[smarinov]

The old Symbian* smartphones.

Just a detail, I know, but as far as I remember, I changed few Symbian devices before the iPhone came out and I hopped over Android soon after.

I can't really recall there being any Windows phones back then. This is just how popular Symbian was in that period of time. If there were any Windows devices (forgive my ignorance), they were definitely not nearly as popular to make a mention of iPhone killing them instead of e.g Symbian ones.

Just my 2¢, but the crux of your argument doesn't change, so you got a +1 from me for it. :)

[theoh]

What about "Pocket PC"? I remember the Compaq IPaq having a high profile back then (2001).

Edit: maybe a more valid example is the O2 XDA "Windows Mobile" phone/PDA (2003)