On this WWDC day

[Andy Tarpinian]

On Jun 11, 2008, at 12:28 PM, Andy Tarpinian wrote:

>
> On Jun 11, 2008, at 2:32 AM, Peter Korsten wrote:
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>> Joost Schuttelaar schreef:
>>
>>> Dude, they sold 6 million of 'em :)
>>
>> So why are they introducing a new model after only a year, with some
>> features (but still not all) that it should have had in the first  
>> place,
>> at one third of the price?
>
> Because everyone was screaming their ass off for a 3G model from the  
> beginning. And on surveys the number one reason people said they did  
> not have an iPhone was the cost. Obviously these are fixes but that  
> does not mean the first one has to be a failure for one improve on  
> their product quickly.
>
> I'm still curious on what the features are that it needs to make it  
> complete in your eyes. The keyboard thing is a matter of preference,  
> and we are starting to see the benefit as in 2.0 there are soft  
> keyboards for each language, including a feature that will let you  
> draw chinese letters on the screen. My only major qualm is copy/ 
> paste, but my windows smartphone didn't have that either!
>
> But lets not forget the things the iPhone can be that other phones  
> don't come close to, like a game platform!
>
> http://news.zdnet.com/2422-13568_22-205261.html
>
> Video quality is a bit crap so here is a still also
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5yzz46

also check out "iPhone users rock out with Band" simple, and nothing  
that new, but cute.