What's next for the iPhone, the world's most talked about and hyped gadget? Well, for one, 3G capability is a given, but what else? A new case design, GPS, higher resolution camera, physical keyboard, tactile keyboard? Your guess is as good as mine, but one thing that would be a nice is having various iPhone models at various price points to choose from. Of course, lower prices all around is nice thing too and some are already speculating that this may indeed be the case as reported here.
I don't even have a cell phone, because, frankly, in my case, I don't need or even want one. However, I assure you, just as soon as we Canadians are able to get our hands on an iPhone, I will immediately rush out and pick one up, regardless of whether I need one or not. That's the power of the iPhone. No other device has captured the attention, desire, or should I say downright lust, as has the iPhone. The main reason this is, I believe, is because the iPhone is more than just a phone, more than just a music player - it is a status symbol, a miniature personal computer that is no longer just limited to what other phones are, or can do, or in other words - it's what ever you want it to be!
With the newest iPhone hitting the market in or around June 9, the date of Apple's WorldWide Developer's Conference, many are predicting big things for the little pocket device. And why wouldn't they? With the SDK now firmly in the hands of some 200,000 plus developers, I am predicting that we are going to be seeing some pretty amazing applications coming out, and ones that will not only more fully demonstrate the iPhone's full potential, but also, ones that make the iPhone seem more like that of a Star Trek communicator than just that of another cell phone. With iChat's video capabilities, that some are predicting to be coming soon, why, even Captain Kirk himself would feel right at home.
Yes, no doubt about it, the iPhone is not only a cell phone, but a high-end gaming machine, internet device, dictionary, encylopedia, calendar, and whatever else you care to call it. It is, as I have said many times, a little pocket Mac computer that just happens to make calls. No, it won't replace your current Mac desktop or laptop, but it will supersede it in other areas. After all, even though the MacBook Air is one of the most mobile devices to carry around these days, it and other devices can't even begin to compare to the iPhone for wearable portability. Now only if Apple could make a waterproof model then you could wear it just about anywhere, 24/7.
So, just what's next for Apple's hit wonder? A lot more of the same, of course, but also a lot more of what's not the same - completely new functions and abilities that no one has ever dreamt or thought was even possible, and all thanks, in part, to the fact that being a miniature OS X based Mac computer, the iPhone, like computers generally, is a device that is only limited by the human imagination, which, of and by itself, is virtually unlimited!
I don't even have a cell phone, because, frankly, in my case, I don't need or even want one. However, I assure you, just as soon as we Canadians are able to get our hands on an iPhone, I will immediately rush out and pick one up, regardless of whether I need one or not. That's the power of the iPhone. No other device has captured the attention, desire, or should I say downright lust, as has the iPhone. The main reason this is, I believe, is because the iPhone is more than just a phone, more than just a music player - it is a status symbol, a miniature personal computer that is no longer just limited to what other phones are, or can do, or in other words - it's what ever you want it to be!
With the newest iPhone hitting the market in or around June 9, the date of Apple's WorldWide Developer's Conference, many are predicting big things for the little pocket device. And why wouldn't they? With the SDK now firmly in the hands of some 200,000 plus developers, I am predicting that we are going to be seeing some pretty amazing applications coming out, and ones that will not only more fully demonstrate the iPhone's full potential, but also, ones that make the iPhone seem more like that of a Star Trek communicator than just that of another cell phone. With iChat's video capabilities, that some are predicting to be coming soon, why, even Captain Kirk himself would feel right at home.
Yes, no doubt about it, the iPhone is not only a cell phone, but a high-end gaming machine, internet device, dictionary, encylopedia, calendar, and whatever else you care to call it. It is, as I have said many times, a little pocket Mac computer that just happens to make calls. No, it won't replace your current Mac desktop or laptop, but it will supersede it in other areas. After all, even though the MacBook Air is one of the most mobile devices to carry around these days, it and other devices can't even begin to compare to the iPhone for wearable portability. Now only if Apple could make a waterproof model then you could wear it just about anywhere, 24/7.
So, just what's next for Apple's hit wonder? A lot more of the same, of course, but also a lot more of what's not the same - completely new functions and abilities that no one has ever dreamt or thought was even possible, and all thanks, in part, to the fact that being a miniature OS X based Mac computer, the iPhone, like computers generally, is a device that is only limited by the human imagination, which, of and by itself, is virtually unlimited!
And that's my 2 cents 4 this Wednesday, April the 30 th, 2008.
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