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This is a post I came across recently by Ben Winsor. I’ll let you read it first before I tell you why he’s talking utter rubbish:

The iPhone is one of the very few tech products that lives up to its hype: and the hype has been massive. The iPhone is so far ahead of the competition that one suspects Apple had help from advanced extra-terrestrials, or that they have a very nerdy demigod working for them.

The iPhone, with its intuitive touch screen user interface and impressive features puts other phones to shame. Choosing a cell phone used to be a matter of picking which compromise is easiest to make: do you sacrifice the camera, space for music, the internet, the display or battery life? Not to mention the incredible ugliness of most cell phones and the complex user interfaces that make even the simplest tasks a chore.

On an iPhone you have it all: email, notes, a massive screen, movies, pod-casts, music, a camera, google maps, youtube, notes, weather reports, wi-fi, and full internet access all the time. What’s more, every one of these features is simple and easy to use.

When Apple first announced it’s plans to enter the cell phone market, companies wrote off the idea that the first iPhone would be a success. ‘They’ve never made a phone before’, ‘it takes ages to develop a good product’ and one executive even told them they should, “Stick to their knitting”. But Apple proved them wrong and brought to the table the one thing that the cell phone industry has so sorely been lacking: Innovation.

Such innovation hasn’t gone un-noticed by consumers. In the US the iPhone is the second most popular cell phone and has greater market-share than all windows phones combined. These statistics are even more impressive when you consider that the iPhone is Apple’s first phone and it’s been out for less than six months.

What’s the future for the iPhone? Apple is working on increasing the storage space for photos, videos and music – it’s just released a new model with an impressic 16 Gigabytes of space. They’ll also be working on the software, because the hardware is near perfect. With the massive multi-touch screen and constant internet access there are infinite possibilities for new and innovative applications and games.

It is also a unique device in that it can be totally re-designed – the buttons, the applications and the user interface – with the new version issued as a downloadable update to everyone who has one. Apple has already added the ability to preview and purchase songs on the go and by the end of the month they will have opend up the device for others to design applications.

A new cell phone by Nokia or Ericsson is released without much fanfare, Apple made headlines around the world. An iPhone is the hottest tech product you can own. It’s simplicity, interface and general greatness is the first true revolution in cell phones since the text message.

First things first, i’m an iPhone owner and I feel cheated by Apple. You can’t even forward a text message. Even the most basic phones from Nokia (£19.99) can do this! The bluetooth features are poor as is the camera (no Video support). So why did I buy one I hear you ask? The same reason I own three other Apple products – becuase I got sucked it my the marketing hype that Apple are so well known for. They make you believe that your life won’t be complete until you have one of their products.

On the plus side, all Apple products have a beautiful interface and ‘just work’ (Leopard vs. Vista), however Apple have a knack for bringing out a sub-standard product and getting away with it (Apple TV).

Conclusion, i put up with the poor features, becuase the touch screen interface is so easy to use. To zoom in on an image you simple pinch and swipe. No other phone can do this. Gimmicks aside, the iPhone features at present are poor! Give it a few months and Apple will have a new iPhone (how many iPod generations are there?) There is no denying that I love Apple but there are limits to har far I will go to prove this. I constantly admit that I made an error while buying an iPhone at this stage. There is no question that Apple will improve the firmware and the iPhone will be as great as Ben thinks it is now.