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Will the iPhone Become the First True Mobile Internet Device?

I like Google, they are run by smart dudes. Interesting to see where Android will go. Google CEO and chairman Schmidt is on Apple's board. Some good technology like the maps on iPhones (using cell tower triangulation to mimic GPS) is Google's (People don't flame me on this, note I did NOT say iPhones are BETTER than true GPS!)

But Google and other mobile devices are going to have a hard slog. The iPhone runs modified OsX which is took something like 20 years to develop (growing out from Next Os) so for them to get an OS working as well as iPhones and future iDevices, it's going to be tough. The Os foundation (like the rendering optimization) is already hard enough to match, Apple's ease of use poses an even a bigger challenge. Already the iPhone's marketshare (smartphones) has overtaken Palm, Windows Mobile and second only to Rim. Google says 50 times more searches come from iPhones than any other hand held mobile device so the iPhone has something there. Will iPhones dominate the cellphone market? probably not anytime soon as simple phones are the vast majority, Apple is only aiming at 10 million in 2008 out of 1 billion market, but the potential is there and Apple's iPhone and future devices will grow market share. It took years for RIM selling in many countries to reach 12 million users, Apple in about half a year in four countries has already 4 million.

Applications on the iPhone (iPod Touch and future iDevices) will be huge, whether corporate, scholastic, scientific or entertainment. When the SDK was released Apple servers couldn't keep up with the traffic. Gameloft (makers of Rainbow Six) for example has announced 15 games coming to the iPhone. Games using the iPhones accelerometer is already creating buzz.

Will the iPhone Become the First True Mobile Internet Device?

User 162347, you said that iPhones won't be used for medicine, I debunked you and showed your ignorance now you're saying:"It's not going to make the iPhone into an XRay machine like you envision, ". And where exactly did I say the iPhone will become an Xray machine? Can you quote me saying that? My single original post on medicine just stated "a college student's iPhone interface will be different from say a doctors (who will be using his as a diagnostic aid)" Which is exactly correct. READ dude, don't just imagine.

The simple fact is now you can EASILY configure and carry all kinds of data with you on an OFF THE SHELF tool (versus expensive specialist device), try taking a laptop as you go from patient bed to patient bed or be carried by paramedics for example. My point is the iPhone and future Apple mobile devices can have their interfaces configured for all kinds of tasks (unlike other 'smart' phones), the tech and os is way ahead of others. Already colleges are configuring them and ipod Touches to be used in a school setting.

I didn't say it'll take over the laptop but it is a paradigm shift in mobile devices.

You say "Tell me, as a developer, what features of the SDK makes you believe that the applications developed for the iPhone will bring about the changes you envision". Look at my post (instead of just imagining what I wrote) and tell me if anything I envision like the real estate stuff with google maps is impossible.

When people like you have NO facts to back you up you go back to old "mac fanboy" stuff. Are you calling a hard nosed investor like John Doerr who is putting up 100m for iPhone developers a fanboy as well? I have no doubt that Doerr (Amazon, google financier) is hell of a lot smarter than you.

Will the iPhone Become the First True Mobile Internet Device?

Hey user User 162347, this is what Information Week says:" E-Health Provider Epocrates Hails 'Business Friendly' iPhone. CEO Kirk Loevner says more than one in four U.S. physicians use his company's services, which could thrive under the smartphone." www.informationweek.co....

User 162347 they ALREADY demoed the program for the iPhone and will release it soon (iPhone software 2 out in June needed for native apps.). This is just a start, no doubt many other specialist firms will be writing apps. like this for the iPhone. You said these were all "poor made-up examples of your own imagination. Come back to planet Earth, will you?" what do you say now -- just shows your profound ignorance. Do some research before you spout off next time, ok.

Will the iPhone Become the First True Mobile Internet Device?

User 162347, you my comments "Your paradigm shifts are nothing more than poor made-up examples of your own imagination", yet did you ACTUALLY watch the SDK where the company demoed the doctor's Epocrates program? (boggles my mind that people keep opening their mouths without watching or understanding the SDK's potential).This is just the start. Already the news is being featured in medical sites like doctorgadgeds.com. No example I have given is beyond the iPhone's capabilities. Look at the other examples done by commercial companies in the SDK presentation, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Arguing with PC lovers is pointless, they think the Zune is advanced, put that against the iPod touch (soon after the software 2 release in June there will be thousands of programs for the Touch).

Will the iPhone Become the First True Mobile Internet Device?

The iPhone's interface allows the device to change to whatever the user requires, e.g. a college student's iPhone interface will be different from say a doctors (who will be using his as a diagnostic aid) -- this a paradigm shift for mobile devices. IPhones and future iDevices are more mini-computers running a very advanced OS a modified OsX, Rim and the others are years behind and don't have the resources to catch up (it's taken 20 years for Apple to get OsX to this stage). Also for future iDevices usability is important and in this respect nobody comes close to Apple. After 8 months iPhones already have bigger market share in the U.S than all the other mobile devices like Palm, Windows Mobile, second only to Rim. Google says 50 times more searches come from iPhones than any other cell phone.

The future is Apple's, that's why John Doerr (the guy who financed Google and Amazon) is setting aside 100 million to finance iPhone app. development.

Take a real estate company, if your competitor is using the iPhone to keep up with contacts, locate properties with Google Maps, seamlessly integrate information like listings and leads generated with headquarters computers, do banking, calculate mortgages etc. plus have access to every tool on the net, and you are not using the iPhone you're going to feel very outgunned. The iPhone is many situations will seem like a portable powerful 'bionic' enhancer. Watch the Apple SDK presentation, the iPhone is a game changer.