Technology journalism has become grabber headlines with no substance. The Register is one of the worst, now with a list of alleged iPhone killers.

While iPhone mania shows no sign of dissipating among the faithful, another big difference between the original iPhone and the latest version is that there are now a lot of very credible alternatives out there, all with touchscreens, fancy new interfaces, HSDPA 3G, Wi-Fi, A-GPS and the ability to expand and improve with downloadable apps.

The problem with this multi-page, hit whoring, ad generating article is that feature comparisons are mostly hardware, while applications, utilities, games—those things we actually use on our smart phones—get little mention, though that’s exactly where the iPhone excels.