I want to remind something, just a facts of my own life.In 2001 i bought modified version of Creative Jukebox (if anybody remembers what it is) with upgraded, 40gb hard drive and working out of 4 NiM AA Rechargeable Batteries. It cost me $350 Later same year first ipod came out with 1Gb hd pretty cool look, irreplaceable battery and "attractive" price:$1000. I was laughing! $1000 for this? Are you kidding? man, Creative is the king! Why even Apple tried to get into the completely full market?They have no chance! It is 2010 now,can anybody tell me, what share of mp3 players Creative has now? Does anybody even buy them? And who is most successful mp3,mp4 players IN THE WORLD right now? China of course,producing cheapest versions of ipods
Just kidding.If you listen to a kids, there is no such expression as mp 3 player, there is one word iPod! If it is notiPod,the don't want it!
Now, in 2007, when first iPhone came out i had Audiovox PPC6700, solid pretty cool looking device with Sprint telephone and data service.Sprint alreadyhad EVO network, speed of internet was a killing: i could download 3+mb song in about 1 minute! it had Windows Mobile 4(or 5) OS, it was excellent! When iPhone came out,i admitted that it is pretty cool looking, but,was't much excited about it.The only competitor for PPC6700 at the time was Sidekick.That what I thought, anyway.My introduction to iphone wasn't pleasant, 2 unfortunate events happened right before:1.I lost my 3rd ipod (Creative Jukebox was forgotten,dusting in a closet long time ago and wasn't functioning already 2 years or so
; 2. I dropped my PPC6700 and cracked screen.Why not to try better phone company (AT&T had a better rep then) and combined phone/ipod? I bought iPhone the same day (i work in a restaurant, so this is a answer to some about affordability). I wouldn't say that it was love from the first touch,(don't forget, I had something to compare to) thisone didn't have comfortable qwerty keyboard,that I got used to,internet speed sucked compare to PPC6700 (at least 3 times slower),speaker is low,no copy and paste, no flash support,no SD card reader,however I've noticed a few good things to:1.I noticed,that I do like to take a phone out of pocket and look at it,just for a few seconds, to enjoy it's beauty.2.Quality of display is beyond comparison,3.Even thou internet is slower, but I spend much more time surfing, because it isn't consuming my entire battery in1.5-2 hours.4.It is really a smartphone.5.I check my emails more on the phone, then on computer, I don't pick my phone out of pocket to realize, that I've made20 phone calls to a last person i've called....
It is 2010 now, and no one is going to argue, that era of Windows Mobile OS is over, and BlackBerry is not a real competitor for an Apple's iPhone. Motorola is.But don't forget 3 things:1.This device is capable of way more,then AT&T capable of,just unlock it and get everything you want,2.Apple's Customer support is beyond comparison.3.It is just a (for ipod it is a year numberyear number 3 for an ipod it is a year 9.If with that amount of capital (with just about 10$ per share, what can they do now, with 260$ per share and $235B)
Today,nobody is even doubted, that iPhone is already no.1 on the Smartphone market.Yes, Droid is better in 1.Flash,2.Screen size,3.ability to use removable storage,4.Keyboard.Everything else is highly arguable.
Let anyone to chose what the want.Just don't sometimes mix bundle product/service provider with just a product.They aren't equal!
To finish my story i will compare Apple to an ants, building ant house. it isn't perfect at the beginning,but building up, constantly modified until perfection. And the last thing: if there is something useful but big on the ants way, they will pick it up and use it for building their perfect ant house!
Motorola might win the battle, but they will lose war. Peace!