Why Apple's iPhone apps platform could spark huge iPhone sales

>It has the right to refuse certain kids of apps, like Internet phone software that screws their carrier partners; we can also see it nixing software that could compete with their own services, like an iTunes-rival music store.

Or whatever else it wants to. Will I be able to use iChat voice chat with my iPhone? Don't bet on it.

The whole area is almost certainly subject to change.

These reports and claims remind me of the folks that once carefully scrutinized which notables were perched atop Lenin's Tomb for the big Moscow parades, seeking to determine details of the Kremlin organizational structures based on who was at the dais.

If Apple were running those Red Square parades -- and Apple clearly being quite good at marketing -- they'd probably throw a few ringers up there, just to get the chattering class chattering.