Walter van Holst wrote:
On 1/24/10 7:41 PM, Keith J. Schultz wrote:
Sorry for stepping in so late!
You're both missing the point by a whole galaxy. The point is which product actually became widely accepted. I know that Xerox invented the PC (even with a GUI, to boot). I know that there were cell phones with internet capabilities around before the iPhone (I'm in Europe and have been in the telecoms industry). The point is which product enabled or caused the masses to use desktop computing or mobile internet. Not which product was 'first'.
Where I do business I never see an iPhone laying around. I see Blackberries and Nokias and Sonys. I see iPhones only in discos and cafés, where they read GQ Magazine and Playboy. The point is that our media need heroes, and when a whole company comes around with the bruce willis attitude, they jump to it. Its easier to copy a sensational press release than to research dozens of models and technologies and plans. The iPhone is late, technically inferior, overpriced and locked into its vendor. The only thing Apple does well is marketing, but thats also the only feature that works against me, making me pay more. You have been conned into thinking the iPhone is something special. That's all. -- Marcello Perathoner webmaster@gutenberg.org