Now that I've had a couple of weeks to play with Palm's new Pre, as well as a week to digest the iPhone OS 3.0 news, I see how wide a gap Apple has opened up between itself and the rest of the pack. In fact, Apple watchers and those in the smartphone market need to rethink what Apple is really doing. It's possible that what the company has built is not a smartphone but something very different altogether.
When Apple introduced the iPhone two years ago, most analysts concluded that the company had redefined the smartphone—that it was on the way to becoming the gold standard. And indeed, that has happened. At the moment, all smartphone vendors are trying to emulate the iPhone in one form or another. But after looking closer at the new OS and the changes in the phone's electronic guts (which now include a compass and a video camera), I believe we need to start thinking of the iPhone not as a smartphone but rather a serious personal computer. A PC that just happens to fit in your pocket.
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Hey PC Magazine, welcome to my past... I have been saying this since the first time we saw the iPhone 6 months before it was even released, like 2 and 1/2 years ago!
And still saying this: iPhone is NOT a SmartPhone let alone a mere phone. Its a mobile computer. And hey sheep? While you are there, welcome to my (and Apple's) past once again! Aka welcome to the real world.
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