Re: Inc.com: Apple's phone is "next major computing device"

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4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote:

> Inc.com: iPhone is "next major computing device"
>
> Posted Nov 26th 2007 4:00PM by Dave Caolo
> Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhone
> Zach Nelson at Inc.com has seen the future of computing, and it is the
> iPhone. He writes:
>
> "Some people use it to play music. Others marvel at the photo-browsing
> interface, and some of its users just want to look cool. I don't care
> about any of those things when I look at the iPhone. What I see is the
> breakout of the next major enterprise computing platform."
>
> This is basically what I said after my first full day with the iPhone.
> It's a portable computer that just happens to make phone calls, not a
> phone that performs a few tricks. Months later, my feelings haven't
> changed. I use it primarily as a computer (and an iPod) and
> occasionally as a phone. In fact, when I'm showing it off to people,
> the phone features (making calls, working with contacts, etc.) are
> what they're least interested in. Email and the internet are always
> first.
>
> With that in mind, I'll share my ten favorite iPhone-optimized web
> sites.
>
> 1. meebo. Nice AIM implementation. No frills, just function.
> 2. PocketTweets. Until we get Twitterrific for the iPhone, I'll use
> PocketTweets. It looks nice and works.
> 3. Leaflets. A portal for several useful iPhone-optimized pages. I
> especially like their Newsvine, Flickr and Major League Baseball
> implementation.
> 4. JiWire. Quickly find public Wi-Fi in your neighborhood.
> 5. Tomatometer. Find reviews on nearly any movie.
> 6. MoviesApp. Somehow, pulling up movie times on an iPhone
> impresses people more than anything else.
> 7. PopTakeout. Browse top headlines from Digg, Newsvine, Delicious,
> more. Plus, the Chinese takeout box icon is cute.
> 8. MyPhoneFootball.com. No frills, just speedy updates on NFL
> scores and standings.
> 9. Fumbleview. Real-time, java-powered play-by-play on your
> favorite NFL games plus chat. I love it.
> 10. Weather Underground humiliates the iPhone weather widget.
>
> A user commented on the above
> 6. Jailbroken phones really hammer the point home for some folks. When
> I told my boss that I'm running Apache, PHP, AFP, Tinyproxy and a
> bunch of other services from the BSD box in my pocket, he nearly had a
> canary. And when I showed him Labyrinth, he was giddy as a schoolgirl.
>
> Posted at 4:56PM on Nov 26th 2007 by punkassjim
>
> A ton of ther users posted even more links to new sites devoted to
> extending the power of the iPhone.

Great links, thanks!

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