Even after reading that, I still say the number of people that really care is relatively small.
Couldn't agree more. The number of iphone OS devices show many people aren't concerned with 3rd party multitasking. Those phones that include them, I doubt it is being used as much as people want. Even without being able to do multitasking the iphone is still the highest rated by all th satisfaction ratings out there, the iphone always comes on top. I've never seen them mention lack of multitasking as one of the major points agaisnt iphone, usually its battery life. I think the problem is people are thinking of these phones as computers when they are clearly not. They think these phones can replace a full laptop. They are good for running running a few things but can never replace a laptop. I don't think the hardware and battery life is good enough to allow the flexibility of multitasking we see on desktops. Battery life is more important to phones than laptops because we carry our phones everywhere, laptops not that much these days, mines is usually at home unless its absolutely crucial.
As for the rest of his article, I find it laughable. Concerning the keyboard part, Apple will never add a hardware keyboard. If it is that crucuial to you then get a phone with a hard keyboard. I don't think hardware keyboards are any better than the iphone's. The keys on blackberries are tiny and I find them difficult to type on, all the keys are so close together. When you type on an iphone keyboard, it pops up for you making it easier. I also see more improvements in store for the iphone keyboard in the future, what improvements can you bring to hard keyboards. Don't see much. Iphone keyboards also offer more flexibility for different languages, etc. We are seeing more and more phones ditch the hard keyboards (the Storm, and the new Android phones). I think this is the future.
As for the rest of what he said about trying to do "work" on a 3.5 inch phone, I find it so laughable. How many people are going to be doing their thesis on a phone, or even doing their design work, phones are good for checking a few things here and there, playing games, not for long tasks. They are not laptop replacements, this is what people need to get their head around.
I wouldn't even download a file that big with a cell connection.