I think these kinds of stories are interesting because all these tech pundits act like they are the only people who have thought of these shortcomings. I think

I think these kinds of stories are interesting because all these tech pundits act like they are the only people who have thought of these shortcomings. I think one of the reasons there hasn't been a product from Apple yet is for precisely the UI issues discussed in the story. If Apple indeed has a product in this space, it's likely to be different from what people have been envisioning. Remember that before the iPhone, people were picturing something much like an iPod. What Apple actually released was something few (if any) people predicted beforehand. Apple will either innovate their way through these issues, define a new product category where many of them are irrelevant, or keep it mothballed (until one of the previous two points is possible).