Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster calls them “‘more powerful and attractive’ than anything he’d seen on a mobile device before.” He’s talking, of course, about the iPhone applications demoed at Apple’s recent developer conference. And, according to John Boudreau (mercurynews.com), Munster believes “Apple could be creating a billion-dollar industry built around the iPhone.”

Thanks to their “updated CPUs,” “improved battery life,” and the incorporation of “touch-pad gestures from the MacBook Air,” the new MacBook Pro models led the pack with a rating of 8.2 (out of 10) in CNET’s review of desktop-replacement laptops.