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Mac vs. PC vs. Gold

I think you meant "for the truly masochistic", not "for the truly sadistic".

iPhone vs. Netbook: Which Will Be the Biggest Gaming Machine?

Penguin, you seem to be saying that if a company takes existing technology and makes it tremendously more usable and useful for consumers that that doesn't count as innovation, only as "marketing". I disagree. It doesn't matter to me whether my Palm Treo had the same *potential* capabilities on paper as the iPhone (it doesn't, but just for the sake of argument). The point is I didn't or couldn't use them. The iPhone doesn't just "polish pre-existing technology": it actually makes it usable.

That's not marketing: that is technological genius and innovation.

As to marketing, have you ever watched someone demo their iPhone to someone else? The iPhone sells itself.

iPhone vs. Netbook: Which Will Be the Biggest Gaming Machine?

"Steve Jobs' marketing genius"?

Once again, the subtle insinuation that this is mostly about marketing. It is not. It is mostly about a phenomenally good product that is miles ahead of its competitors, and a phenomenally good system for sales and distribution of music, video, and apps -- that is also miles ahead of its competitors.

Apple has great marketing. It also has fantastic products. If you don't get that the former is useless without the latter you are missing the point of the iPhone (and the iPod) success.