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According to what I've seen, it does sound like third party apps have to work with Apple, in other words you can't just go write an OSX program and run it on the iPhone. That pretty much makes it unfeasible as a Treo replacement for me. Plus, I suspect that the high price, questions about battery life and the Cingular-only service are going to be very limiting also. Remember that a lot of people won't switch immediately, anyway, because of existing contracts with other carriers. And when Ed Colligan said that it's hard to make a good phone, he probably knows what he is talking about. So it might not be as easy for Apple to make the iPhone a nice interface as we think. It certainly can't be determined if they got it right from a simple on stage demo.
I do think that they will eventually get it right, so my main concern is really whether or not the platform will be opened up. And I still wonder how much of OSX they have running. Wouldn't it be great to have a full OS on more smartphones!?
The other problem is that it's hard to justify too much computing power and $'s tied up in a phone device because it doubles the chance of becoming outdated, and it ties you to a carrier. I think a lot of people, myself included, probably want to keep their total smartphone cost down as there is an expectation of replacement in a year or two. At least until the technology has matured a bit more.
Still, it sure looks impressive!
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