BillyS - 8:10 pm on Dec 14, 2009 (gmt 0)

It's way beyond disruptive, it's a new era.

I'm sorry, but an open source operating system that has the SAME functionality as other devices already on the market is far from disruptive. I'm not talking about the device, I'm talking about Google's offering.

Without carriers, do you think iPhone can be so successful?

tntpower - thanks. This is another point I was trying to make as people rush to Google's defense. For some reason, people like it when Google decides to be a bully. Unfortunately, Google's track record outside of Search and Adsense (which they do better than anyone else) is pretty poor.