Not to mention those IT Research firms like Forrester and Gartner that put their finger to the wind and try to guess which way the wind will blow, then announce it the trade magazines.

I actually worked at Bloomberg when this article came out (in product). While he was writing this in the news organisation, we were busy providing one of the launch apps for the iPhone under strict confidentiality. Also, 5 of my colleagues queued up for hours to buy them on the first day ... one actually bought two - one to keep as a collectors' item.

This is an opinion piece by one writer.

You may have a valid point, but this article doesn't support your claim whatsoever.

It wasn't just one writer or person in the industry saying this at the time. I'm not sure why this article got posted here today, but I think it's likely to make us reflect at how terrible some of these analysts and firms are even today.