Many (most) iPhone users are Windows users, who most likely moved from iPod rather than Mac motivations.
While that means they are used to vacuous promises (Cairo? WinFS?) and poorly realized deliverables (Vista? WinMob? Zune?), they are also used to tightly integrated devices that try to do a few things really well (iPod) rather than just implement feature-bloat is clumsy, kludgy manner (back to WinMob).
Many devices had Wi-Fi and browsers before Apple, but Apple delivered a revolutionary implementation. Many devices played music before the iPod. None of them, however, has mass user-centric appeal. iPhone does (just look at the customer satisfaction scores -- you know Balmer's looking!)
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