“Having now wandered in the wilds of various cellphones over the last few months, I am re-reminded why Apple’s iPhone is underestimated. I have a Palm Treo 700, a Research in Motion Blackberry 8800, and a Samsung TV phone, and they all suck,” Paul Kedrosky writes for SeekingAlpha.

Kedrosky lists five things that bug him about the above mentioned trio, and that favor the iPhone:

• Mobile browsers are awful
• Touch screens rule
• Big screens rule
• Mobile fonts are #$%!
• Mobile interfaces are thoughtless

Full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Nathan" for the heads up.]

MacDailyNews Note: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s so-called “thoughts” on Apple’s iPhone:

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