Safari on the iPhone won't kill pIE any time soon. This is because:
1. The 3G version of the iPhone doesn't come out some time in 2008. It's ridiculous (worthy of ridicule) that Apple picked a carrier with a high-speed data network (AT&T) and then didn't up the hardware to take advantage.
2. Apple isn't going to sell the iPhone as SIM-unlocked. Most people, unless they are hardcore tech addicts, don't know how to get a phone SIM-unlocked. So only subscribers to AT&T will have the iPhone. And most of those are not available for a hardware discount right now. Americans won't shell out $500+ for a phone without contract discounts, so they will have to wait until their contracts are out.
Also, all Microsoft gets out of the deal with the phone companies is the initial software licensing. Microsoft doesn't manufacture hardware. The leading manufacturer of hardware for Windows Professional phones is High Tech Computer (HTC) Corporation. HTC has manufactured a model that has a similar appearance to the iPhone (the HTC Touch, with new TouchFLO touchscreen technology.
And where's the QWERTY keyboard? All the Windows Mobile PDA phones sold by Cingular and T-Mobile have slide out QWERTY keyboards. The iPhone does not.
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Safari on the iPhone won't kill pIE any time soon. This is because:
1. The 3G version of the iPhone doesn't come out some time in 2008. It's ridiculous (worthy of ridicule) that Apple picked a carrier with a high-speed data network (AT&T) and then didn't up the hardware to take advantage.
2. Apple isn't going to sell the iPhone as SIM-unlocked. Most people, unless they are hardcore tech addicts, don't know how to get a phone SIM-unlocked. So only subscribers to AT&T will have the iPhone. And most of those are not available for a hardware discount right now. Americans won't shell out $500+ for a phone without contract discounts, so they will have to wait until their contracts are out.
Also, all Microsoft gets out of the deal with the phone companies is the initial software licensing. Microsoft doesn't manufacture hardware. The leading manufacturer of hardware for Windows Professional phones is High Tech Computer (HTC) Corporation. HTC has manufactured a model that has a similar appearance to the iPhone (the HTC Touch, with new TouchFLO touchscreen technology.
And where's the QWERTY keyboard? All the Windows Mobile PDA phones sold by Cingular and T-Mobile have slide out QWERTY keyboards. The iPhone does not.