Wired: The Story of Steve Jobs, An Inspiration or a Cautionary Tale?
Required reading.
Required reading.
The 'exciting news' — at least for its developers — is that Sparrow has been acquired by Google. To me, it's yet another proof of the crushing power of money.
I think that Twitter could implement some form of premium account following the example of services like LiveJournal and Flickr, making both free users and premium users happy enough about their choice.
If you have an older iPhone (or iPod touch) with iOS 4.2.1, you still can access your MobileMe email account.
I completely agree with Adrian's commentary regarding Twitter's last announcements and the direction it's apparently taking.