Added on 08/24/07
With only a brief preview of its new iPhone, Apple has yanked the rug from under the rest of the industry. The talking heads desperately need to something to say. Here's what they'll all be saying, and why they'll be wrong. Yes, it's true: home...
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With only a brief preview of its new iPhone, Apple has yanked the rug from under the rest of the industry. The talking heads desperately need to something to say. Here's what they'll all be saying, and why they'll be wrong. Yes, it's true: home engineers will spout all sorts of ideas that the iPhone "should have had" or "desperately needs" to be competitive. None of that matters however. The iPhone is intended as a mass market product, not a niche product that is interesting, but ultimately impractical, overpriced, and not quite ready yet. The latest bleeding edge of features wouldn't dramatically improve the device, but would jack up its price and kill its opportunity to find a large audience. Contrast the 1994 Newton. Apart from being a magical tablet, it didn't have much mass market appeal at its $900 price point. Palm demonstrated (many years later) that gadget users might pay $300 for a PDA, but nobody has been able to sell any mass market, handheld entertainment device for well... See less 
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