Friday, March 20, 2009
My Two Cents on iPhone 3.0
Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple Software (iPhone/iPod Touch)" @ 08:30 AM
For me, it has always been the software that keeps me coming back to the iPhone. I'd been flip phone owner for years prior to the iPhone introduction, but having the functionality that the iPhone promised was enough to get me to at least give it a try. And for me, it has become an integral part of my daily life. I'm beyond the hardware aspect of it now that some seem to focus on, such as the shortcomings of the camera. I think you can agree that over the last couple years, there have been many variations in hardware, some very cool, for cell phones/smartphones yet the iPhone keeps outselling them. I'm thinking if it isn't the hardware must be the software.
I look at the iPhone as my portable computer that happens to let me make phone calls. Granted, that is not how others view it, but for me it is about the software. The functionality that the iPhone provides is like having a mini-laptop in your pocket. From the sales figures I don't think I'm alone. Apple went well beyond their goal of 10 million units sold, and the App Store has been a resounding success with 800 million downloads of the over 25,000 available apps and counting.
