iPhone, uPhone, we all benefit from iPhone
The latest release from Apple is of course garnering all sorts of attention from everyone, not just the Tech community. There are reports that the first person has already lined up for the first iPhone in New York. Typically, I would be fairly negative when it comes to Apple, but it’s not necessarily anything against the products, more against the company and their better-than-everyone-else attitude. Personally, for the money required to get an entry-level Mac, I’d be more interested in getting a higher-end PC, or perhaps even an adequate laptop and desktop. The same with an iPod, which uses the iTunes systems exclusively, a program that I would almost describe as the bane of my existence based on the free tech support I’ve provided for the program over the years. However, with the iPhone, I see a leader and potential for change.
Technology has always seemed to lag behind my expectations. I expected to have a higher powered camera on my phone in the 90’s, something that exists on a mainstream phone with a mere 2.0 megapixel even today. The calendar/scheduler is fairly annoying to use, although with some careful customization of my phone, I’ve at least made the process as convenient as possible. Blackberries and their equivalents have obviously addressed this issue, as would a separate PDA, but really, it doesn’t offer me what I want for a price that makes sense. I accept a big part of that is the Canadian market being so overpriced, and have suffered accordingly.
The iPhone makes a big step in the right direction. Instead of a cellphone or a pda or a camera, it’s really looking to be a personal computing device. The integration of the devices, as is par for Apple, should be top-of-the-game and lead to a new standard for these types of device. As well, with the popularity of the device, meritted or not, we should see a jump in the number of average users that transfer data, large amounts of data even, and should see the Industry respond by lowering the cost for data transfer in response.
Again, technology has always seemed to lag behind my lofty expectations, and Apple’s iPhone should be an important step to catch up. None of them should have been unrealistic, and probably comes down to hardware developers ensuring their own profitability by slowing offering these features to their devices. For more information on the iPhone, please see the following links: