Matthew T. Russotto <russotto@grace.speakeasy.net> wrote
> 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.

Nope, plenty of comparable phones available now.

>> The parallels to Apple's entrance into the mobile music market are striking.

Nope, the iphone is much later to market than the ipod was.

>> And their current success with the ipod gives them leverage in this new market.

Not much, because its stuck on the AT&T EDGE network.

>> They might dominate this new market.

Not a chance, because its stuck on the AT&T EDGE network alone.

>> But in any case, it seems likely that the cell phone business will be changed.

That aint gunna happen either. The most it might
do is produce more pure touch screen designs.

Thats welcome, but it isnt going to change the entire cellphone business.

> 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.

I doubt it, its a pretty decent wifi system with phone and media player.

Main problem is that its currently stuck on AT&T's pretty fucked
EDGE system but it should be hard to add GSM 3G to it now.

> Personally I'm hoping that's the case;
> then maybe Apple can concentrate on computers.

If they'd have done that, they'd have sunk beneath the waves by now.