In article <Xns9ADB25758B35noonehomecom@208.49.80.253>, Larry
<noone@home.com> wrote:

> Will it play Flash movies?

adobe has demoed flash and another person has ported flash lite.
>
> Will it play embedded RealVideo from BBC?

real is a proprietary protocol and it's up to them to write a player.
so far, they've not announced anything.
>
> Will it play Divx movies?

vlc has been ported.
>
> Can I change the battery if it goes dead during the day, like my sellphone?

you could, but it's inconvenient. for most people the battery will
last the whole day, so this is moot.
>
> Does it have an external memory card slot so I can swap movies and music
> around at my whim?

it has enough internal memory for the vast majority of users.
>
> Can I send my girlfriend an SMS on Verizon to have sex with her at lunch?

you could but she might say no.

> Can I install Skype for Mobile or Skype for sellphones so I can chat with
> my friends on Skype in Siberia, or will I still have to carry my
> Playstation PSP to call them? What about other VoIP systems like Gizmo?

right now there's <http://s4iphone.com/index_iphone.jsp>

there is also truephone and fring, and i'm sure more will appear.

> Will it record video of my kids waterskiiing for the first time?

video recording was demoed months ago.
>
> Can I download music, movies, ebooks, PDF files from usenet or peer-2-peer
> and play them from the memory?

yes, but not from usenet or p2p. and with major isps such as verizon
and time warner dropping usenet, it's somewhat moot. nevertheless
there's nothing precluding someone from writing a newsreader or p2p
client, other than exceeding cell bandwidth usage. over wifi it should
be fine.
>
> Can I watch international TV on a stand-alone player in full screen mode?

i've not seen that yet, but no doubt it's coming. there's streaming
radio already.