Hey I wasnt saying it was a bad thing - I was trying to sound impressed.
Anyway, mostly his post just sounds like over-eager "they sold it to me" stuff :) just what I took away.
The Iphone is a fantastic product. That doesnt matter in the slightest (it really doesnt, welcome to sales :)). What does is that Apple knew their market, played the product into it and pushed all the right buttons in the right sequence. It's an exercise in how to launch and maintain a product :)
Hear, hear. I like Apple's marketing sometimes because I thinks its slick, if a little snotty. But the reason I keep buying their products is because I actually enjoy using them as opposed to the Palm Centro and the Dell Latitude I've owned in the past.
I've owned Apple products for 15 years now, and most of the time, when exploring other options (like those mentioned above) I end up coming back because their UX is good, not because "I drank the kool-aid."
Jeff specifically pointed out that the iPhone wasn't ready until the 3G so your latter point is moot.