Well everyone has seen it from the times of O2 XDA some 4-5 years ago and everyone used it without the stylus except for letter input which was replaced when the Spb full screen keyboard came out.
So, as far as touch screen goes, Iphone was never an innovation. Even if apple claims that you don't need a stylus, the text input sux big time and if a stylus was provided, people would have used it. They just saved a dollar by not including a stylus.
It is just a marketing gimmick that has worked for them big time.Just see the no. of smart guys who got an iphone , then sold it for being a dumb phone.
Oh and the pricing at 199 & 299, it is just going to be in the US with carrier subsidy. Here in India, no carrier offers subsidy and sell at cost +. So it would be interesting to find out the pricing worldwide , other than US.And in reality if they do sell at 199 & 299 everywhere, they will wipe out the el cheapo Chinese Handset market that sell for the same price.
Just for comparitive reasons a BB curve 8310, even today, sells for USD 581 with carrier lock as against USD 300 odd unlocked in the US.
Any news whether the E71 is supporting BBC?