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Will the iPhone Become the First True Mobile Internet Device?

Dave, I challenge you to think for yourself and stop trying to follow the obvious bread crumbs no matter what billionaire is funding it ("think differently" ehh).

There are current devices that run on open source software that can arguably do everything the iPhone does cheaper and better. It is not a paradigm shift just because you happen to run into a couple of news stories that excited you as much as a product demo which was meant to sell you on their product.

You are correct in your line of thought that the currently superior user experience will drive up the market share of the iPhone. You are wrong on the real future uses of the iPhone.

Will the iPhone Become the First True Mobile Internet Device?

Opps, I didn't mean to hit enter on that last post. Dave, I'm coming off as too cynical, and I apologize.

I believe Android can make a big impact. Google seems to be tediously slow in releasing its products; I'm curious as to what kind of time line they have in mind in regards to its Android's release. The way I see it is the more they wait, the bigger the expectations are.

Will the iPhone Become the First True Mobile Internet Device?

BlahBlah, you mean the iPhone won't do brain scans, even with the new SDK released?

Will the iPhone Become the First True Mobile Internet Device?

In regard to the InformationWeek article, you realize Loevner, the CEO of Epocrates, "led Apple's software division and was an outspoken advocate for the Macintosh". If you base your assumptions without taking that article with a grain of salt, then carry on to the drum beat, all your illusions of what the iPhone will be will soon come true (of course if they don't it's because it was way to ahead of its time).

Will the iPhone Become the First True Mobile Internet Device?

Dave, I've watched the SDK demo, I urge you to watch it again and tell me which part of it is revolutionary. The Epocrates application is an interface, with a few more bells, to the data they're already making available via their m.epocrates.com web page.

Why would you even mention the Zune? Lets stay on topic, on the issue of what the iPhone is and what it isn't. It's a PHONE which is well embraced by the the public, but lacks the features that an enterprise phone needs. Apple is now trying to close that gap.

It's not going to make the iPhone into an XRay machine like you envision, neither will it topple a light-weight laptop with a cell card in the real estate business. It's a phone that plays music, lets you browse the web, slowly, and will soon have a bunch of games on it.

The only paradigm shift it will accomplish any time soon is the capability to send MMS and sort missed calls alphabetically.

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. Or are you just impressed by curvy buttons and touch screen interactions.

Will the iPhone Become the First True Mobile Internet Device?

P.S. Here's an insightful article of where the iPhone is actually headed: www.engadget.com/2008/.../

Hint: it's not the doctor's office...and chances are it won't replace your laptop either.

Will the iPhone Become the First True Mobile Internet Device?

Davewrite: No. Your paradigm shifts are nothing more than poor made-up examples of your own imagination.

Apple will be successful, but not in the made up examples that you gave. Why aren't their computers the de facto standard in medicine or real estate, or whatever other industry your fanboyism is imagining?

The iPhone is a bionic enhancer? Maybe you should submit a patent application for the new iBionic, I'm sure it's going to make you rich....

Apples phone plays music well, can browse the web, looks good, and can make calls. It's going to get smaller, look better, and be faster...but your doctor isn't going to cure you with it.

Come back to planet Earth, will you?

Will the iPhone Become the First True Mobile Internet Device?

Dana, no amount of unsupported wishful thinking will make the iPhone the device you play it up to be. Apple is slow enough with its release of a 3G version of the iPhone, I can't help but doubt the other improvements it would need to be such an ultimate "mobile Internet device".

The SDK apple released should make things interesting, time will tell, although I think it will follow suit with the mobile JVM's use: running sudoku puzzles and silly games rather than enterprise applications.

Are you really going to do most of your work, even when on the go, on an iPhone? Is that something you look forward to doing? Unless you've invested heavily in AAPL, I doubt it.