Alan Williams

Apple's iPhone and The Future of Nokia

john,
Apple's iPod works well with Windows and already syncs data, contacts and schedules. Im' sure iPhone will have no trouble following iPod's footsteps. Furthermore iPhone syncs with wirelessly with bluetooth, not USB. I am sure MS Office compatibility will be available at extra cost. Business will love the iPhone.

Apple's iPhone and The Future of Nokia

The iPhone is new. The iPod is not. 100 million iPod purchasers know that Apple can make an interface that just works. 100 million iPod purchasers know that Apple products are more than just good looking devices.

The significance of using OS X on a phone is very big. Windows Mobile is a cell phone OS with the Windows brand tacked on. OS X on iPhone is OS X on a Mac with the unneeded parts removed. It is a fully capable, unix based computer OS that can run very complex programs. It could and probably will run a photo editing program for the built in camera, for one example. It could and probably will run the complex DRM security programing required for direct downloads from the iTunes Store as well. Full fledged MS Office like programs from Apple for iPhone are not only possible but quite probable. In the near future, an iPhone could end up being all the computer that most people need.

The iPhone shouldn't really be called a smart phone. This first iPhone is really a computer with cell phone capabilities. It will steal customers from the low, medium and high end phone markets.

Apple has also said that it is working on 3G iPhones for Europe and for AT&T's inevitable switch to 3G.

I believe Apple will eventually have a full stable of medium to high end cell phone hardware and become a major player in the cell phone industry. In 5 years all phones will have full fledged OS's. Apple will change the cell phone industry forever just like they changed the PC industry forever with the first commercial GUI interface.