Like I said earlier, I feel that a lot of mobile 2.0 companies are designing to solve compatibility and distribution issues, not necessarily defensible technology. I think the iPhones focus on application development through their Safari browser is proof of this point. Steve Jobs called it Web 2.0 for the iPhone in his keynote.
However, it’s left a lot of developers wanting more, as Infoworld reports. Application development through the browser won’t expose useful data to the application like the address book, or call log. Valid points. But the article ignores the fact that the phone will run OS X, allowing developers to convert Mac apps to the iPhone. However, I don’t know how much better that will be fore developers.
I think the iPhone will change the mobile phone industry, not overnight, but gradually by adjusting what consumers expect out of their cell phone. Yes, it doesn’t use Flash and it’s not 3G, but this isn’t the last iPhone we’ll see. With the iPod Apple started in the middle and grew up and down the price points. Although I find it hard to spend more than $600 on a phone, I’m guessing we’ll be seeing a similar push out of the product line.
Hmm, an iPhone shuffle that clips on your lapel and only accepts calls.
