arstechnica.com — According to Forbes, it may not be as easy to sell ten million iPhones in 2008 as Apple hopes, both because of Apple's strategy and because the market it has to compete in isn't as large as Steve Jobs alluded to in his January keynote.
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leesoongMar 11, 2007
Ya, right.And no body will ever buy an iPod, because they only come in white and are not large enough.
aserer511Mar 11, 2007
dugg down for understatement
Closed AccountMar 11, 2007
I think Apple is using its iPod market share to further the iPhone
d3dmMar 11, 2007
If Apple really wanted to just kick the crap out of the wireless phone market they should sell the phone and also be the wireless operator. "You buy our phone and all connection time is included for the first year you own the phone." No complicated data/voice/SMS/MMS options. One price and you're living the complete Apple Wireless Lifestyle. Apple then can shop around for whatever carrier is going to want their business and nickle and dime these guys to get the cheapest airtime. After the year expires, you can either stay with Apple for a discounted fee, or move to the carrier of your choice. Face it, those wireless operators are a pain in the butt to deal with (everyone hates them) and Apple could change the entire industry by pushing them into the background where they belong.
themacthinkerMar 11, 2007
That's what they always say and in the end Steve Jobs' vision always preveal. You can't expect everyone to have a vision and to act upon it. Apple has track record of between estimates and surprising everyone with the amount of sales. I think they are on track to outsell the iPhone which is already the hostest phone not even released yet.-----------<a class="user" href="http://www.mostofmymac.com">http://www.mostofmymac.com</a>
lucifugeMar 12, 2007
armour: "Well lets look at it this way unless Apple gets FIPS 140-2 SECURITY CERTIFICATION"What are you talking about? It's a PHONE. It's not getting FIPS 140-2. That's for crypto modules with tamper-proof hardware, not for entire phones. Does Blackberry have it? Yes...well.....I guess so. They say they do, but if one reads the actual certification its obvious how ridiculous it actually is. It was just another check box item for them to get. Apple can easily do the same should they need to.
Closed AccountMar 12, 2007
This "smartphone" term needs to go away. It seems to be used as an excuse for the unforgivably bad functionality of most phones, as if you should have to buy a giant phone with a keyboard to simply have your information with you. There are plenty of phones that have more memory than most Palm PDAs of the last decade, and yet they can't even sync with Outlook. Look at Motorola's pathetic offerings: They don't even have ADDRESSES for the contacts. No task list. No memos. No calendar or phonebook sync that works at all.Do these vendors pretend to think that we don't want our info with us? 99 percent of the time you just need to REFER to info you've already entered, rather than entering new info. So why the f**k isn't it on our Razrs?
Closed AccountMar 12, 2007
In the end it comes down to 2 things.1: It is a cell phone that costs 500$.2: Its cingular only.GG
chrisgrrrMar 12, 2007
My cell phone is 5 years old, and falling apart - I'd splurge on an iPhone - but I'll NEVER sign up with Cingular (or whatever they're calling themselves this week). As soon as I can get a legal, unlocked iPhone, I'm there. Maybe if Apple execs. see this kind of comment often enough they'll realize what a deadly mistake they've made...