I'm of the opinion that it could go either way, really.
I buy phones. A LOT of phones...often before anyone here in the good ol' usa *may* even see them. Been thru every major, and a few minor phone OS versions and incarnations.
And you know, as nice as some of the hardware has been, the softare driving the things needs...rethinking. Looks like Apple's had a crack at it.
Now, will it take over the world...cure cancer...end war and provide free energy to all of humanity?
Nah. It probably wouldn't get ya' laid either.
But I know what it WILL do; it will inspire other phone makers to really *think about* how their phones work...how those features are accessed...they won't be willing to leave this to the carrier, because that limitation will keep them from raising the bar.
Will the iPhone become King of the Communicators? Probably not. But you know what WILL happen? Phones will start to work a lot more like them than they do now.
I don't think WM6 needs to be re-thinked, i personnaly can do things much faster with WM6 on an HTC than through the iPhone, even though I've just haved a look at screen-shots of the interface. but, if it's just a matter of interface which will get you to choose a phone rather than another, take a look at something like this : http://forums.sbsh.net/index.php?showtopic=15747
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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I'm of the opinion that it could go either way, really.
I buy phones. A LOT of phones...often before anyone here in the good ol' usa *may* even see them. Been thru every major, and a few minor phone OS versions and incarnations.
And you know, as nice as some of the hardware has been, the softare driving the things needs...rethinking. Looks like Apple's had a crack at it.
Now, will it take over the world...cure cancer...end war and provide free energy to all of humanity?
Nah. It probably wouldn't get ya' laid either.
But I know what it WILL do; it will inspire other phone makers to really *think about* how their phones work...how those features are accessed...they won't be willing to leave this to the carrier, because that limitation will keep them from raising the bar.
Will the iPhone become King of the Communicators? Probably not. But you know what WILL happen? Phones will start to work a lot more like them than they do now.
I don't think WM6 needs to be re-thinked, i personnaly can do things much faster with WM6 on an HTC than through the iPhone, even though I've just haved a look at screen-shots of the interface. but, if it's just a matter of interface which will get you to choose a phone rather than another, take a look at something like this :
http://forums.sbsh.net/index.php?showtopic=15747
Praise the Lord Jobs - a sober, measured & well-informed opinion on the iPhone!
Thank you and well done.
@Kai
Right on, the iPhone is not for me but I'm glad it's coming out. Should shake up the industry in a much needed way.