According to some TV ads aired over the weekend, and Apple's website, the much-heralded iPhone will officially hit store shelves June 29. Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone at last January's MacWorld Expo, where it was unveiled with a reverence and awe typically reserved for Biblical artifacts.

 The combination cell phone, media player and wireless Web device will retail for $500 or $600, depending on configuration, and will be offered exclusively in the U.S. by AT&T's wireless division, formerly known as Cingular. I'm as much a sucker for this kind of thing as the next guy -- the demos look spectacular, and Apple really puts the capital "D" in Design. They continue to release gadgets that look like they're from about an hour-and-a-half into the future. But a friend of mine made an interesting point the other day. With Steve Jobs playing snarky business mogul and Bill Gates off saving hungry children, it seems like Microsoft is the real hippie outfit these days.

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