Well, Apple finally released the 3G iPhone. For my money this is the real thing. Apple made some money by releasing an over-priced, under-featured test version to rinse the Apple fans then released this one for everyone else. When I saw the original specs I thought at minimum I would need 3G and 16Gb storage to even think about buying. Now I have decided I also need a better camera. In the end I waited for the fifth gen iPod, in the meantime my Nokia 1208 rules – fifteen quid, no contract.
They also relinquished their revenue sharing deal with AT&T which suggests they will be network agnostic from now on. This is a good move from Apple. they make 65% profit on the units so if network providers want to sub them down to $199 to increase sales Apple benefits far more than they would from a rev share with a single network. Again this adds to my suspicion that the old iPhone was a test version.
The new iPhone is good but they are still missing some opportunities. I think they will need to build up some more features that exploit the wireless properly such as song swapping. Getting the labels on board will be the challenge but I know from our dealings with them that they are open to new ideas if you have a clear explanation of how it benefits them to participate they are showing interest.
