On this WWDC day

[Peter Korsten]

Andy Tarpinian schreef:

> and what is so impressive about say the E61i over the iPhone? I'm  

The keyboard. It's full QWERTY.

> curious. And I guess I don't know the cost for phone like this in  
> Europe, but high end Nokia type phones would be more expensive than  
> say the new iPhone price here.

My E61i was definitely more expensive than the iPhone 2 is, but it's 
difficult to say because we actually sell mobile phones, so we get them 
at cost price (duh).

But we'll see how it works out for Apple. The thing of being tied in 
with one single provider is not going to go down well, because the 
typical smartphone corporate customer just goes to the mobile operator 
that gives him the best deal, whether that includes Apple or Nokia or 
RIM or whatever.

I think that Apple still doesn't understand the mobile market, and 
definitely not the mobile market in Europe.

- Peter