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The Perfect Phone Storm?
peter deacon writes "Is the iPhone the next Segway, the next Zune, or the next iPod? The Perfect Storm offers some iPhone details that aren't secrets, but tend to be lost upon the analysts and journalists cranking out hit pieces on the iPhone. Why is everyone from Gartner to Gizmodo calling for a boycott of the iPhone? An interesting take on how Apple's new mobile phone will push to open up the web as a mobile platform for every mobile device on the market with a standards-based browser, and how Apple 'hacked the hackers' by releasing Safari for Windows in advance of its new phone."
Personally if I had mod points I'd mod the article as "Flame bait"
You must be kidding, right? This is one of the most biased articles I've seen in my entire life.
Criticizing Apple doesn't make you a Microsoft dog.
I don't get it either. There are loads of good phones on the market. The iPhone is nothing special. Frankly, being associated with Apple gets a negative mark in my book. Check out the Nokia N95 for a decent phone. Main downpoint of that is the battery life, but it's got a rechargable battery and the charger is small so so what?
1. Get Apple or i something in your user name. /appletv and a black mock turtle neck within 72 hours of registering on /.
2. Find fifteen to twenty Apple advertorials and submit them as stories.
3. Don't dis Linux while maintaining an air of superiority as an Apple user.
4. Always take the Cowboy Neal option in polls.
5. Exception to number 4 is only those instances where you can reasonably select "Breast" as your poll answer.
6. You must criticize every conceivable feature or bug in Vista while not admitting that you are an Apple fanboy. Others will do that for you.
7. You must by a mac / ipod
Any questions? Email stevejobsismygod@slashdot.mac
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This post would be relevent if you were disagreeing with what I said. Confusion as to why you posted "you must be kidding" , since you basicly share my view.