Paul Thurrott - "You need an iPhone"

David Moyer

a very good read from one the most hardcore Windows Users on the planet.

Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008

"I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner rather
than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
device to just $200, while fixing all of the major issues I described in
How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008, there are precious few reasons to
ignore this seismic shift in mobile and cloud computing. I've said it
before and I'll say it again: The iPhone is a dramatically important
computing platform and one you should not ignore. Trust me, once you've
used an iPhone, that Blackberry or Windows Mobile device you're settling
on now will seem like ancient Soviet-era technology by comparison."

much more here....

Alan Baker

In article
<.com>,
David Moyer <> wrote:

> a very good read from one the most hardcore Windows Users on the planet.
>
> Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008
>
> "I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner rather
> than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
> device to just $200, while fixing all of the major issues I described in
> How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008, there are precious few reasons to
> ignore this seismic shift in mobile and cloud computing. I've said it
> before and I'll say it again: The iPhone is a dramatically important
> computing platform and one you should not ignore. Trust me, once you've
> used an iPhone, that Blackberry or Windows Mobile device you're settling
> on now will seem like ancient Soviet-era technology by comparison."
>
> much more here....
>
>
>
>

Ah, everybody knows that Thurrott is just a "Maccie"...

LOL

--
"The iPhone doesn't have a speaker phone" -- "I checked very carefully" --
"I checked Apple's web pages" -- Edwin on the iPhone
"It is Mac OS X, not BSD.' -- 'From Mac OS to BSD Unix." -- "It's BSD Unix with Apple's APIs and GUI on top of it' -- 'nothing but BSD Unix' (Edwin on Mac OS X)
'[The IBM PC] could boot multiple OS, such as DOS, C/PM, GEM, etc.' --
'I claimed nothing about GEM other than it was available software for the
IBM PC. (Edwin on GEM)
'Solaris is just a marketing rename of Sun OS.' -- 'Sun OS is not included
on the timeline of Solaris because it's a different OS.' (Edwin on Sun)

News

David Moyer wrote:

> Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008
>
> "I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner rather
> than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
> device to just $200


Yebbut, what about that $800 long tail of service obligation...


, while fixing all of the major issues I described in
> How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008,


Yebbut, what about the lack of APPS? Still NO APPS.

Still a fashion accessory, no more.

Calvin

In article <> ,
News <> wrote:

> David Moyer wrote:
>
> > Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008
> >
> > "I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner rather
> > than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
> > device to just $200
>
>
> Yebbut, what about that $800 long tail of service obligation...
>
>
> , while fixing all of the major issues I described in
> > How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008,
>
>
> Yebbut, what about the lack of APPS? Still NO APPS.
>
> Still a fashion accessory, no more.

This great new iPhone still does not do MMS. WTF?

and no SMS with the $30 data plan?

Talk about service contract hell.....

Snit

"David Moyer" <> stated in post
on 6/10/08 11:30
PM:

> a very good read from one the most hardcore Windows Users on the planet.
>
> Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008
>
> "I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner rather
> than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
> device to just $200, while fixing all of the major issues I described in
> How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008, there are precious few reasons to
> ignore this seismic shift in mobile and cloud computing. I've said it
> before and I'll say it again: The iPhone is a dramatically important
> computing platform and one you should not ignore. Trust me, once you've
> used an iPhone, that Blackberry or Windows Mobile device you're settling
> on now will seem like ancient Soviet-era technology by comparison."
>
> much more here....
>
>
>
>

But... but... Steve Carroll wants me to defend the idea that the iPhone is
industry changing. Maybe if he read a thing or two about the device he
would understand.

Then again, speaking out of his other brain he claimed to agree me.
Someday, I hope, he learns to be consistent.


--
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
--Albert Einstein

PC Guy

"David Moyer" <> wrote in message
news:.com...
> a very good read from one the most hardcore Windows Users on the planet.
>
> Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008
>
> "I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner rather
> than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
> device to just $200, while fixing all of the major issues I described in
> How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008, there are precious few reasons to
> ignore this seismic shift in mobile and cloud computing. I've said it
> before and I'll say it again: The iPhone is a dramatically important
> computing platform and one you should not ignore. Trust me, once you've
> used an iPhone, that Blackberry or Windows Mobile device you're settling
> on now will seem like ancient Soviet-era technology by comparison."
>
> much more here....
>
>
>
>

I'm not surprised since they're almost giving the thing away.

ZnU

In article <>,
Calvin <> wrote:

> In article <> ,
> News <> wrote:
>
> > David Moyer wrote:
> >
> > > Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008
> > >
> > > "I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner rather
> > > than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
> > > device to just $200
> >
> >
> > Yebbut, what about that $800 long tail of service obligation...
> >
> >
> > , while fixing all of the major issues I described in
> > > How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008,
> >
> >
> > Yebbut, what about the lack of APPS? Still NO APPS.
> >
> > Still a fashion accessory, no more.
>
> This great new iPhone still does not do MMS. WTF?

MMS is doomed in the long run. Why bother on a device that has a
high-speed connection to the wider Internet, and can send and receive
real e-mail with attachments?

--
"No one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have." -McCain in April

"I disagreed strongly with the Bush administration's mismanagement of the war
in Iraq." -McCain in June

David Moyer

In article <> ,
News <> wrote:

> , while fixing all of the major issues I described in
> > How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008,
>
>
> Yebbut, what about the lack of APPS? Still NO APPS.

ah, there are over 1700 apps for the iPhone, with 1000's more coming on
July 11th.


>
> Still a fashion accessory, no more.

nah, the iPhone is far and away the most sophiscated cell phone you can
buy. It has the largest library of quality apps, the longest battery
life, the easy to navigate UI, the only phone with a real browser, etc,
etc, etc. no other cell phone is even close to the iphone in overall
functionality.

Steve de Mena

ZnU wrote:
> In article <>,
> Calvin <> wrote:
>
>> In article <> ,
>> News <> wrote:
>>
>>> David Moyer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008
>>>>
>>>> "I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner rather
>>>> than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
>>>> device to just $200
>>>
>>> Yebbut, what about that $800 long tail of service obligation...
>>>
>>>
>>> , while fixing all of the major issues I described in
>>>> How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008,
>>>
>>> Yebbut, what about the lack of APPS? Still NO APPS.
>>>
>>> Still a fashion accessory, no more.
>> This great new iPhone still does not do MMS. WTF?
>
> MMS is doomed in the long run. Why bother on a device that has a
> high-speed connection to the wider Internet, and can send and receive
> real e-mail with attachments?

So you can communicate with people in the real world who have MMS
capabilites (only).

Steve

Alan Baker

In article <>,
Steve de Mena <> wrote:

> ZnU wrote:
> > In article <>,
> > Calvin <> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <> ,
> >> News <> wrote:
> >>
> >>> David Moyer wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008
> >>>>
> >>>> "I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner rather
> >>>> than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
> >>>> device to just $200
> >>>
> >>> Yebbut, what about that $800 long tail of service obligation...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> , while fixing all of the major issues I described in
> >>>> How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008,
> >>>
> >>> Yebbut, what about the lack of APPS? Still NO APPS.
> >>>
> >>> Still a fashion accessory, no more.
> >> This great new iPhone still does not do MMS. WTF?
> >
> > MMS is doomed in the long run. Why bother on a device that has a
> > high-speed connection to the wider Internet, and can send and receive
> > real e-mail with attachments?
>
> So you can communicate with people in the real world who have MMS
> capabilites (only).
>
> Steve

Gee...

If only someone could figure out how to make a device automatically
convert an email message into an MMS message and vice versa...

<http://www.modmyifone.com/wiki/index.php/MMS_Email_Addresses>

--
"The iPhone doesn't have a speaker phone" -- "I checked very carefully" --
"I checked Apple's web pages" -- Edwin on the iPhone
"It is Mac OS X, not BSD.' -- 'From Mac OS to BSD Unix." -- "It's BSD Unix with Apple's APIs and GUI on top of it' -- 'nothing but BSD Unix' (Edwin on Mac OS X)
'[The IBM PC] could boot multiple OS, such as DOS, C/PM, GEM, etc.' --
'I claimed nothing about GEM other than it was available software for the
IBM PC. (Edwin on GEM)
'Solaris is just a marketing rename of Sun OS.' -- 'Sun OS is not included
on the timeline of Solaris because it's a different OS.' (Edwin on Sun)