Well d eye-phone.. err... d i-phone is an eye candy.... :) .. and kinda set a trend for major players like Nokia, Samsung, and Motorola to dive into touch screens....
ah! well:
The most immediate impact of the iPhone has been on hardware design, encouraging a rash of imitators with big touchscreens. That includes the new Samsung Instinct, which Sprint Nextel (S) has been billing as an iPhone killer. Even Research In Motion (RIMM), whose executives have ridiculed the iPhone's lack of a physical keyboard, is rumored to be developing a touch-based BlackBerry.
Handset giants are playing catch-up to Apple's design, but their software still lags badly