Why is iPhone not considered a smartphone?

[Certs]

That's fine, and a reason why Android is also popular. If you want Flash there are many options for you. Apple still thinks Flash will hurt the performance of their phone, so they haven't allowed it. I would like Flash on my phone but I have chosen that an iPhone without Flash is better for me than an Android phone with it. Sure its not the popular choice around here but so be it.

Based on what I've read recently it seems Apple has loosened the reigns a bit with 3rd party add-ons, so we'll see. Here's the article I'm talking about

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/09/a...tions-will-al/

[shaggylive]

you don't think apples closed system and tight reins on software is anywhere close?

quoted from the linked wiki
Microsoft was not really making any money from Internet Explorer, and its incorporation with the operating system was due to consumer expectation to have a browser packaged with the operating system. For example, BeOS comes packaged with its web browser, NetPositive, and Mac OS X with Safari. Instead, he argued, Microsoft's true anticompetitive clout was in the rebates it offered to OEMs preventing other operating systems from getting a foothold in the market

really the m& antitrust more closely resembles the kind of B/S we have to put up with from the carriers and subsidized phones.

[jasonck08]

Why is iPhone not considered a smartphone?

Because people that buy the iPhone are not smart.

Kidding... Just poking some fun at the apple users...