In article <f5rsna$un8$1@shell.dim.com>,
Daniel Packman <pack@shell.dim.com> wrote:
>
>Competition among current phone makers and phone companies
>has been strong for some time. The iphone promises through
>a combination of features, design, and marketing to fundamentally
>change the cell phone landscape. The parallels to Apple's entrance
>into the mobile music market are striking. And their current success
>with the ipod gives them leverage in this new market. They might
>dominate this new market. But in any case, it seems likely that
>the cell phone business will be changed.

Or maybe once the initial marketing-driven hype is done, it'll sink
like a lead Newton without even leaving much in the way of ripples.
Personally I'm hoping that's the case; then maybe Apple can
concentrate on computers.



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