iPhone Faces Uncertain Market

48 hours have passed since Steve Jobs's MacWorld keynote and the reality distortion field is beginning to wear off. Lists of the drawbacks of the announced iPhone are sprouting all over the Net (and there is the occasional defense by true believers). Now narramissic writes, "The iPhone may be poised to take over the high-end cell phone market, but is it a market worth taking? Not if an InStat survey from July is any indication: Of 1,800 consumers surveyed, just 21 had spent more than $400 for a cell phone. Prices for the iPhone, admittedly more of a handheld computer than a cell phone, start at $499 for the 4G-byte version with a required two-year contract with Cingular. So, is Apple pricing it right? Analysts quoted in this article seem to think Apple's going to have a hard time getting the 1% of market share that Jobs called for."

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Business Acceptance

[Greyfox]

I could see a lot of businesses going for these, especially if you can run SIP software on them. Set up WAPs in the company and configure the phone so that when your salesman walks in the door his phone registers on the company asterisk server. Use the company phone system while in the building and only route to the cell phone when the guy's not in the building. It'd probably save a ton on cellphone bills -- our salesguys are ALWAYS on their cellphones and you KNOW the company pays those bills.

Between that and not having to shell out for desk phones or wiring the building for them (for new installations) they'd more than pay for themselves.

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[ivansusanin]

You are a genius! iHpone is gayest as ever anything from apple. Only faggots can like backwards interface and all buttons on windows. When I see "[Cancel] [OK]" I feel urge to punch some ugly apple dork into their retarded brains to fix the glitch.