Comments on: So what is it? a smartphone with MP3 player? Or the most popular line of MP3 players, with a smartphone inside?

By: Rameumptom

Rameumptom — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:28:36 +0000

I still use a Handspring Visor for my basic handheld computing. For anything heavier, I use my netbook. I just can’t swallow an expensive cell phone contract, etc., just so I can try typing with my thumbs…. More devices, yes, but they function well for what I use them for.

By: iPhone Pricier? Not Really

iPhone Pricier? Not Really — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:58:05 +0000

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By: Steve Jobs–iPhone is too pricey!

Steve Jobs–iPhone is too pricey! — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:11:48 +0000

[...] would say I feel vindicated. I mean, after all I had been ranting that the iPhone was overpriced. But then, as you may recall, I blogged about “temporal price discrimination” and how [...]

By: Bob Williams

Bob Williams — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:41:23 +0000

One other problem with the all in one smartphones:

A LOT of corporate and government folks can not take them into the workplace because they have integrated phones – - at least I was able to get my TREO 700p camera disabled using software – hopefully Apple will offer the same thing for the iPhone

By: reinharden

reinharden — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:10:15 +0000

For fun I note that Apple didn’t define the portable music market or even the digital audio player market; instead they created the iPod market.

Now they’ve defined the iPhone market.

Rather than try to make it squeeze into “Is it a phone/Is it an MP3 player” why not consider it an Portable Internet Connectivity Device that happens to be capable of being a phone or an MP3 player.

It doesn’t just change things for NOK/PALM/RIMM/Symbian, but also up and comers like Oqo and the UMPC folks.

I concur that I’d prefer a lower initial price. But the price will come down after they milk the first adapters for all their worth.

And unless somebody innovates astonishingly quickly and leapfrogs the iPhone, Apple will sell a million the first month they’re on sale (if they spin production up that fast) and have no problem hitting their 10 million in the first year.

reinharden