The real shift that started with the iPhone was that the software became as important as the hardware - how they work together [1]. Motorola, Samsung, Nokia et

The real shift that started with the iPhone was that the software became as important as the hardware - how they work together [1]. Motorola, Samsung, Nokia et al don't have the extensive software culture. Palm/HP is the only one that does. [1] Also a weakness with Android phone manufacturers - my phone has a small screen, making the icons just too small to hit accurately - Apple would never let a device like that leave the building, Samsung are quite happy to and Google are OK with having their name slapped on the back of it. EDIT: forgot about formatting