Leave it to the Pastor to completely rule out evolution.

Unfortunately I agree, they're going to take what they can get. ground breaking doesn't always mean expensive. It can also mean pricing it low enough to not discourage interest ,like the Ps3 where Sony is losing money now in hopes that people embrace the technology. So the new i760 might come in higher than the 730 since it doesn't have that first model stigma to it.

As for the fear of iPhone. It's less about fearing the iPhone as a device and more about fearing wasting ad dollars to get swallowed up and ignored by the Apple Machine. If they make a big noise now, it'll get drowned out. Let apple make their noise and hope to take some of the new found PDA interest with a close follow up launch. just my .02.