I give up what is the big deal about the iPhone

Sat, 07/12/2008 - 07:57 — mdoneil

It seems the economy does not suck as much as we think if people are lining up to buy a phone and sign an overpriced contract with a mobile phone carrier.

I have a meeting next week and a number of people from the UK and Germany are coming over for it. They all want to buy iPhones.

I give up, it is a phone. Sure it does other things, but none of them particularly well.

I have a blackberry and it has about 30 functions, it is a camera and a mp3 player, and it plays games.

I use it to read email and make the occasional phone call. If I want to write email I will use my computer, if I want music I will use my 30GB iPod, if I want a camera I will use my digital camera not some fixed focus thing.

I don't understand the appeal.

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Sat, 07/12/2008 - 12:00 — StephenK

It is the Newton reborn

Users of the first iPhone apparently used it rarely for making voice calls. Apparently having persistent Internet access wherever you went in the US was the biggest draw. The iPhone really is not a phone for most people. The iPhone is a mobile computer that you can fit in a pocket whereas you cannot fit a full laptop in.

I do find it funny that the folks from the UK want to get the iPhone here. What is available in the US is not unlocked. What O2 has available are far better terms than AT&T.
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