gallery and iweb are the main things I was worried about. Looks like those don't go away until next summer tho.
You also lose keychain sync, and a few other things, but keychain sync has been a pain in my ass lately. I might go ahead and switch over soon.
As a homeowner, you can get away with a commercial mower that's pretty old, because it won't have the duty cycle for you it had commercially. I've seen quite a few for less than the price of most riders on craigslist.
peach brandy was made by almost everyone I knew growing up. It was a southern tradition....of course, back then, peach brandy was moonshine with a peach floating in it in case the "revenooers" ever came to check.
I think more likely is they delayed based on the iphone 4s and not wanting to get lost in the shuffle. I think the "respect for steve jobs" thing is a PR cover story.
So for the higher initial and similar monthly cost as an iphone 4s, you can carry 3 devices and generally have worse performance and less long term usability as software demands increase. I guess whatever floats your boat.
Of course, if you're going to have a mobile phone anyway, the iphone 4s has a better processor, more memory, and you don't have to play games to get it connected to the internet when you're not near a wifi router.