“Two weeks, I bought into the hype. How would I describe Apple’s mobile? Life changing,” Joe Wilcox writes for eWeek’s Microsoft Watch.
“Before reading any further, Microsofties and their partners should take out paper and a pen. Apple has done so much right with the iPhone—based on my experience, anyway— that they should take notes,” Wilcox writes.
MacDailyNews Take: Microsoft never fails to crib from Apple, it’s just that they seem to be terrible note-takers as so much gets lost in translation (see Zune) and/or they rightly fear litigation, so they muck it all up (see Windows’ upside-down and backwards Mac UI) and/or they just don’t care about getting the details right (see any Microsoft product). Unfortunately for Microsoft and their so-called “partners,” iPhone comes with 200+ patents that Apple plans to vigorously defend.
Wilcox continues, “Apple has a real knack for making great user interfaces. The phone’s UI is outstanding, but it’s the synchronization that makes for a spectacular content experience… Microsoft just doesn’t get the importance of synchronization, of software making the setup and continuous use of devices easier.”
“By contrast, Apple does synch right, which makes the iPhone a highly useful data device. I’ve used many smart phones, but the iPhone is the first one that I’ve really used,” Wilcox writes.
“In another smart approach to user interface design, Apple solved the Web site access problem in the client… The Web is even more accessible now,” Wilcox writes. “…Battery life definitely meets or exceeds what Apple states: eight hours of talk time and more than 10 days of standby time.”
Wilcox writes, “I never really liked my cell phone before now. But I love my iPhone. It’s a real joy to use; using the features makes me laugh. All technology products should be this useful and fun.”
Full article here.
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I would have but it’s a no-no. Suffice it to say, a client that was in the room, was very impressed of how efficiently I was able to get to information. All from my iPhone and with no other assistance.
@ YGBKM
That’s axiomatic, considering he writes for ‘Microsoft Watch’.
YouGottaBeKidding–
Please let us know when you drop your cell phone, land phone, television, blender, stove, dvd, windows box, pacemaker, washing machine, and every other $600 (or less) machine that also has no impact on your life– and write again how iPhone changes nothing.
MW “amount” as in It’s not the amount of money, you dipshit.
(MDN– you guys are psychic. I love it. But I guess you already knew that.)
Joe Wilcox! You’re Fired!
“I never really liked my cell phone before now. But I love my iPhone. It’s a real joy to use; using the features makes me laugh.”
And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is what the vast majority of the rest of the consumer electronics and computer industries don’t get. It’s why Apple will continue to grow and why Microsoft, Dell, Sony, and other behemoths will wither and die – they just don’t get it.
You can try to cram as many new or extra features into a product as you can think of, but if it’s not fun and easy to use, no one gives a crap and they’ll be on to the next “big thing” ASAP.
If a shiny new $600 electronic gadget is all it takes to change your life, then you must live a pretty sad life. —You Gotta Be Kidding Me
Didn’t anybody ever teach you that it’s the little things in life that count? Anyway, lighten up, bro’. “Life changing” doesn’t have to mean Nirvana with flashing lights, for crissakes! The iPhone totally changes the game for handheld electronic gizmos. Isn’t that enough?
Had my iPhone for 5 days now, and the thing that impresses me the most is that it fully lives up to the promise in the ads. I was afraid the screen in the ads had been beautified and that the actual screen would be dimmer, fuzzier, etc. Nope. This screen is gorgeous. EDGE pulls up my website in a jiffy. Movie playback is smooth. The interface is quick. Cover Flow is beautiful. Every single aspect of this thing has fully lived up to my expectations.
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@ Zune Tang:
What the hell is wrong with this guy?
Let me make this simple for you MAC lemmings because these moronic reviewers haven’t figured it out: The iPhone sucks because it doesn’t run Windows Mobile. That’s it. End of story. Real smartphones that work in the real world run real operating systems. And it doesn’t support Flash or points to purchase content.
Another thoughtless review of what is really a third-rate Zune wannabe. I know because I’ve seen the commercials. I can’t believe how oblivious to the truth these reviewers are.
Your potential. Our passion.™
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LOL!
More mindless ramblings from the split personality that is Zune Tang.
Keep posting man, I love it!
How is your crack addition btw?
Apple. Innovates. Microsoft stagnates™
I have just decided to buy an iPhone.
My alter ego convinced me that it was the best mobile out there.
I have also sent back my lorry load of Redmond coolaid and have now burnt my nude pictures of Bill Gates screwing Steve Ballmer.
I apologise.
Your potential. Our passion.™
OMG. This guy writes a “microsoft-watch” column… and he’s gushing like an Apple fanboy. Ummm… guess I’m going to keep hanging on to my AAPL.
Unfortunately investors are too smart (and/or momentum driven) to let the gloom and doom (everything but “beleaguered iphone”) distract them from the most successful consumer electronic product launch in history… so no pullback to buy more. Damn. When you REALLY believe in a company and a stock, you actually want it to go DOWN because you want to buy more and you want to buy low.