To quote the article:

  And, oh, by the way, don’t rant about not having
  background processes (or any other feature, for that 
  matter); I really don’t think that the lack of support 
  for them will hinder the development of this platform.

You are doing what he told you not to do; you're not allowed to point out what's wrong with the iPhone OS. It's perfect in every way. Stop criticizing it.

Heh. Oops.

Apple needs to create a new ranking system. Just going by downloads is garbage, I am sick of seeing stupid single-use (lite) games taking up the Top 25.

Is there no way of looking at my previous purchases/downloads and recommending apps for me? They do it for music, why not iPhone apps?

Totally agree. It's a stupid system that enhances the trivial and marginalizes much of the quality.

There's no recommendation engine currently.

My girlfriend has a neurologic disease (Lyme) that makes it difficult for her to use a normal, full desktop. There's too much "noise" and it can be painful for her. She actually prefers using the iphone because of the fact that you can only run one app at a time.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but I found it pretty interesting that the iphone was actually a superior overall experience for her.

Oh agreed. The iPhone is a revolution in interface design. It contains metaphors I'm eager for on the desktop. It's awesome that it brings computing to more people due to accessibility.

I agree with you but I do believe the iPhone is a far more viable "$100" laptop — or at least has the potential to be.

I'm also happy to see consumers are starting to get irritated with the volume-driven top charts that were copy 'n pasted from the music store. $.99 Music Downloads != Applications. Hopefully Apple will listen and make adjustments soon, because for the past 6+ months they've ignored developer complaints in this regard. It's taken over 6 months to make very minor adjustments to the rating system.

My own anecdote. If I'm lying in bed and I want to check a webpage, twitter, email or even ssh to check something on a server...

... and the choice is between picking up my iPhone, or moving a metre to the desk -- I'll just grab my iPhone.

Not to disagree with your point more generally, but I think the iPhone is operating in a sweet spot -- i.e. not the be-all-end-all, but good enough for a lot of daily tasks.