Segway of Phones

Apple did it.

Steve Jobs' introduction today of Apple's new iPhone actually lived up to the hype and expectations.

It won't be out until June and who knows how the reality of using the iPhone will stack up against Steve's audience-captivating demo, but man, the iPhone looks every bit as cool as even the most ambitious Apple fans were hoping it would be.

There's something very Segway-ish about the iPhone's new Multi-touch interface. Watching the demos on Apple's site (check out all of the demos sprinkled throughout the iPhone section), I get the impression that the combination of advanced hardware and software on this device will actually allow for a completely new type of user experience- much like the Segway's combo of hardware and software created an experience on wheels that was previously impossible due to physics.

Time will tell if Apple can do for phones what they've done for computers and music. But today's announcement was every bit as exciting as anyone looking for The Next Big Thing could have hoped for.

Wow.