On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:44:17 -0700, Oxford wrote
(in article
<colalovesmacs-68FE18.12441726062007@mpls-nnrp-06.inet.qwest.net>):

> George Graves <gmgraves2@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I guess these guys HAVE to write about something, even if what they are
>> writing about is as obvious as this. How big is the cellphone market again?
>> 200 million? 500 million? a Billion? I dunno but its huge. So, its a no
>> brainer to say that the iPhone won't turn the market on it's ear -
>> especially
>> since most cellphones in the world are really cheap ones -that's where the
>> numbers are. What the iPhone will do is sell like hot cakes. They'll
>> literally fly off of Apple's and ATT's shelves. I predict that Apple won't
>> be
>> able to keep up with the orders. That's the significance of iPhone. It will
>> make Apple even richer.
>
> correct George... the iPhone nano or iPhone mini is just around the
> corner and it's going to crush many a cell phone company like a bug. The
> cell industry is incredibly weak in comparison to the computer industry.
> They haven't had any serious competition in decades.
>
> The iPhone could take 10-15% of the revenue market in the first year,
> 10-15% of the unit volume in year 2, it just depends on how fast Apple
> wants to crush cell companies.
>
> Should be fun to watch.

I'll say! Wish I could really justify an iPhone, But I can't. Hell, I might
buy one anyway :-)