Wasn't Windows on the PC and you stuck in the upgrade disk and selected clean install? I ask because doing it that way lets the upgrade disk see that you have a valid copy and grab it's activation/license information from the registry (or wherever it's stored) and use that to know that you are eligible for the upgrade even if you plan a clean install.

I'm confused, are you saying that you can buy the upgrade disk and use it to set up a clean copy of windows on a new machine even though you didn't have an eligible version of Windows to upgrade from? Maybe I'm missing the part about how this is legal.

You're missing the bigger news. The site also shows the 1820PT and 1820PTZ which are higher end versions. I just wish one of them had a Sprint wireless option.

Sexy hardware, though

Question is whether they are counting the GSM and CDMA versions of the same phone as 2 different phones or not. From a purely manufacturing/technical standpoint they are different since they have different radios but from the user perspective, the GSM and CDMA phones differ primarily in which network you can use them with.

Give me the "Touch Pro" version with slide out keyboard

$350 is nuts when the only upgrade from the TP is the screen. If they gave us a faster processor, I'd consider it but the TP is a slow dog as it is, giving it more pixels to push isn't likely to make it much snappier.

They're announcing availability of the Beatles on iTunes. 9/9/09 is the day the Beatles are releasing newly remastered albums and Beatles Rock Band.

Ironic that the Apple Ad uses a Rolling Stones lyric rather than a Beatles lyric.

The only problem is that "green" is not enough. Look at the Toyota Prius and the original Honda Insight. The Insight was first to market and got better gas mileage (by quite a bit) but it didn’t sell very well because it didn't meet the most users' needs (2 seats only).

Same thing here. Great to have a green phone but where phones are concerned, particularly "smart phones", the user experience sells the phone. So if the phone is responsive and has a good user experience, then "green" will help sell it to the masses and make it successful. If isn't fast and usable, then "green" will help sell it to a small niche and that's it.

Apple brought the "smart phone" (if you want to call the iPhone that) to consumers who are not enthusiasts or in the corporate world. They did n't cannibalize other providers to do it, they grew the market. I hate the iPhone (no keyboard, closed ecosystem, poor battery life) but I just because I don't care for the product doesn't mean that I don't respect what Apple did. Apple essentially has the first mover advantage for the general population of smart phone users, that should serve them well for a while.