David Pogue writes today:
"the name iPhone may be doing Apple a disservice. This machine is so packed with possibilities that the cellphone may actually be the least interesting part."
Not only do I completely agree, I actually wrote exactly the same thing on a NYTimes blog today: "Those who complain about the price are overlooking the fact that it’s not a phone. Maybe Apple should have called it something else. It’s a super-phone-super-iPod-super-handheld rolled into one."
Maybe they should have called it an iRock or iCommunicator, or iStarTrekDevice, or SuperEgo, or iDongle, or MultiPalmScreen, or Splotdiddlidotscrum.
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By the way, this is a good example of the tip I gave a while ago: I got the Pogue article in the mail, but it was not posted on the Times or any of the usual places, and I wanted to link to it for you. So I googled a phrase from the article, and found the single, and unexpected place it is posted! (An added wrinkle this time is I had to use Google News to find it, because it is so new and on a news site.)
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Here is Pogue's video about the iPhone.
"It’s a super-phone-super-iPod-super-handheld rolled into one.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they should have called it [...] iStarTrekDevice"
Yes, it could be called the "i-Tri-Coder". That should sell. ;-)
Definately cool whatever you call it!
ReplyDeleteYes, it could be called the "i-Tri-Coder". That should sell. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI can't stop laughing. Someone help me. :(
Mr. A
Don't see how you can talk about the name and ignore the fact that it already belongs to someone else. Along with the SEC investigations and a contract with AT&T. I guess "Think Different" is "out-the-window" -- Apple is just another corporate machine seeing nothing but the bottom line, just like your vaunted Google. (Are they paying you for all this promotion?.) You know NYTimes posted Pogue's article FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES on Janyuary 10th - learn to use the results page. The reason you didn't get "Web" results for your search is because Google, like Yahoo and the rest, is SIX MONTHS behind on crawls -- you have to provide a credit-card umber if you want them to post your website as a result for a SEARCH FOR YOUR PRODUCT within 6-to-12 months of release.
ReplyDeletePhotographers talking about the Job-Monster's latest Monster and not mentioning that it takes pictures (but no Video-conf capability) seems strange. So you guys have reduced your gadget count from 3 to 2? Let's consider blueberry - that makes the pretty touch-screen irrelevant for hands-free. So what we're left with is a phone+PDA. Already got one, but thanks for playing.
This "thing" looks like a good PROTOTYPE - might be something worth having in about 2 years & 4 months (after TWO more generations of technology integration, price drops, and non-AT&T connectivity).
Moderation seems to completely void all spontaneity AND integrity from this blog - an no reason was given. I will find another place to converse - in two-way mode:DIALOG, thank you. Sitting in judgement on the validity of critisism obviates a writer's credibility. Good luck.