Second, people will, until some radically new, currently unforeseen technology becomes available (and I’m talking way beyond Blackberry/iPhone here) prefer surf

Second, people will, until some radically new, currently unforeseen technology becomes available (and I’m talking way beyond Blackberry/iPhone here) prefer surfing on the PC over the web when both are available. That's really the key issue. Most people don't lug around a laptop or PC everywhere they go, so in most situations outside of home/office, the forced choice between phone and PC doesn't exist. Also, I often use my iPhone at home for browsing, because its Safari is good enough to make it not worth my while to boot up the laptop. I've seen many others do this as well.