Posted by max.swell:
i think that the popularity of the Iphone lies in its operating system (and marketing) and not as much in its form factor. the iphone would have been equally as popular if it had a hard keyboard, and removable battery.
keep in mind that the BB is still the best selling smart phone. I also believe that people put up with the disadvantages of the Iphone (as a phone) cause it does other things well (music player, game machine,web surfing, fart generator). Not to mention Apples ability to make people believe that they need their products!
The Brits know what's up though, and are not afraid to admit it:
brit-Blog-names-iPhone-worlds-worst.html: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
And yet, RIM designed the storm. HTC offers Hero and HD2. It's ok for them. But not Palm? WebOS was made for no buttons.