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Re: iPhone the 21st Century Edsel

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2007-10-14, 12:33 pm

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:

> No, apparently many of them thought that the lockdown was defeatable.
>
> Regardless, time will tell. Once they've gone beyond having the first
> one on the block, once something else comes along that's newer, we'll
> see how many people stay with iPhone.

Well, the iPhone will have the lead for at least 17 years by the 200
patents alone. Things like Multi-Touch can't be copied, nor can the thin
form factor, iPod, full web browser, the ability to type easily on a
screen, etc. Cell companies just don't have the ability to move up to
that level.

> The cell phone crowd overall is a finicky one.

Yes, because they've never really had any clear choices. Now the iPhone
wins every review by a wide margin. Yes, Apple needs to add GPS, voice
dialing, etc but you must save something for a Version 2.0 model.

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