1) There is no phone yet. This was just a very superficial first look behind the curtain. Right now it looks like a modified Zune. 2) Delivery of devices by th

1) There is no phone yet. This was just a very superficial first look behind the curtain. Right now it looks like a modified Zune. 2) Delivery of devices by the end of the year seems a very tight schedule. That gives them basically 8 months to get to RTM. They haven't announced developer tools yet. I would expect a very basic 1.0 release this year if they make it at all. 3) It would be good if they succeeded. It's to no one's benefit to replace one 800 lb gorilla (Microsoft) with another (Apple). A counterweight is needed and Google Buzz has caused me to do a complete re-eval of that firm's worthiness.