Comments on: Apple’s iPhone 3Gs will Change Your Life

By: nick

nick — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:44:13 +0000

Pretty cool post. I just came by your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed browsing your posts.

Any way I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you post again soon!

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:11:55 +0000

Hey Anthony, Its blog posts, such as your that make me want to leave my sprint network for a iphone. the last thing that i saw that really impressed me was a video of a band recording a demo song using there iphones. it was really impressive and although i would never need to use that feature, it just makes it cool to have.

By: Kreg

Kreg — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:43:24 +0000

I would like the iPhone to change my life. Sadly, iPhones aren’t distributed in my country. Well, you can get a cracked device brought by some guy from the USA, but it won’t have any warranty and it’d be way too expensive to maintain such a device.

By: David McCuskey

David McCuskey — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:33:29 +0000

The iPhone is a life changer for many, a game changer definitely. All other manufacturers took notice when this “newbie” company decided to release their *first* phone. They tried to play it off, pretend that it wasn’t going to present a problem, but just copied it in the end.

@zokor:
This is not a “toy”, the iPhone is a revolution – it is a mobile computer with amazing sensors and touch capability which happens to be disguised as a phone. Open up your eyes and see how the industry is changing simply because of this *single* device. Also note the new ways the hardware allows us to interact with the software – all on a commercial scale, not in a lab.

Just because you’re “in the industry” doesn’t prove your argument, actually I think it hinders it. Tech people understand technology, but typically don’t understand human nature and the needs of non-technical people. This is one reason why other devices fail when those from Apple succeed, Apple’s are engineered with “people” in mind. It’s *impossible* to create a product that everyone likes and you are right that Apple’s are not for you, but then you are not in the market Apple is after.

http://www.davidmccuskey.com/2007/06/my-predictions-about-the-success-of-apples-iphone/

To like or dislike Apple’s products is personal taste, but to see them as “toys” is just plain blindness. One only needs to glance at the mind-blowing sales figures or comprehend how well known this phone is around the entire world to get a glimpse of its impact and how well Apple has hit their target.

I’ve been in tech for 20+ years, too. However, I also understand the needs of non-tech people. Thus I know what I am saying. :)

By: James Jeffery

James Jeffery — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:11:35 +0000

Before I was using the iPhone I had the N95. All I can say is noting compares to the iPhone. The apps on the iPhone blow all those crappy Java apps out of the water.

By: zorkor

zorkor — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:10:35 +0000

@anthonyfranco

If you cant put out the fire, then dont start it. Oh, by the way, I am an IT professional and been a tech geek for over 20 years. I know what I am saying.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:00:20 +0000

Hey Zokor, what do you do for a job, anyway?

By: anthonyfranco

anthonyfranco — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:55:50 +0000

I do not enjoy participating in evangelical rants about technology platforms – I even debated deleting zorkor’s response because it is nonsensical. I know many business executives (including myself) that use the iPhone everyday – and for far more than playing games. You can say all you want about other devices having better features, there is no other device that has seen the adoption that the iPhone has. The debate is OVER (and has been for quite a while) on Apple’s ability to create hardware and software that people want and demand.

There is no room in the technology business anymore for people like you to complain about features over user adoption. User adoption is now king, there is no other measuring stick for software quality.

By: zorkor

zorkor — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:06:46 +0000

Asking me this question like “have you tried iPhone” is a silly one to ask, isnt it?
Of course I tried it. I tried iPhone, iPod touch, Macbook Air, Mac OSX and even the puny iPod shuffle. and let me say this, all Apple products are just toys, you cannot do anything serious with them other than showing off to your friends that you have an Apple product.

I dont see this as life changing, I see other phone manufacturers doing a way better job than Apple which has nothing but a flashy OS thrown in a phone which cant even copy or paste something till now…

There goes your argument of life changing phone.

By: designplanner

designplanner — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:50:27 +0000

Definitely iPhone has changed our life. but some in negative ways like the users are wasting their time to play and search stupid games and applications. ( Of course there are valuable apps tho.)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:43:28 +0000

iPhone is a life changing technology for most reasonably smart or better people, a fact Apple haters (many) will deny with all their sincerity.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:46:29 +0000

Hey Zokor: Where do you get your information that the iPhone is a just a “toy” for most people? The iPhone has been life changing for me…the fact that this “toy” has integrated so many functions into one portable device and does it so elegantly is disturbing to the old school of smartphone users. I use mine constantly for business, and find new ways to integrate it every day. Have you ever tried using one?

By: zorkor

zorkor — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:47:13 +0000

I disagree that iPhone has been a life changing for people, It might be one for you but I don’t see it this way for majority of the people. I see it more as a toy then something serious.