Comments on: AT&T: iPhone changes how we’ll do business

By: mark

mark — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:31:49 +0000

By the way, Beattie has become a critic of everything Apple. Today’s screed was anti-Leopard. So best approach is to just ignore him (since he doesn’t listen and doesn’t let anyone comment at his site), and soon he will become irrelevant.

By: Kontra

Kontra — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:13:39 +0000

Luis Alejandro Masanti: “The best way to predict the future is inventing it.”

Very appropriate.

It was Alan Kay, a former Apple Fellow, who said, “the best way to predict the future is to invent it.”

http://www.ecotopia.com/webpress/futures.htm

By: Synthmeister

Synthmeister — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:38:06 +0000

“Apple just doesn’t have the mobile hardware chops to do it themselves. Until you easily can get things like GPS, 5 megapixel sensors and HSDPA 3G on the commodity market, Apple won’t be launching a device with those features. They don’t have the experience, know how or partnerships to get it done and still be profitable.”

This is the strangest statement. First off, Apple has been building portable devices for what, 6 years now. I would say it’s gotten pretty good at cramming a lot of components in a small space—probably better than anyone else in the industry.
Second, Apple will have the same access and pricing to those same components that Nokia has. That’s what happens when you become a major player.

By: Tom B

Tom B — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:03:09 +0000

“Nokia is falling into the trap of the competitors who compete against the ipod – they think it’s ALL about a series of features”

Exactly right. Moreover, EACH iPhone is ALSO an iPOD. We have seen how easy it is to compete with the iPod, right? Heck– you could take out the phone part and sell an iPod with just the new UI. OOPs! They already thought of that, didn’t they?

When my Nano dies, I’ll take an iPod “touch” over an actual iPhone– my wife requires me to use Verizon.

By: jbelkin

jbelkin — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:50:54 +0000

Nokia is falling into the trap of the competitors who compete against the ipod – they think it’s ALL about a series of features just like the Isuzu can out-corner a BMW in some traffic cone tests but overall?

What is Nokia touting? 5 MP camera? 3G, GPS? That is swapping out THREE chips – that should literally take the factory 5 minutes but useability? That’s where Nokia falls down. Features, yes, mostly attractive or not unattractive? Yes. World class usability? NO.

95% of the ALL the features on the iphone can be accessed with ONE tap and the other 5% with TWO TAPS.

The problem with every cell phone prior was NOT it was missing feature, it was people unwilling to pay a lot for it because they knew they had no idea how to use it.

By: James

James — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:19:28 +0000

So if Nokia has all these super hardware chops and access to all this bleeding edge tech, how did the iPhone have any chance at all?

Mr. Beattie needs to learn the difference between a bulleted list of features and a shipping product.

By: mark

mark — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:13:07 +0000

Excellent post. I’ll be pointing to it when I respond to some other naysayers out there.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:57:24 +0000

Look, it has never been about the hardware or “features”. It is about the interface. What good are 100 extra features if the interface is so poorly designed that it is a hassle for the average consumer to readily access those functions (I like my old Sony-Ericsson, but the interface is fairly appalling). The iPod often has fewer features than its competition (no built in FM tuner), but the interface is great and the controls intuitive. That’s why it is a winner. That and a drive to revise the product regularly.

Apple has largely put together a new way to interact with the phone, and as a result, I think that the industry should be a little paranoid.

By: Luis Alejandro Masanti

Luis Alejandro Masanti — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:49:45 +0000

The problem is that “no one innovates”, they are just trying to replicate what Apple does.

As with the bunch of “iPod killers” (Zune included) there will be a bunch of “iPhone killers”, “Leopard killers”, “iTunes killer”…

In the meantime, Apple would be “inventing the future” and being ahead!

p.s.: In the old days, there was a banner (before internet pages’ banners) thar said; “The best way to predict the future is inventing it.”

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Albania » Blog Archives » Tirana, Albania — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:11:27 +0000

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