Well I didn't see this one coming. Some kind of phone, maybe, a widescreen iPod, maybe... but not both, not both in one, not on an OSX mobile, and really those aren't the big story... to me the big story is the UI and the input device: you. If the iPhone is as good as it looks it will change the mobile phone and mobile device industries irrevocably.
Most exciting, long term, is that this isn't just a gadget, this is a direction for Apple. Apple has entered the mobile device market with the best device on the market by far, and that's the beginning.
The mobile phone makers (I work for one) have been developing crap software for years with very little attempt to fix the problems (the list of which is very long indeed). Problems get fixed at a snail's pace and features slowly leak (or get crammed) in, but very little really fundamentally changes. Carriers are slow to innovate, after all, why bother? People buy phones either way. The iPhone is a wakeup call... Apple has produced technology and software so compelling that it makes the current stuff from other vendors look pathetic (mine included).
iPhone is a game-changing device, and it's about time. Thank you, Apple!
