chip cullen graphics freelancer

As I’m sure everyone is well aware of, Apple’s iPhone came out this weekend. They’ve been touting it as a revolutionary new phone and are hoping to capture a small slice of the cellular phone market.

Truth be told, I’m not even that particularly impressed by the iPhone, nor do I want one. I think that the hard drive size (8 gigs??) and tie to AT&T are deal breakers. Some of the ways one might use it are pretty intriguing, but not enough to spend that kind of money.

What surprised, and irritated, me more was the coverage the iPhone was getting ahead of it’s release. It’s like all of the analysts had to make SOME statement about it - and I think a lot of them were missing the point. I can’t remember which technology firm did it (I think there were several), but they publicly were warning they’re corporate clients not to purchase or support the iPhone for their staffers. When was the iPhone ever being marketed towards corporate users?? At what point was this ever a consideration? I just felt that kind pronouncement was asinine - about as useless as complaining that the iPhone doesn’t make confections.