iPhone Forums - View Single Post - Apple has only made one mistake with the iPhone.

kdarling · 10-17-2007, 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by Air

Apple never marketed the iPhone as a PDA replacement.

Except perhaps in their quarterly earnings call, where they actually claimed:

"In terms of the corporate market, we think the iPhone is a breakthrough product for all customers, including business customers."

I'm not trying to make Windows Mobile sound like the savior of freedom. It doesn't even let you terminate applications manually and doesn't let you exit out of a program (it takes you back to the home screen, but keeps the application running in the background).

The iPhone also keeps apps running in the background, unless you hold down the Home key for ten seconds to kill the app. With WM, you can install third party utils to change that behavior.

As for Windows Mobile, keep watching:

There are so many people working now on touch-enabled apps for WM, that it's just a matter of months before I'll be able to give my wife a smartphone that I've customized on say, Verizon, to work as well as, or better than the iPhone (because of GPS, 3G, etc).

Webkit (Safari) has now been ported to WM and is up for sale to carrier(s). There are also background tools that enable touch scrolling for ALL apps. Soft keyboards like iPhone's, too... only better, because they're customizable.

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/
http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=por...ews&id=997&p=1

I believe that Apple will have to open up to third party apps or lose momentum. Just look at the HTC Touch, which, without any of the huge hype or fan support, has sold almost as many units to a world that's hungry for unlocked touch phones.

10-17-2007, 09:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
kdarling Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NJ, NC, CO Posts: 378 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts	Originally Posted by Air Apple never marketed the iPhone as a PDA replacement. Except perhaps in their quarterly earnings call, where they actually claimed: "In terms of the corporate market, we think the iPhone is a breakthrough product for all customers, including business customers." I'm not trying to make Windows Mobile sound like the savior of freedom. It doesn't even let you terminate applications manually and doesn't let you exit out of a program (it takes you back to the home screen, but keeps the application running in the background). The iPhone also keeps apps running in the background, unless you hold down the Home key for ten seconds to kill the app. With WM, you can install third party utils to change that behavior. As for Windows Mobile, keep watching: There are so many people working now on touch-enabled apps for WM, that it's just a matter of months before I'll be able to give my wife a smartphone that I've customized on say, Verizon, to work as well as, or better than the iPhone (because of GPS, 3G, etc). Webkit (Safari) has now been ported to WM and is up for sale to carrier(s). There are also background tools that enable touch scrolling for ALL apps. Soft keyboards like iPhone's, too... only better, because they're customizable. http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/ http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=por...ews&id=997&p=1 I believe that Apple will have to open up to third party apps or lose momentum. Just look at the HTC Touch, which, without any of the huge hype or fan support, has sold almost as many units to a world that's hungry for unlocked touch phones. Last edited by kdarling; 10-17-2007 at 10:55 AM..