Wow, yeah, visual voicemail is the "killer app" and is what separates it from the competition.Seriously, this is the best you can do? The iPhone is great (I have the iPT and love it) but visual voicemail isn't really it's most compelling feature.
I don't think you really understand market competition, at all. Of course Apple is driven by competition. If they wanted to be the best at something though, they wouldn't be resting on their laurels with the OS, and putting out seriously buggy software.
Why is that when someone disagrees with someone's point, they missed it? No friend, I got your point. I just think it's way off base.
So run away now, and drink some Kool Aid. Steve's got a 32oz Big Gulp of it waiting for ya.
I love my Macs. I love my iPod Touch. But let's be realistic. Android is a legitimate threat.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscent...android_to_lead_mobile_os_market_in_2012.html
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/57664/report-android-will-leapfrog-the-iphone-by-2012/
And OS X 10.6 needs some serious improvements in fixing bugs and improving security to compete with Windows 7.
Yes Android is a threat but not because it builds a better mouse trap. It's because they will flood the market with Android handsets which usually was Microsoft's M.O..
The reason why this worked so well for Microsoft was that there were only two choices. One great advantage Apple has (that Google didn't unlike MS) is that there are currently 6 different OS's. This keeps all the other platforms to a lower percentage of market share because it is so fractured.
Due to this, Apple has a greater chance of dominating the smartphone market just as they did the iPod. In this situation the market will reward the best product. Apple's best chance of dominating the market depends on innovation and ease of use, both of which they are synonymous with.