iPhone Buzz, Why?

I wish I had more time to work through this post but there's a huge stack of work on my desk that I have to address.

Yesterday I was listening to Buzz Outloud and one passing comment really caught my ear. They said something like, "All the hoopla over the iPhone is really about the interface, the hardware is not really all that great." Wow! I totally agree. The iPhone is really not the best smart phone out there and other phones have many more features, for example the Nokia N96. However, the implications of that simple fact are staggering. An elegant, simple, pretty interface is driving much of the interest in a product that is enjoying unprecedented and almost ridiculous "buzz."

Is that good marketing, product development, innovation or programming? The answer,... YES!