I'm not sure how it can be said that Apple has missed gestures, since my iPhone and my Macbook's trackpad are my most-used gesture input devices by a longshot.

I'm not sure how it can be said that Apple has missed gestures, since my iPhone and my Macbook's trackpad are my most-used gesture input devices by a longshot. Every other gesture-based input I can think of that I use is for one-offs. The iPhone and trackpad I use every day. edit: I will say, I haven't had a chance to read the OP yet so I could be off base here.