Noted Wall Street Journal tech critic Walt Mossberg is giddy like a schoolgirl – as many of you are – about Friday's unleashing of Apple's iPhone. Mossberg calls the iPhone a "breakthrough handheld computer." He also managed to get Steve Jobs on the line to answer a few questions for a blog post called "Steve Jobs Answers Walt’s iPhone Questions." Except it didn't go very well.

From Walt's post, emphasis ours (because otherwise you might miss the obvious point we're working on here).

Walt: When will there be an iPhone that runs on the fastest, so-called “3G” networks?

Steve: Walt, you know we don’t talk about future products. Again, Wi-Fi is far faster than 3G networks.

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Walt: Will you follow the pattern you set with the iPod and bring out less costly models? If so, when?

Steve: We don’t talk about future products.

Walt: This first model is missing some features some other smart phones have, like video recording, instant messaging, and real-time GPS navigation. Do you plan to upgrade iPhones purchased now so they have these features? If so, when?

Steve: We don’t talk about future products. I will say that the iPhone is the most sophisticated software platform ever created for a mobile device, and that we think software features are where the action will be in the coming years. Stay tuned.

So much for "Steve Jobs Answers Walt’s iPhone Questions."