Is Apples’ iPhone misnamed?

“Apple really only botched one thing with the iPhone – its name,” SteveJack writes in MacDailyNews’ Opinion section.

SteveJack writes, “Apple’s “iPhone” isn’t really a phone at all. It’s really a small touchscreen Mac OS X computer, a Mac nano tablet, it you will… It’s really a pocket Mac. It has email, SMS, full-featured Web browsing, and much more. But, beyond that, it is a platform that’s just sitting there waiting for Apple to sell software for it. Just imagine games with the large multi-touch display and the built-in accelerometer!”

Full article, with the opportunity for Reader Feedback, in our Opinion section here.

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