Comments on: 2007 Predictions – The Final One http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/01/23/2007-predictions-the-final-one/ Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino on mobile technology. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:31:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marc http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/01/23/2007-predictions-the-final-one/comment-page-1/#comment-99525 Marc Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:18:44 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/01/23/2007-predictions-the-final-one/#comment-99525 Russ I feel that the answer lies somewhere between Apple's wild predictions and your conservative estimate. 100,000 units would be a disaster for Jobs and he wouldn't let such a flagship product take the sheen off his well-polished brand. V2 could well be 3G. Or not. Who knows? My understanding is that developers will be able to develop applications. Regular Email will work nicely (enterprises are never going to spend iPhone money anyway). Browsing will be OK. Not fantastic, but better than on comparable devices. The Koreans will bring some competition, true. But Americans are starved of feature-rich handsets and will be impatient. I am predicting queues at Apple and Cingular stores of Wii proportions. And at least 7m units by end-2008. More than anything else, iPhone is a status symbol. I know that's not a good excuse to buy one, but that's just the way it is. Another prediction for 2007. iPhone Nano. Let's start a rumour!! See you soon marc Russ

I feel that the answer lies somewhere between Apple’s wild predictions and your conservative estimate. 100,000 units would be a disaster for Jobs and he wouldn’t let such a flagship product take the sheen off his well-polished brand.

V2 could well be 3G. Or not. Who knows?

My understanding is that developers will be able to develop applications. Regular Email will work nicely (enterprises are never going to spend iPhone money anyway). Browsing will be OK. Not fantastic, but better than on comparable devices.

The Koreans will bring some competition, true. But Americans are starved of feature-rich handsets and will be impatient. I am predicting queues at Apple and Cingular stores of Wii proportions. And at least 7m units by end-2008.

More than anything else, iPhone is a status symbol. I know that’s not a good excuse to buy one, but that’s just the way it is.

Another prediction for 2007. iPhone Nano. Let’s start a rumour!!

See you soon
marc

]]> By: Miguel http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/01/23/2007-predictions-the-final-one/comment-page-1/#comment-99522 Miguel Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:33:14 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/01/23/2007-predictions-the-final-one/#comment-99522 Rather than moved the industry, Apple has steered it by endorsing the concepts that many of us have been talking about for years (such as full web browsing, widgets and a good music experience.) Like you Russ, I also wanted one last week. This week I feel like its too much money for something that will not let me use my browser of choice (Opera Mini) or hold less video than my video iPod. But I think apple is in it for the long run and the following generations will do better... Rather than moved the industry, Apple has steered it by endorsing the concepts that many of us have been talking about for years (such as full web browsing, widgets and a good music experience.) Like you Russ, I also wanted one last week. This week I feel like its too much money for something that will not let me use my browser of choice (Opera Mini) or hold less video than my video iPod. But I think apple is in it for the long run and the following generations will do better…

]]> By: Andy Weston http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/01/23/2007-predictions-the-final-one/comment-page-1/#comment-99521 Andy Weston Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:14:40 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/01/23/2007-predictions-the-final-one/#comment-99521 I think you're bang on the money with this one. And you're right about being influential. When Jade Goody (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Goody) is ranked #25 of influential people in the world (sheesh!), iPhone has gotta be up there. It'll produce more copy-cat un-tactile physical interfaces (touch-screens), which will come - then go... buttons work best. Greasy fingerprints optimal reading of tiny text! It'll change voicemail (into a handset client solution), although probably not until IMS comes around, and only if the MajorMobileOperators relinquish the 30% of revenues that come from voicemail usage! - ahh, so it won't change voicemail after all - sorry. It'll produce cheaper, flimsy-er clones from Korea et al. (already has at least one), that do everything it does and more - and with an open-ish OS (symbian, MS, Linux). Not sure we've moved the industry on a step, have we, Mr Jobs? I think you’re bang on the money with this one. And you’re right about being influential. When Jade Goody (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Goody) is ranked #25 of influential people in the world (sheesh!), iPhone has gotta be up there.

It’ll produce more copy-cat un-tactile physical interfaces (touch-screens), which will come – then go… buttons work best. Greasy fingerprints optimal reading of tiny text!

It’ll change voicemail (into a handset client solution), although probably not until IMS comes around, and only if the MajorMobileOperators relinquish the 30% of revenues that come from voicemail usage! – ahh, so it won’t change voicemail after all – sorry.

It’ll produce cheaper, flimsy-er clones from Korea et al. (already has at least one), that do everything it does and more – and with an open-ish OS (symbian, MS, Linux).

Not sure we’ve moved the industry on a step, have we, Mr Jobs?

]]> By: paul berney http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/01/23/2007-predictions-the-final-one/comment-page-1/#comment-99520 paul berney Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:06:14 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/01/23/2007-predictions-the-final-one/#comment-99520 Frankly I couldn't agree more. Apple does have a loyal customer base who (slavishly?) buy the Apple version of every gadget they need. But the iPhone does indeed look like a very pretty PDA and no 3G, no email and no decent texting function will surely stop it being sold in really big numbers. Frankly I couldn’t agree more. Apple does have a loyal customer base who (slavishly?) buy the Apple version of every gadget they need. But the iPhone does indeed look like a very pretty PDA and no 3G, no email and no decent texting function will surely stop it being sold in really big numbers.

]]> By: James Quintana Pearce http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/01/23/2007-predictions-the-final-one/comment-page-1/#comment-99518 James Quintana Pearce Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:01:44 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/01/23/2007-predictions-the-final-one/#comment-99518 I don't think they had much choice in announcing it early... I don’t think they had much choice in announcing it early…

]]> By: mad4mobilephones http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/01/23/2007-predictions-the-final-one/comment-page-1/#comment-99514 mad4mobilephones Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:05:54 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/01/23/2007-predictions-the-final-one/#comment-99514 Judging by the interest in the iPhone and the fact that 90% of consumers don't want to do anything more than text, call and use a basic camera on their phone I would say it will easily sell 10 million units in the US alone. Judging by the interest in the iPhone and the fact that 90% of consumers don’t want to do anything more than text, call and use a basic camera on their phone I would say it will easily sell 10 million units in the US alone.

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