chandanlog(3C): iPhone and The Dog That can do Many Tricks

05 Aug 2007 iPhone and The Dog That can do Many Tricks

Saw an iPhone in an apple store in San Jose. There was a small crowd gathered around it. I had to wait for my turn to examine this wonder gadget that is making news, or made news, since the hype has subsided.

iPhone seems like just one centimeter away from my vision of an All-in-one card. Many other smart phones in the market today are also that close. My an year old Linux phone Motorola MING, though lacked wifi, seems to have everything iPhone has hardware-wise. Interface on iPhone is much better, though navigation is confusing at times. iPhone is like a dog which can do many tricks, but crippled because the owner wanted to sell a wheel chair service plan with it :-(

Mobile communication industry in USA lags behind rest of the world by years - limited choice, lack of competition, poor coverage, legacy protocols and services like SMS and mutimedia, still seen as premium features!!. I am hoping that iPhone and immitations would bring changes.

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iPhone is facing some serious competetion from HTC touch.

Posted by redhotjava.com on August 05, 2007 at 03:01 PM PDT #

So you think SMS is a great advancement tha US is missing out on? I'm sorry to disagree with you, SMS is popular in the rest of the world for the very same reasons voice is popular in US; carrier pricing the product. In US voice is cheaper and in the rest of the world SMS is cheaper, hence the greater use. I wouldn't characterize it as us lagging behind. BTW, I was in a mall here in the southeast and went to the Apple store. They were expecting heavy crowds, not for seeing the iPhone but it is a tax holiday for back to school in Georgia. There wasn't a soul hanging about the iPhone island which had no less than 15 phones. I spent no less than 5 minutes on the device and must say it is very polished. Was I willing to shell out $500 on the device and then be forced to install iTunes on my PC, no. BTW, doesn't it strike you as odd that the most proprietory company in the world, Apple, never gets dinged for it.

Posted by Anantha on August 05, 2007 at 05:46 PM PDT #

Anantha, it is not that US is missing SMS technology. It is sold a premium service rather than something that is taken for granted. It is like a burger place selling "Unlimited Water for an extra $10"!!!

Posted by Chandan on August 06, 2007 at 10:04 AM PDT #