iPhone. A slow data network. The iFanboy/iFangrrrl does not care.
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/969.html
The iPhone will do well after the peak of expectations is crossed with the trough of disillusionment. For right now, those Apple-Joosy adverts to do in the range of OK to Great. The lasting effect over the long term is probably greater usability and ease of access for everyone. If you are really desperate, you can take desperate measures: http://lifehacker.com/software/hack-attack/turn-your-windows-mobile-phone-into-an-iphone-269055.php
There are some advantages to the iPhone model that have not been highlighted: Flash on the Phone – Quicktime also plays flash so the iPhone is Flash enabled (other phones are not because Adobe makes the pricing too steep). The iPhone SDK is OS X and Safari. No more of the proprietary SDK hindrances. It’s real web, not WAP. And it’s pretty. Most of all, it’s easy to use with great design, and has two joosy things: touch and zoom. There’s already one web application for a Simple Shopping List: http://onetrip.org/
This is a nice perspective: http://gigaom.com/2007/06/12/5-ways-iphone-will-change-the-wireless-biz/
And what will follow is the “clone wars” from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Qualcomm (provided they can ship the chips to the US).
(…I managed to get Star Trek AND Star Wars references into one topic!…)
