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iPhone - nice, but not for me

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This reminds me a lot of the coverage of the Wii before its release. Some people don't seem to grasp the huge difference between what Apple (and Nintendo with the Wii) have done compared to previous mobile platforms. We are looking at a first of its kind device that has the potential to wildly grow the smart phone market to be the mainstream of phone users, plus a big chunk of gamers, plus... the appeal is just so huge.

It's very well executed, no doubt about that. But is the technology a great leap forward? I'm inclined to think not really. Just good execution and good design - nothing to scoff at, but not a revolution, either.

Exactly. The Wii doesn't contain any new technology either, nor is it even as powerful in specific measures compared to its competitors. I think this is a similar situation of the right execution of good design and execution of the full system that will bring a big change.

Have you looked at Android, BTW? It's not as polished and slick, but technically it's pretty close, and certainly better in some areas like the ability to run background processes. And it's going to be way more open. "Technically equivalent + open" gives it a lot of potential, I think.

I haven't used the Nokia-- but I'd rather have a usable browser that's a touch slow than a crappy browser that's faster.

After owning an iPhone for a few months, I almost went nuts trying to use a Blackberry Pearl for a few minutes.

I'd disagree about the great leap thing... It's huge to have a phone have such a tiny market share but utterly DOMINATE the mobile browsing world.

A few close friends and family have an iPhone. But to be honest Nokia's e90 Communicator looks better to me. It kicks the crap out of the iPphone's features. I would rather have 3G, GPS, 3 megapixel camera, and a keyboard with tactile feedback. To each their own...

I agree. I am using Nokia e50 which is great too. I am waiting for Nokia to upgrade n95 with iPhone competitive features.

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