IP Convergence: Beyond VoIP, Beyond Cost Savings

I've been carrying a Siemens SX66 (HTC Blue Angel) for a couple of years now, and as the iPhone features were ticked off, I was thinking that my now venerable phone didn't compare too badly. To me it has the best of both worlds - a sliding keypad and a large screen that can also be used as a keypad. I did have to agree with Steve Jobs about losing a stylus. At any rate, I think one factor that's been missing from the phone debate is that this device will be running Mac OS X. True, Apple is being cagey about giving developers access to the platform, but to me, that's the dark horse attribute. All the Dashboard widget developers will now have a perfect platform for their wares, and I think this will greatly lower the bar for third parties to deploy their services on this platform. This, to me, is potentially huge.