Make no mistake, that Apple iPhone is one great looking product -- would you expect anything less from Apple?
But what's really interested is taking a look past the shiny, attractive exterior and seeing what's inside -- the technology, what it does, what it can do for you. This is sort of the same as getting past how great a car looks to see if it's really the car for you. After all, a car is just four wheels to get you places, and isn't a phone really something to make calls (OK, "communicate") with?
Guess music could play a part in that experience, too?
Good to check out all of the blogging, blogging, blogging on this issue and really liked this report called "The iPhone Is Not a Smart Phone." Apparently, it's not a lot of other things, too.
Remains to be seen after all of the hoopla how many of us are going to trade it our iPods and our cell phones for one singular (that could be Cingular -- only provider to have it for now, or at least the near future) gadget.
Doing the math with the two gadgets morphing into one means I have to dig deeper into my pocket to come up with the scratch for the iPhone -- but when has a little cash been an issue when there's a new, cool gadget to be had?
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I don't get it. What's the big deal? When IPods came out, it only plays mp3s, now you have a phone and a mp3 player and perhaps more apps. It doesn't offer anything I don't already have. Sure it looks nice just like a typical Apple product. No Wifi/Bluetooth sync. No epandable memory? No support for syncing with Outlook. No 3G. Where's the keyboard? on-screen I guess. That would be bad for someone who text messages so much.
Now if Sony can come up with a mini-PSP-like phone with a slide out keyboard, then that would be a hit. Game, Video, Phone, MP3, web browsing all-in-one tiny gadget.
I guess people will always buy products just because it looks nice and shiny with pretty wheels on it.