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With Apple's launch of the iPhone 5 today, you might enjoy, as I did, looking back at the 2007 announcement by Steve Jobs of the first iPhone.

It's a model of deference, humility, and carefully managed...

With Apple's launch of the iPhone 5 today, you might enjoy, as I did, looking back at the 2007 announcement by Steve Jobs of the first iPhone.

It's a model of deference, humility, and carefully managed expectations.

Of course it isn't. It's a model of bluster, hyperconfidence, and master salesmanship.

This guy was good. I guess others have said much the same.

-Paul Raeburn

(Updated at 1:17pm EDT with the Apple announcement.)

Beware posts done in haste: I initially wrote that USA...

Beware posts done in haste: I initially wrote that USA Today illustrated its story with a picture of an iPhone, but as a reader points out, it did not; the photo was of an Android phone. Apologies to Williamson, who will probably not let me forget this.-PR

Jeff Williamson of USA Today reports a survey sure to spark conversation (and texts and tweets) among geeks and Google and Apple fans:

"Nielsen: Android edges Apple in mobile survey."

How the mighty iPhone has fallen, we're ready to exclaim!

But wait. According to Williamson, a Nielsen survey...