Dvorak iphone home
Unlike the other slightly militant Apple users I tend to read an entire article that John writes and try to sift beyond the hit-baiting, Apple slagging that he tends to do from time to time and actually think hard about what he says. In this article, John tries his hand at a slightly inflammatory dig at Apple and the iPhone and Apples naive approach to the mobile market.
While I can see a great deal of merit behind what John is saying about the tough market that Apple wishes to tackle, I think he makes one gross oversight in regards to the pace at which the mobile fashion trends come and go. For starters, the Motorola RAZR today doesn’t look much different than last year or the year before. And the Blackberry? Hardly lighting fast model releases.
The second retort would be to suggest that perhaps, like the iPod, the iPhone has an esthetic that will stand for one or more years between model releases. It’s not like there is much that can be changed. Most other products in the market simply change their keypads. I am sure before long there will be iPhone GUI themes allowing users to change their iPhone esthetic 6 ways until Sunday on a whim and the touch of a screen.
[tags]Dvorak, iPhone, Apple, Blackberry[/tags]