iBecause ithere iare imore iApple iSheep(tm) than Psion Sheep.

If they were that good then why havent they been as successful? Apple came into this late in the game and has a app market that completely eclipses anyone else.

because anyone can buy & download apps + because of the SDK, the apps have the same feel to them, etc.
it wasnt easy for non technical people to install on apps on all the other platforms before hand.

Because when Psion were about, it was purely business folk and techies that used them.
Now every asshat has one of these phones, they buy the ones their told.

i dunno how anyone who hasnt owned one or used for a length of time can criticise them.
soopah, your biggest fanboy for everything you own & knock whatever the competition is.

I had always avoided the iphone, now I got one.
best phone ive owned? you bet.
So what if the camera isnt great, the battery life is easily on par with my n96.
Im gutted my iphone is only 5 months old, which means I cant upgrade.

Who knows what phones will be out for my next upgrade. I wont rule out an
android because ive never owned one though.

For now the iphone does near enough everything I want. Its user friendly,
and theres only a few niggling things I dont like.. some have been fixed by jailbreaking.

Some of the success is down to the fact it has an apple badge on it! - Agreed

But the App store was really the first place to get phone apps that was easy to use and the apps largely worked, and I think this was one of its main keys to success!

But now Android has similar and similar functionality as a device, and from the little I have used it and from people I know who own them, they are good phones, some have issues (Battery life - same as iPhone on some models).

I have owned and used several phones as part of my job, my last phone was a WinMo HTC, and although it was quite sturdy had some good features, it also was fiddly to set some stuff up, was missing some features, software was a PITA to install, email sync was also a bit of a pain and HTC cameras are largely sh*t compared to the iPhone (Dont know how the newer HTCs are) but in low light the HTC wouldnt work and the iPhone did. Not saying it is a perfect camera, and my old K800 probably had a better one than either, mostly because of flash, but the new one may make things better! and Megapixels mean nothing!

Im now on an iPhone (I dont own any other apple products) and really like it find it easy to use and just works! My only complaints are the battery and iTunes is a bit sh*t!

I can configure everything I want to, and synced everything with our exchange server in a matter of minutes, and had all my contacts, mail and calendar all up and running.

At the end of the day, people who get iPhones are not generically sheep, just because they buy something that loads of other people have bought, maybe it is because it does just work, its easy to use and its versatile! But I wouldnt be against getting an Android phone in the future as they are in reality similar devices and both pretty much can do the same thing.

But I would not consider going back to any other OSs at the moment, they just dont give the flexibility that Im now used to, Win Mob 7 might open this up to a 3rd contender, but Im sure they will end up making a hash of it TBH, but who knows!

Edit: Completely forgot about Blackberry! - I actually like these too and think they make great work phones and handy with UMA if you live in a house with no reception!

I think for a lot of people, they may not be sheep, they may be like my sister. She weighed up Android versus iPhone. In the end she went iPhone simply because of the larger number of apps. A lot of people out there might be swayed one way or another not by the phone, but simply on the grounds of the amount of accessories (soft and hardware) out there for it. I cant fault android, but then Ive not had an iPhone to compare it to. Who knows, though Ive not found myself wanting more apps, maybe if I had an iPhone Id find theres 2x as much out there for it that I want already!

im actually considering a career change & looking into app development.

the potential is massive.

theres still quite a few bells & whistle programs I would like & quite a few old games
would work well as well.

Edit: Completely forgot about Blackberry! - I actually like these too and think they make great work phones and handy with UMA if you live in a house with no reception!

2nd best selling Smartphones after Nokia (Who do a MASSIVE range of the things), iPhone is in third place, but they are ALL losing ground to Android.  WinMo isnt selling well at the moment because people appear to be waiting for WinMo7.