The difference is that iPeople will never have to "find out". Each and every newspaper on the planet will explain in detail how Steve Jobs invented multitasking and how you get it to work once 4 is out.

That's part of the iHype that drives me so crazy: Instead of printing a user manual, they abuse the press and the media.... Like the paper I read published an article (!) about how context menus work on the iPad. Guess what? You tap and hold. Did any of us ever see a "Tap and hold to bring up a context menu on N900"-article in his local daily newspaper? Not many, I guess.

I believe that's part of the Apple system. I don't find the iPhone/pad/pod user interface "intuitive" at all. Also OSX. I just cannot find my way around on an OSX machine.
But many people know how to operate their iPhones long before they buy them... because its in the mainstream media. I never saw any phone in the main evening news. But they had a story about the iPhone and showed how to use it... before it was even available here! That's just sick.

I wonder if people would call S60 intuitive had they seen the same amount of mainstream media coverage about each and every feature on a, say, N97. My bet is: yes. S60 is absolutely simple to use. I find it even easier than Maemo 5, which has its glitches.