I really don't understand all the heat around this. As I said previously, the two devices at this point have very little to do with each other. They appeal to different consumer bases. Corporations are NOT going to switch to the iPhone, and I don't care how much interest folks in the field might have in it. People that depend on mobile email for their businesses are NOT going to switch to the iPhone. Now all of that might change by the second or third generation of iPhone, but I would tend to doubt it.
The only BB's that will be affected by the iPhone, if any are, would be the Pearl and the Curve because they're RIM's consumer devices.
Beyond all of that, I'm not ready to declare the iPhone a success. It looks like a cool device, but it's still lacking a lot of stuff even for smartphone enthusiasts. There's no guarantee that Apple has a massive hit on their hands yet. That company, like any other, has more than a few misses on its resume.
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