Yup, you're a fanboy. You fall in line with all the other fanboys spewing the crap about Apple bringing forth new tech. I'll give them the iPod, but not the smart phone or even so much as touchscreen. DagonM is right, they have had touch screens for years (pre y2k)... they have had "smartphones" for years as well. All apple did was make one that looks nice and all the apple fanboys ate it up, crap and all. Then, as they usually do, couldn't shut up about their great new toy... because it got some attention, a bunch of new fanboys bought the damn thing. Then apple changes a few things and releases another which, guess what?, fanboys bought despite knowing Apple made no effort to fix problems that pissed people off. *Note that most phones have detachable batteries, don't act like they are doing something new.
Want an awesome "smart phone"? Don't get an iPhone! Get a PDA, "pocket" PC, or one of the alternative "smart phones" that are much better (and cheaper in some cases). Most will have things like touch screen, replaceable batteries, built in memory, external memory slots, tons of apps, a real keyboard, large choice in service providers, internet access (including e-mail), music, vids, camera option, wireless connections, and crash free!
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BTW fanboy, Mac = PC... pc only means "personal computer" it was a term made to explain the difference between the computers with multiple users that only companies/universities could afford and a single computer for just one user. Second, windows XP usually only crashes due to hardware problems (you know... since you have a choice of hardware) or it may crash because the makers of your app were crappy programmers. Linux... never crashes (never crashed on me before anyway). Macs, Despite having a fixed hardware setup, apps still crash (try using Apple Motion and you'll know what I mean). Note that I'm not saying Mac's are bad (I use them sometimes), but I'm sick and tired of Mac fanatics spewing the crap Apple and other fanatics make up like it is fact.
Another term for you! A "podcast" is specifically made to be distributed to mobile devises. Don't confuse it with "webcast" which the maker couldn't care less if it was being viewed by a person with a blackberry or their desktop computer.