[schettj]

We're also living inside the bubble. It's hard to see outside. We all laugh at the jitterbug phones (heck, many of us laugh at the iPhone) yet for huge numbers of people those devices are the sweet spot.

The 'it can do everything, all you need to do is flash a custom rom from some internet web site you never heard of" crowd is very *very* small. Likewise folks that will do a "reg edit" (HUH?) or even install a cab (CAB? I use those in the city!) to add or fix functionality are minuscule. Apple got that. They're resisting the call of the nerds to open their devices up, but tolerating the hacking simply because they know that's not where the $ are.

My kid has a candybard dumb phone (Samsung Rant) that accomplishes about 80% of the functionality of my Touch Pro. She figured it out in about 10 minutes without cracking open the manual. She's 12.

My Father-in-law is 80+ and can't even get his head around a "jitterbug" class phone. Heck, I think he has trouble with the newfangled touch tone buttons on his princess phone.

All I am saying is, we're not normal. Makes it hard to see, sometimes.