OK let's go out on a limb here and state that Apple has invented something new with the iPhone.

I say, that with the iPhone, Apple has just created a totally new class of computing device. The iPhone isn't a cell phone that connects to the internet and does some PDA tasks (aka smartphone). Nope... Apple has invented a new type of computer, its truly an appliance-computer. Easy to use and made for the masses.

I think we would all agree that the first Macintosh was a revolution in the computing world; I think the iPhone will be remembered in the same way. The Macintosh was revolutionary, mainly, due to the fact that it made using computers easier to use. Every new version after it has just basically been an evolution... the iPhone "takes it up a notch". History will tell, but I think it is enough of a change to be considered a milestone in computing. The switch to appliance computers. 
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