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The iPhone Is Not What It Seems

June 12th, 2008 by Rishabh Mishra

You’ve heard everybody talking about it. Wherever you go, you can hear people in discussion about only one topic. Yes, that’s right. The rest of the world, and I, are talking about the new iPhone.

When we were all spent 60 seconds watching WWDC (okay, not everybody), we marveled over the new things that the iPhone had. Of course, there were those that were annoyed that the new iPhone did not have video. What a lot of us find interesting is that the iPhone isn’t cheaper. The cost of the plan has increased. To top it off, 3G coverage is limited, so it’ll be difficult to those that like to travel around. You can find AT&T’s coverage map here. As you cannot view the 3G coverage in the continental 48 states of America when zoomed out all the way, I have created a map with images from AT&T stitched together.

It’s a large image, 1819×729 pixels PNG, so this isn’t for dlaup, folks.

So, instead of finishing off this post by asking if you’re going to buy an iPhone, I’m instead going to ask, “What do you see in the future of the iPhone?”

Discuss.

UPDATE: You might find Chris Pirillo’s “Is the iPhone 3G Worth Buying?” an interesting read.


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  • i80and
    Apple has become famous for integrating culture and lifestyle into their products. The same holds true for the iPhone. The feature set doesn't matter. Why do you think that the iPod caught on? It's not particularly technically interesting; my little Samsung MP3 player does everything I need, is about the size of a shuffle, but has a screen and an FM tuner.

    It seems to me that the iPhone will have the same thing going on. But only more so, because it appeals more to the geek than the iPod ever has. Seriously; a Darwin-based operating system? A WebKit-based browser? Who cares if it's locked down, is expensive, and has limited 3G connectivity (although its range there doesn't seem _too_ bad)? Not to mention that it just plain looks sweet.

    To quote The Matrix, "I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin." It's impossible to predict where the iPhone will go, but it seems that it's going to be a uniformly reasonably popular product that especially appeals to people who buy into the Apple culture. It's also possible that it will continue to breed interest in more advanced phones.
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