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iPhone Release Date Is June 29
willith writes "Apple has placed three iPhone commercials on their Web site today, and each ends with a tag: 'Coming June 29.' This puts to rest the question of when the thing will hit the streets, but there are still worries about allocation — AppleInsider is reporting that the supplies at Cingular/AT&T stores may be relatively tight." And some fanatic sites are already parsing the ads for such enigmas as the "mystery app."
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Wait you've been able to watch Pirates of the Caribbean, got the feeling to eat calamari, look up seafood in Google maps and then make a call to the restaurant? All on your Blackberry, 3 years ago?
I'm not saying it's a new innovation but leaving out select details kinda kills your argument.
Right from the beginning, at the speech made by Jobs at MacWorld, he mentioned that the iPhone was going to be sold for $499/$599 with a two-year contract with Cingular (now AT&T). This is on par with other high-end devices on all carriers. They never said that the price was going to be for the unemcumbered unit.
Look at the tomato! Isn't it sad? He can't dance! Poor tomato!
Yes, well who do you think the target audience is for this phone? If Apple was going after tech savvy users, they would have made something like existing smart phones. Most people praise the Blackberry or some palm device. A few people like the MS products. Apple is trying to repeat the success of the iPod where they got ordinary users to buy an MP3/AAC player. This is a logical upgrade for them. People don't like carrying phones and iPods around with them. They want one device. Apple now has to compete against various phones with MP3 or WMA support. This is their answer.
You can put Apple down for a lot of things, but making this device isn't one of them. Perhaps it was fatally stupid to make it exclusive to Cingular/AT there are a lot of cell phone subscribers on other networks why might want an integrated iPod/phone. Apple will eventually lose the number one spot in portable music just as Sony lost it previously. Apple fans will be sad and "PC" fans will be happy.
Apple did not innovate with the iPod either but that was a big success. They have massive marketshare... almost windows like. Apple used the Microsoft business model of duplicating existing ideas but changing that one little thing that makes all the difference. Steve used the Bill Gates play-book.
Personally, I won't be purchasing an iPhone. I hate cingular and I don't want to spend $500 on a phone. Apple does not get pricing for the midwest. $500 isn't that much money in New York City or San Fransisco. Its a lot of money in Michigan, or Iowa.
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