> I'm not sure the iPhone changed the game much at all, The iPhone was the first phone that a) had a plan with data as a guarantee and b) had an appstore that

> I'm not sure the iPhone changed the game much at all, The iPhone was the first phone that a) had a plan with data as a guarantee and b) had an appstore that didn't suck. a) meant that you could browse get maps & real webpages (albeit with ATT it was 2G/EDGE) anywhere you got signal. b) was without peer for years. The alternatives really sucked. I know, I tried all of them. Do you remember installer packages or having to DL the app on a PC to sync? Yeah, this was a game-changer. It was as others mention, also the first widely available device with capacitive touch (Apple called it multitouch) and it was a UX coup with iOS.