What is so great about the iPhone interface?

I have been using Palm's s ince 1999. I started off with a Palm III and moved up the ranks to my current device; the Treo 680. Many people are quick to state how "amazing" the iPhone's interface is. Well I have news for you, Palm has had this interface since 1996, when the first Palm came out. Let us first look at a more recent Palm device, the Palm TX. Note the fact that there are icons on the screen. These icons represent applications that can be used. By tapping the touch-screen interface, you can activate a program.

You also have buttons below what is called the Palm 'Launcher" (it gets its names

because that is where you launch the programs...) such as calendar, email, etc.

Now let us look at the iPhone's interface.Hmm... let's see... icons that represent applications. When you touch them, you launch an application...buttons at the bottom too... hmm, where have I seen this before? I know the packaging is really nice but really.

You want a a touch screen keyboard? The palm has that too. The built in one is OK, but there are great third part applications out there that take it to the next level. The buttons are a little smaller than they probably should be, but if your fingers are small enough you can use it as a virtual thumb pad. When you think about it, all the iPhone is bringing to the table is the "accelerometer" and an auto-rotate sensor. The Palm TX can rotate too- with the tap of a button.I love Apple, but I just don't see the infatuation with the iPhone; is it beautiful- yes, revolutionary? Far from it.