iPhone: What if it’s not all it’s cracked up to be?
As the fever pitch builds, tents are erected outside AT&T stores, lines form at Apple stores, Apple has a lot riding on this. Can you imagine a world where the iPhone is a flop? What will that do the company? The shareholders? Faith in Jobs?
Those questions are apparently making the anxious water cooler rounds in Cupertino as Apple execs vent their worries that the iPhone can’t live up to the expectations we’ve built up for it. What is plan B?
Plan B turns out to be upgrading the phone in the field. Apple knows that they can push software changes out to the phones without (hopefully) any kind of recall or bad product on their hands. But that doesn’t seem to be easing any of the sweaty palms at Apple. What if plan B fails?
Apple believes it won’t. Insiders say 3rd party apps are coming (and will funnel through with an “ok” stamp) from Apple. Keeping control over what gets on the phone could be the saving grace to keep Apple away from any alternate plan than success.
Buckle up folks, its going to be a bumpy ride.
Read [NYTimes]
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well i can say that i wouldn’t even consider this phone until it has; a removable battery, expandable memory, guaranteed 3rd party apps, and the price comes down. right now its just a glorified ipod that has way too much hype behind it. no one in the business field would take this phone, unless for personal use. it has a long way to go before they can have something i would want
on June 4, 2007 at 09:30 PM - LINKTWAT!
on June 5, 2007 at 05:59 PM - LINKApparently Heavy.com is giving away an iPhone a day to new users… They’re calling their promotion the daily iPhone Giveaway. I think the iPhone will definitely be all it’s cracked up to be. If it’s not, you can get it free from Heavy.
http://www.heavy.com/channel/2605
Just thought you’d like to know!
on June 8, 2007 at 04:01 PM - LINKThere’s more than 2 dozen iPhone drawbacks to the Apple iPhone if you’re salivating over one and haven’t yet pulled the trigger to buy it.
on July 10, 2007 at 08:16 PM - LINK