Mass Hysteria
July 1st, 2007As 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.
July 2nd, 2007 at 5:53 pm
At work we took turns waiting in line for iPhone, (we needed a couple for work purposes) and the other people in line were way scary. I sincerely doubt that any number of analyst comments could deter that sort. (shudder)
July 3rd, 2007 at 8:58 am
I think (if anything) it should be viewed as a phone that has larger storage capacity than others. Not really compare it to an iPod. I wouldn’t mind having one, but it’s out of my price range.
Now what I would like is an “iphone” without the phone. That is a true Video Ipod with bluetooth and wifi support running a full browser. Drop the phone part and give me a large HD… say 30-80 gigs and we’re real close to a deal!
I’m more concerned with a postrable media center than an all in one dvice at this point.
As far as phones… I git all sorts of stupids and got a Razr from Verizon! A crippled phone.
It’s truly sad. Plus where I live the coverage is horrible. I drop calls constantly. So the next phone I get (iphone or not) I will prefer to have an unlocked phone.
Sorry…
Great past couple of comics Chip! I really enjoy reading them.