The tight secrecy surrounding the iPhone is a very clear illustration of Jobs' amazing control of the company he runs.

"Microsoft's legacy formats give them a great ramp into whatever next thing they are selling.
OK, let's try this World Series thing again.
"The program's dubious lineage is in evidence, however, warning users only to use its DRM-cracking to access their own TV recordings. Sinn Fein's leadership voted last month to hold a conference on the issue of whether to support policing. "This one company has made us, as a mankind, much better, more efficient, and has raised the standard of living for all the citizens of the world," said the emcee introducing Bill Gates.
Your encryption program's key-escrow system is almost certainly more vulnerable than your password, as is any "secret question" you've set up in case you forget your password. From what Jobs showed Tuesday, the iPhone really does look to be five years ahead of what anyone else has got.
Reality-distortion field?
At Gates' keynote kickoff Sunday evening, the outgoing Microsoft chairman introduced the Windows Home Server, a tower of drives for the home developed jointly by Microsoft and HP. Your download resumes with only the slightest pause while you go over your digital slide presentation one more time. Reality-distortion field? The iPhone then is not just a phone, or a combo MP3-video player, but rather a portable computer.