Wow, svg sits there and does mostly nothing on my phone. Just like Flash! Can't pinch to zoom to read the text that was too small, just like Flash! Half the supposedly neat interactive gewgaws like "turn this gear" didn't react to any presses or gestures at all. Just like Flash!
Events can be attached to SVG elements just like any other element in the dom. Pinch to zoom / pan etc can all be implemented fine. Your complaints might hold true with certain demos, but they're not limitations of SVG
