When an industry event is as big as the iPhone release, the ripples will spread far beyond the product itself. What will the iPhone mean for the phones you'll be seeing in the future? Some analysts feel touch screens, visual screens, and an emphasis on ease-of-use will make their way from Apple across the industry as the iPhone becomes more common in users' hands. Another great question is whether these factors will make the iPhone and its ilk more acceptable [1] as enterprise devices [2].

For more on the iPhone's impact:
Read the expert analysis [3] at TMCnet