“There are a few reasons why there’s such a pent-up demand for an Apple cellphone,” Ryan Block (managing editor of Engadget) blogs:
1. Cellphones today suck. Especially smartphones. It’s 2006 and a good phone — and I mean an honestly really good phone — still hasn’t been made. A new competitor — any new competitor, be it ALP or Linux or the Applephone — is highly anticipated.
2. People are already sick of Windows Mobile dominating the landscape. I’ve been a long time Windows Mobile user, but let’s face it, it’s pretty much the only smartphone game in town in the US. You can go Symbian, but the devices just aren’t there through carrier purchases. Palm is obviously a joke, and Linux / JUIX is nowhere to be found.
3. Cellphones haven’t gotten music integration right. Sure, there are enough phones with media buttons and microSD slots to go around, but that doesn’t mean they work well.
4. Using your phone and your Mac is often a painful and tedious experience. In fact, the same goes for using your phone and most any computer.
5. People are curious to see how radically the cellphone can be re-envisioned, and the expect Apple to lead that charge.
Block then explores “the realities about the Applephone that people probably don’t want to face.
1. The battery life will probably be pretty awful
2. The phone will be buggy
3. It won’t be what people want
4. It probably won’t have 3G
5. It’s safe to assume it won’t work with Windows out of the box
6. It won’t be revolutionary
More in the full article here.
[Attribution: Digg]
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