This article is about the iPod touch, not the iPhone guys (serhei , dougp). The touch is not the new XP. XP was superceded by Vista whereas the touch and the iPhone are two distinct products.
I expect features from the new iPhone to slowly get rolled into the iPod touch (i.e. GPS) but not any time soon, so as not to steal the iPhone's thunder. The usual apple market strategy of changing a product or two slightly every six months will ensue.
Right but the article is comparing the iPhone to vista and the touch to xp. Basically he is saying that being locked in to a single service provider is an anti feature similar to all the drm in vista so we should all stick with xp (the touch)
I expect features from the new iPhone to slowly get rolled into the iPod touch (i.e. GPS) but not any time soon, so as not to steal the iPhone's thunder. The usual apple market strategy of changing a product or two slightly every six months will ensue.