I admit it... it looks awesome

When I recently purchased an iPod before a roadtrip w/ Afroman to Florida, I was finally giving in to peer-pressure and condescending advertising to dive into the mainstream and succumb to Apple's "think different - use white headphones" philosophy.

I actually bought my 30GB video iPod the same day that Microsoft released the Zune. I probably would have gotten the Zune for it's large screen and 'new toy nobody has' appeal, but they didn't have any accessories available yet (specifically, the car adapter), so I passed and went with the iPod.

First, I'm glad that I held out long enough that my first iPod had a full-color, super-crisp screen. I always hated the old monochrome iPods... I thought that if my phone could have a cool display, then why not this. And the wheel interface, although efficient... well, I still think somebody can come up with something better. Now if you've ever tried other mp3 players, you'd know they haven't... credit where credit is due, Apple has great designers.

OK.. now to my point. Apple decided that they needed to put a bigger screen on their iPods, and figured, hell, while we're at it, let's make it a phone and totally redesign how people interact with their handheld devices.

Check out this article on Steve Job's keynote speech at Macworld 2007, where the iPhone was unveiled. You need to scroll down a bit to get to the iPhone part of the presentation (9:41 am on the timeline) and to see the pictures.