Hey, you're right. It did. Good on them.

Flame off now?

At 9% market share Apple can't really push anyone around. They don't have a monopoly on operating systems or computers. They just don't. Now if you want to talk about the music store. That's something else, but then again, they aren't the ones demanding DRM, so if they were forced to sell all their music without DRM then I'm not sure what would happen. Probably would have to cave to any music label demands to get them onboard. So any much as the guy above me hates apple. It doesn't mean they are a monopoly that controls the market, just their own ecosystem of computers.

No. I'm doing a clean install over Ubuntu on the macbook next me, right now. You can definitely do clean installs.

Well, I think the point is that for many people the iPhone can provide a more than adequate and enjoyable mobile experience. Not everyone, but many people only need email+web, some PIM apps, and some games while on the go. Some people need a more comfortable keyboard, and something that has a more traditional computing experience. Maybe they need to take notes in a classroom setting, or want to sit down for awhile on the go and do some writing. An actual netbook works best in that scenario. I can understand that. A lot of people don't do this very often though, and would trade off some functionality for something that is streamlined, and has an overall better multimedia experience.

I believe that's just their camera. But I could be wrong. Does it actually look this dark?

But 3G isn't the only new feature. It's just the one everyone has been pining over, regardless of that fact that many people in the US still don't have access to a 3G capable network.

Anyway, you can debate the merit of the new stuff that was announced in January, but you can't deny that that new features are coming. Including:

3rd party support (One of the big reasons people were hacking there phone, and still might be because of the restricts that will still be enforced even after June)

Exchange push support/administration. (A large step into the Corporate market)

Not true where I work. Seems like everyone in my department (Network technicians) aren't the only ones pushing for them, but the administrators as well. As soon as they see a demo of an iPhone they quickly decide they want one. I figure exchange support in June is just going to increase the desire to get one even more, and make justification for buying it easier.

@Ignatius

eh, whatever. Some people like the OS, or else they wouldn't use it. I don't know about worshiping steve jobs, but If it didn't work well enough for 5 or 8 percent (or whatever it's up to) of the market, they would have ditched it by now.

I don't think anyone would ever argue that an OS is perfect, and I don't know many people that takes any companies slogan as fact. I wouldn't get so bent out of shape about it, really. I don't think any apple users are out to get any windows or linux users. Just use whatever you like. :-)

Nope, "service pack" updates are free, just like for most commercial operating systems.

Yea, but every time an update comes out engadget readers have to hear the same joke. So, I guess people are kind of tired of hearing it. I just wish people would get tired of saying it...