[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ytsejam_:
well, basically, iphone IS a computer.. AND it is because of three reasons.. by simple technical terms.. it has a Processor (3 of em as the man above said so), a memory chip (be it volatile alone or with storage), and a software to make em all run..

nowadays, almost everything is a computer.. a microwave oven, a calculator, television, dvd player, mp3 player, etc.. the list goes on..

yes the iphone hardware is very impressive indeed.. and the GUI and menu handling is revolutionary in its own way.. BUT IS THAT ALL what makes a computer? are the basic built in applications make a NEW computer so special?

imagine buying yourself a new 900$ laptop.. it has all the latest and most powerful hardware known to every geek.. it also has the latest and best OS packed with the latest media player and browser, but there's a catch.. you can't install anything on it. no 3rd party programs. no IM clients, no alternative browsers , no change of colors, no Office suits, no compression tools, no additional codecs for added video and audio format playback, no field-centric tools (like for medicine, engineering, music, banking, architecture, etc), no everything..

(well some apple fanboys will say "why need an alternative browser? safari is the best one there is" - and "iphone interface and color is the best for my eyes, why should i change it?" or "well there is now a dozen applications for the iphone - and it runs on safari" or "why need an antivirus? osx for iphone is bug/virus free" - it seems that making fast and witless retorts are the best traits of apple fanboys.. these people don't have a life.. get out a little and explore the world beyond your little apple induced fantasies)

yes you can boast about having the best hardware.. but can you do anything with it except with what you were offered in the first place? i should say it's a waste of good hardware.

indeed it is a FEATURE PACK phone, out of the box.. surely, you'll be able to have lots of fun from the very moment you start using it.. but that is what iphone really is.. A FEATURE PHONE.. you must really DIG the feature to be convinced on owning one.

to know more on what i mean on.. maybe you should read the following article..

http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2007/iphone-name-en.shtml

lets compare what iphone offers tot what WM offers..

Iphone:

Touch Screen Ipod

Mobile Phone

Internet Browser

WM Device:

Multimedia player

Communicator

mobile phone*

internet browser

seamless integration with native Windows apps and executive servers

office suits

and Unlimited choices of application with the use of the open SDK

it seems even from the start, apple wants to limit the consumers to the three FEATURES stated above.. nothing more.

and by time, and EVENTUALLY, you'll get tired of it.. and will have to throw it on the bin sooner as the next generation iphone comes to market.. that's what makes the PPC more interesting.. the hardware goes old.. but the fun remains.. and most of the time.. the fun and experience increases as time goes by.. look at the blue angel and the himalaya.. they are 4 year old PPC-Phones for crying out loud.. but they still are very interesting and competent, even today with 8th or 9th generation PPC-Phones out.. can you say the same about the iphone after 4 years? well, maybe that is more of an understatement.. but for the meantime.. the current iphone state (and how Apple treats it), it is just an IPOD with a GSM Radio.. no more, no less..

Apple has a very creative tongue in twisting realities. they bubble up words and features that makes the competition seems prehistoric.

using your fingers as a pointing device? you gotta be kidding me.. i've been doing so even 3 years back on my old magician. never had used the stylus much. and why not? that it is called touch screen in the first place. it's just by the way steve jobs promotes it on the iphone that makes any device with a stylus look like 70's crap. and using your finger a lot cooler. a revolutionary internet device? c'mon! it don't even have HSDPA! and the browser DONT EVEN HAVE JAVA and FLASH Support.. talk about revolutionary.. again, it's just the alluring steve jobs that made you think that it is indeed revolutionary.. the way safari behaves on the iphone (zoom and drag, paning, full screen rendering), the thing that is said to bring desktop browsing experience, had been present on Symbian devices even 2 years back and is being developed by MS (Deepfish) for almost a year even before the iphone sprouted. what's revolutionary about that?

and to those who say that Windows Mobile or a PPC is a peice of CRASHING CRAP.. maybe i should ask you? do you know HOW to use your Device?

a person who falls in a bike is a person who don't know how to ride one.

a person who burns bread in the oven don't know how to bake one.

a person who gets bored on art doesn't know how to appreciate one.

a person who crashes and gets frustrated on a WM device doesn't know how to use one.

yes WM is not for dimwits.. it needs understanding, responsibility and skills to successfully operate and enjoy one. if you can't be like that.. maybe a WM device is really not for you.. and since out of the box features is all that matters to you and nothing more, you deserve something lower in the line.. like a dumb-phone or a feature phone.. and yes.. Iphone is in that category..