The iPod changed the music industry, but unless you work in that industry, it’s more of a spare-time, luxury industry that’s nice and all, but not really that important in life. Music is, to many of us, but the way the music industry itself is (i.e., exists) doesn’t really make much of a difference.

No, our lives are far more affected by the computing devices we use to do our work and enjoy our digital lifestyle, and the iPhone is going to be a revolutionary change in all of that.

Here’s to waiting a bunch of months… :|

That’s a great line, and perfectly true. What I’m most astonished by is how close last year’s touchscreen “true” video iPod pictures were to the actual look of the iPhone. But nobody really seriously thought that that touchscreen iPod mockup could also be the iPhone. Nobody has Apple’s vision.

your finished product would be a godamned fingerpainting compared to this.

This is how I feel today… plus really excited by the way Apple has changed the game.

I *hope* it’s possible to get an unlocked version… there’s no way I’m switching to Cingular.

Pritt: I think part of the problem is that certain parts of the cell network need to be built especially for the iPhone. Cingular is doing some custom work, in other words. For that reason, an unlocked phone seems unlikely to work perfectly on networks that haven’t been tailored for it. What do I know though…

*click* Hi honey, just letting you know that I’m stopping for groceries on the way home.

The technology, means and infrastructure are all there… the only thing they didn’t have was more time before the initial launch. It’ll happen. Mark my words.

I had some more thoughts over at 9rules, specifically about the gaming capabilities, always-on Javascript engine, and other stuff.

I also love the little touches like the accelerometer which shuts off the touchscreen when you bring the device to your face…

Just for the record, it is the proximity sensor that turns the screen off when it’s brought to your ear. The accelerometer determines when to switch the display from portrait to landscape mode ;)

That said, it still blows my mind to think of how much tech they were able to cram into that enclosure. Hats off to Ive and his design team.

Secondly, if you guys think this is hot, imagine whatl the second version will be like. Apple have a history of improving their products with each new version. (Think iPod and Mac Mini.)

Lastly, if the phone is now a mini-computer (?) then isn’t it going to be a huge risk to carry it around and not get mugged?

Instead of asking “why” with an incredulous tone, go to http://apple.com/iphone and actually inspect the device. Watch the keynote. We Apple fans aren’t totally insane. There’s a reason for our passion. If you have to ask “why” then you really don’t get it. You’re stuck in a rut of a thought process that doesn’t allow you to see a much bigger picture.

This phone truly changes the game. Regardless of its adoption rate, it has already made every other phone manufacturer change its own course in history.

I feel like many of the features released yesterday have come up in discussions at work and have always been dismissed as “pie in the sky” or offered up in an effort to make people chuckle and sigh, “wouldn’t THAT be nice? Maybe in 10 years.” Seriously, I have no idea how they did some of that stuff. Safari is simply ridiculous.

Although, I must admit I’m ultimately curious about the widget platform development. If it’s as easy as creating a widget for the Mac, then what’s to stop people from making their own prodcutivity apps? How hard will it be to migrate the transmit widget, or the basecamp widget? This thing could open up a whole new world for web geeks wallowing in their current development medium.

Both the price and durability really bother me, £350 (approx) for a phone with 8GB of storage and uncertain battery management to say nothing of that glorious big screen getting scratched all to hell.

My Razr is a proven piece of kit that’s durable and plays well with my Mac, that’s the advantage Nokia, Motorola, Siemens et al have in this field, we know their kit works.