Dvorak to Apple - Stop The iPhone

eldavojohn writes "John Dvorak is advising Apple to cease all efforts on the iPhone, citing the mobile handset business as a 'buzz saw waiting to chop up newbies.' With Apple's image as a 'hot company that can do no wrong' on the line, Dvorak warns that the extremely fad-prone marketplace for cell phones will quickly turn the 'hot' iPhone passe'. Unless the company has several new models in the pipeline to release after the original offering, he says, they're likely to fail. 'If it's smart it will call the iPhone a "reference design" and pass it to some suckers to build with someone else's marketing budget. Then it can wash its hands of any marketplace failures.'"

Comments

Slashdot to Dvorak: Stop the Apple Trolling!

[AKAImBatman]

Seriously, there's nothing to see here. Move along. Dvorak has known for decades that Apple users are protective of the Apple name and products. So he regularly goes about trying to get those users worked up. He even admits it here! Rather than giving him the satisfaction of getting you worked up again, why don't you try ignoring him for a change?

Re:Slashdot to Dvorak: Stop the Apple Trolling!

[Dogtanian]

Microsoft - Should get out of the operating systems business and start a chain of chicken finger restaurants. Get real. That is one HELL of a stupid suggestion.

Chickens don't have fingers.

Re:Slashdot to Dvorak: Stop the Apple Trolling!

[AKAImBatman]

Your link doesn't seem to work. But you may find this link more interesting:

http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details.j sp?globalObjectId=130

** The Motorola RAZR V3i is available with iTunes in ONLY the following markets:

Australia, NZ, Indonesia, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Turkey, South Africa, Rest of Africa, North Africa, Israel, Thailand, Middle East

You'll notice that the United States is not on that list. :)

Re:3G

[PipOC]

I don't see this as a huge problem, 3G deployment isn't widespread at this point, and EDGE still delivers ~200 Kbit data rates, which is nothing to scoff at for a mobile device, and perfectly suitable for web browsing and the like, but it still gives you wi-fi if you need higher throughput for some reason. Hell we don't even know if the browser supports flash, which if omitted nullifies a signifcant portion of available video content. And you should also note that it isn't a tether-modem so one of the major features of 3g phones is moot.

Calling your bluff

[michaelmalak]

Here is a photo of the Apple store in Baku, Azerbaijan.

According to this blog, Azerbaijan is actually a good place to get an iPod, compared to the surrounding countries.

Re:Readers to Editors: Stop Posting Dvorak Article

[morgan_greywolf]

Hmmm. Since it seems that you keep reading them and posting comments in them, it doesn't seem likely that they'll stop, now does it?

Re:Thank God for John C. Dvorak

[Anonymous Coward]

If it's smart it will call the iPhone a "reference design" and pass it to some suckers to build with someone else's marketing budget. Then it can wash its hands of any marketplace failures.

Great strategy. The failure of PlaysForSure devices didn't reflect on Microsoft at all.

Re:3G

[PipOC]

One thing Apple did tell us is that you won't be able to use the iPhone as a wireless Bluetooth modem for a laptop on the road... That's from macworld so I'd be pretty confident in saying that, barring a software upgrade for the phone.