[johnm]

Boy where to begin? I too am not ready to let go of my windows mobile device for my personal use. There are just too many things I do with it daily that the iPhone cannot do - yet. But I cannot deny the momentum behind the iPhone / iTouch platform. They really nailed it on the first try. I am frustrated that Microsoft didn't attempt improve the UI or fix the nagging problems in all these many years. There is no technical reason that Window Mobile couldn't be as slick and easy to use as the iPhone. Even complaining from within MS (before I left) didn't create any action on the pocket IE and other fronts. It seems they can only be motivated by actual outside /competition.

I give up. I bought my first Mac this weekend, and I've been pouring through the iPhone SDK ever since. I see the iPhone as a new canvas on which I can paint all the ideas that I used to target at Windows Mobile. The big difference here is that the iPhone platform is a consumer device and it has momentum. As a small developer you will be able to get your product in front of the masses and actually have a chance to sell some real quantities. -Not so with the niche WM market. -Especially not with the the Pocket PC form factor that has become a niche within a niche.

I may not personally use an iPhone as my mobile platform (yet), but that doesn't mean I can't capitalize on its rising popularity. And really once you use Safari on the iPhone, you can never look at your WM device the same way again.