BusinessWeek: Wish List for Apple ‘iPhone’

“Clearly all the signs are pointing to an early January launch of an iPod/wireless phone hybrid the next time Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs takes the stage for another of his keynote addresses at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco,” Arik Hesseldahl writes for BusinessWeek.

“While there has been a great deal of speculation about whether and when Jobs will unveil this phone, there has been only scattered discussion about what—besides making phone calls and playing music—the phone might actually do,” Hesseldahl writes. “And while today’s generation of mobile-phone devices can certainly do a great deal, they rarely do many of these things well. And here’s where Apple tends to shine: translating inherently complex technical capabilities into a simple design, and creating a pleasant consumer experience around them.”

Hesseldahl writes, “If any company in the world can create an ‘experience’ around sharing photos wirelessly, for example, Apple can. Here’s some other thoughts for things the phone might do, and how it might extend the Apple brand beyond the Mac and the iPod.”

Hesseldahl’s wish list includes:
• Music Downloads
• Sharing Music
• iTunes Ringtones
• Portable iApps
• Photos and Video
• Super Headphones
• Data Storage
• Open to Developers

Hesseldahl writes, “Basically I’m looking for Apple to fulfill all those many unfulfilled promises that the wireless phone manufacturers like Motorola and Nokia , Samsung and Sony Ericsson have failed to deliver. Because if not Apple, then who?”

Full article here.

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