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05.24.07 03:03 AM
Why Apple's iPhone is Not the Next iPod
"Apple's latest creation is unlikely to dominate the cell phone market the way the iPod has impacted the digital music market."
This article is causing quite a stir over at digg. Personally, I'm not a Cingular/AT&T user, so I won't be purchasing one. Also, according to history: I waited on the 1st Gen iPod and by the time I bought it, the new ones were released and they were much better. My advice: if you don't have that kind of cash to shell out, wait. There are other smartphones on the market -- and no they don't have multi-touch screens -- such as Nokia, Blackberry, and HTC devices that do an adequate job of providing you with an all-in-one experience and the ability to sync wirelessly with your computer.
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I guess that's the thing with technology, there's always faster, better, cheaper around the corner. I gave up chasing the bleeding edge a long while ago. If you're in the market for a fancy phone, get the best one you can afford at the time. If the iphone is in your price range and it has better features than the competition...?
OTOH, Apple's record on first generation products (quality wise) isn't exactly stellar, so mebbe you don't rush out and buy it the very first day.
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| May 24, 2007 8:21 AM #
It's a given that the iPhone won't dominate like the iPod... and it will likely not dominate like the crackberry.
What it will do is move an insanely great interface and (hopefully) a insanely easy synergy between desktop and handheld into a market that has been wallowing in the microsoft/palm/crackberry cryptic morass.
the iPhone will have to do 2 things well: 1) be the best phone/mobile web device in the market... 2) sync with your mac in a manner that makes your iPod sync seem complex by comparison.
If it does these two things well, thereby reducing/eliminating the need for the laptop/cell phone/PDA triad, you will see that 1% market share in 2007-8, and, more importantly, you'll see a 2-5% market share bump in the Apple desktops. iMacs paied with iPhones will be the be flying off the shelves, if they can make iPhone as easy as an iPod in doing what it needs to do.
posted by geoff | May 24, 2007 10:14 AM #
You always trying to spoil the party... I still want an iPhone. Damn Techies
posted by rocka | May 24, 2007 11:22 AM #
as a techie, I don't really dig the iphone.
But I can see that early adopters would have like them.
Over here in london a phone might be gorgeous but it sells even better the more 'free' it is.
i.e. it's ability to be unlocked or not tied down to any network, or how cheap it is when tied in with a contract.
If I were on the apple launch team, I would slightly lower the price and allow the phone to be 'modded' and then have a cross platform/network deal.
that way it's everywhere and it costs just about as much as the next ipod.
I'd do this thinking that people wouldn't mind paying for something they see as a natural progression in their ipod family. people already look to replacing their pod within 1year to 18months. why not with an iphone?.
That would have been my angle. I need to speak to Mr. Jobs.
posted by soul | June 2, 2007 3:00 AM #