Comments on: iPhone – now this is a revolutionary interface

By: robert

robert — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:57:30 +0000

hi all.

By: The iPhone looks great but I hope they release one without the phone... « Derivadow

Wed, 09 May 2007 22:24:47 +0000

[...] The iPhone looks great but I hope they release one without the phone… 18Jan07 The iPhone looks just great – Apple have obviously spent a lot of time working on the iPhone’s UX. There are numerous features, both big and small (like slide to unlock), that I’m sure will make it a great device to use. [...]

By: John

John — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:14:53 +0000

Sure the buttonless interface is going to be great for some applications, but not for all, and I’ve already learnt my convergence lesson from my camera-pmp-browser-phone, which I use as … a phone.
(It’s got the same resolution camera btw).

By: Olly Wright

Olly Wright — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:17:14 +0000

“…some carriers … won’t be all that thrilled about stocking it … since they’d be destroying their own online and mobile music businesses in the process.”

Perhaps. The thing is, most carriers are doing incredibly badly when it comes to online mobile business. They are desperately trying to increase mobile data use (data ARPU) but lack compelling reasons to give their users to go online. I would think Apple has two very powerful things to put on the table to offer the operators:

– Exclusive distribution of a very sexy device that will do good things for their brand, plus lead to them developing innovative new services (eg visual voicemail). These users will be early adopter types with deep pockets.

– The likelyhood that iPhone users will run up LARGE data charges. This is good for the operators, and worth more to them than selling a couple of ringtones to a user. Push email, some google mapping and general web-surfing will generate much more ARPU (average revenue per unit) than any other device.

In the long run I see more and more operators backing off from trying to deliver mobile services. It costs so much money to develop and doesn’t make much in return. I think they’ll inevitably end up as mobile ISPs. Think AOL from 1995 onwards.

Euro versions of the iPhone will be 3G when they ship at the end of 2007.

By: Gerard Wieffering

Gerard Wieffering — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:41:20 +0000

Type your comment here.
This is great.
Lets talk, dooing and go!
This is Apple!
I like it!
Best regards to all of you Apple Inc.
Gerard.

By: Rachel Dixon

Rachel Dixon — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:27:00 +0000

Interesting. A big leap forward. It remains to be seen, however, whether or not Apple will allow other carriers to also sell music to play on the thing – since they won’t license fairplay, I’m guessing the answer is no. That means there will be some carriers (I can think of at least three here in Australia) that won’t be all that thrilled about stocking it even if they’re permitted to by Apple, since they’d be destroying their own online and mobile music businesses in the process.

So I think the device is great, but I’m curious about how the business model is going to work, especially outside the US.

By: Sebhelyesfarku

Sebhelyesfarku — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:17:48 +0000

Guess how nice will be typing an email on a sunny day with the virtual keyboard on the touchscreen. LOL

By: Dubroy.com/blog » iPhone is the acid test for convergence

Dubroy.com/blog » iPhone is the acid test for convergence — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:04:17 +0000

[...] In the end, it doesn’t matter what the experts think — the consumers are going to answer the convergence question. And I think the iPhone is going to be the precedent setter. Leisa Reichelt thinks it’s an automatic deal-clincher. I’m only a bit more skeptical. Touch screens have some well-established usability problems, notably the lack of tactile feedback. Even with the iPod, Apple backpedaled a bit with the four buttons, which were only touch-sensitive on the 3G models. [...]

By: Roger von Oech

Roger von Oech — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:48:09 +0000

I think it looks pretty cool as well. I bet I get one this summer.
Steve had a pretty busy day — those two other products he introduced today aren’t exactly chopped liver.
And to top it all off, he changed the name of the company to Apple (he dropped the Computer part).

By: Ric

Ric — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:38:36 +0000

Now we just have to wait until next year before it’s released in Australia … hopefully by then it will be cool with 3G, given that Telstra is phasing out GSM and CDMA this year.

It’s on my Xmas wishlist for 2008 …

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