Why did I ignore the value of the iPhone's non-phone features?
Someone who read my previous iPhone post asked me
why I ignored the value of the features of the iPhone other than its being a
phone: web browser, email, calendar, music, videos, etc. My response, in
brief, is that I don't think it's good for those things.
I don't think any device the size of a cell phone
is good for those things. Even if the screen of the iPhone is much better for
those tasks than any other cell phone, it is still way too small for web
browsing, reading email and checking a calendar, and that would be true no
matter how much resolution it had. Those tasks are best done on a laptop with a
decent size screen and if I want to do them while I'm on the go, then I'll carry
a MacBook with me. So I don't view those features as reasons to get an iPhone.
I haven't heard a single reviewer say they were dumping their laptop after they
got an iPhone.
What about music and
videos. When Apple released the video iPod I said it had too small a screen for
watching movies and I think that's true of the iPhone also. People are spending
thousands of dollars to upgrade their home entertainment systems to large screen
HDTVs. Movies are made to be watched on big screens and everyone knows that. I
just can't believe that many people want to watch movies on a cell phone size
device; I know I don't. As for music, the iPods are great for that and a lot
cheaper than an iPhone.
As far as I'm
concerned the only reason to consider getting an iPhone is because it's a neat
phone. For everything else, carry a MacBook and/or an iPod.
Posted: Tuesday - July 10, 2007 at 03:58 AM