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>> I was at a dinner party last night and it wasn't at all a geeky >> one. Of the ten or so people there, at least half had iPhones. And >> in the course of the lively and non-geeky conversation, iPhones >> were often being handed around to show photos and web pages that >> were related to what was being talked about. > Yah, the geek virus is jumping species it seems... I see it a bit differently. Those weren't geeky people. And I don't think they're likely to become geeky. That is, I don't think that their using iPhones is the beginning of a process that will later result in their arguing the merits of different MTAs and engaging in Perl vs Python flamewars. I think that most people would like to have handy access to various sorts of information. And iPhones make having that easy and pleasant enough that non-geeks are starting to do it. It's a bit like the iPod. There were plenty of MP3 players before it. (I hear that there are even some others now .) Plenty of geeks had pre-iPod MP3 players. But it was the iPod that appealed to cousins and aunts and other non-geeks. >> I expect that AT&T is busy upgrading its network. > Speed isn't an issue to me. Ah, sorry, I could have been clearer. I expect that they're upgrading the capacity. I've had delayed SMSes and delayed voicemail notifications in addition to dropped calls. So I sure hope that they're upgrading their capacity. Regards, Matt