Microsoft Reaction to Apple iPhone
January 9, 2007, 11:14 PM
Tim Conneally, BetaNews: Following Apple's announcement this afternoon of the much anticipated iPhone, we visited the Windows Mobile booth at CES 2007 to gauge Microsoft's reaction to the news. Some had seen pictures of Apple's upcoming device, while others had not, but the general response was the same: mild concern.
Nate Mook, Editor in Chief, BetaNews: Microsoft employees acknowledged that Apple knows how to make good products, and did not dismiss the iPhone's potential to make a splash in the market. However, Microsoft's Dale Perrigo noted that Windows Mobile is focused on the business segment of the market, while Apple is not.
Microsoft's Perrigo: The Mac Phone is not as business-like as [these] Windows Mobile 5.0 phones; maybe there's room for both.
Nate Mook: What's still unclear is whether consumers will even want an integrated music player and phone. Thus far, such convergence devices have not been overly popular in the marketplace. Motorola's ROKR and LG's Chocolate have seen a mild reception from the general public. Battery life in such devices has proven to be a problem, and it will be interesting to see if Apple can forge a new market for the iPhone like it did with the first iPod.
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1. Posted by Hollywood__ on Jan 10, 2007 - 1:17 AM
The Blackjack and a lot of other Windows Mobile phones already have MP3 players built in, this is nothing new except it may become "chic" in which case every sheep in town will be lining up to get one, especially if they see some loser celebrity with one on MTV.
My phone is used for business purposes mainly, but it's nice to plug it into the car stereo and listen to your music. It's true that battery life sucks, I swap once a day, that's probably why they give you two of them. But the phone itself is incredible.
2. Posted by John Hope III on Jan 10, 2007 - 2:55 PM
iPhone's Multi touch screen is already the most important paradigm shift of the last 20 years.
It will almost for sure be applied to computing making the mouse obsolete.
In the near future to use your computers you will just use 1 to 10 fingers on a touch screen and modify things on it with GESTURES
The ergonomic gap between the finger and eye will vanish.
Like in the hardware gears, for the first time you will HANDLE what you are looking.
Per se the iPhone is IMO the nicest portable thing out there, but the real revolution is this Apple patented multi touch screen.
Another revolution will be posting messages to places instead of sending them to somebody.
Using Google earth you will be able (or maybe it's already possible) to hang message on places.
And whenever somebody will pass near this place he will be able to read it...