Steve Jobs
Time article on the iPhone
Well worth the read.
Time Gets Background Story on the iPhone – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
As usual Time magazine seems to have gotten a bit of a sneak peak of a hot new Apple product. In this nice writeup, Lev Grossman discusses some of the background behind the iPhone. Uncle Steve was apparently up to form during the discussions about the iPhone. Grossman notes that “Jobs trash-talked the Treo, the BlackJack, the Sony PSP and the Sony Mylo (“just garbage compared to this”), Windows Vista (“It’s just a copy of an old version of Mac OSX”) and of course Microsoft’s would-be iPod killer, Zune.”This welcome article nicely fills out the story of the iPhone a bit.
iNewton?
To keep the iPhone debate going…
WSJ asks: Will the iPhone be a hit or a flop?
Filed under: Macworld, Analysis / Opinion, Cult of Mac, Surveys and Polls, iPhone
I thought online polls where strictly blog territory, but it seems that august publications like the Wall Street Journal are getting in on the poll fun. The WSJ has a poll up right now that asks, ‘Will the iPhone be a hit like the iPod or a flop like the Newton?‘ At the right you see how it stands at 5am EST. 83% of people think Apple has a hit on its hands (my one vote is in that category) whilst 17% said, ‘Didn’t Steve kill the Newton when he returned to Apple? What’s up with Newton 2.0?’
What do you think? Will Apple score big with the iPhone or is it destine to become a footnote in Apple, Inc’s history?
(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).)
Wishing I could be there…
(And getting one of those iPhones from Mr. Bourne.) As an aside, Mr. Bourne rocks! I sent him an email (well, to his site) asking for suggestions for mics and things and HE replied! Within 2 hours, no less. Rock solid.
MacBreak Weekly taping tonight at 21st Amendment
Upcoming.org: MacBreak Weekly Live @ 21st Amendment at 21st Amendment (Tuesday, January 9, 2007)
Directions to 21A, from Moscone Center
Just a reminder that tonight’s live taping of MacBreak Weekly takes place at 21st Amendment starting at 6pm. If you’re planning to come to the taping, my advice is to get there early, because we’re anticipating a capacity audience (that’s a big reason everyone agreed it was better not to do this event at the Apple Store on Steve Day).
Leo, Alex, Scott, and I will be discussing today’s announcements and may even have some guests.
A propos of nothing, I will also take this opportunity to remind Mr. Bourne of his (often repeated) promise to buy everyone on MBW an iPhone on the day that they come out. Just saying.
If you come out tonight or see me on the Macworld show floor with MacBreak today, please say hi and introduce yourself.
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