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as i write this, your comment already has three other replies, two of which i think are pretty good. but i can't help but put my own two cents in. do you remem

as i write this, your comment already has three other replies, two of which i think are pretty good. but i can't help but put my own two cents in. do you remember the industry's response to the iphone when it was first announced? most observers thought it was the dumbest thing they'd ever seen. the general reaction was that apple was suffering from hubris of monstrous proportions to think they could enter into this market, with no history or reputation, and succeed. i didn't know whether it would be successful or not, but i knew i wanted one, real bad. it turns out that there were a lot of us. apple succeeded with the iphone far beyond anyone's wildest expectations. probably moreso than jobs himself thought possible. they didn't just make a successful product, they completely upended the mobile phone business. it will never be the same again. with any luck, we are now entering another period exactly like that one. apple is about to release a product that most people think couldn't possibly be successful. no one is willing to come out and say it will be a huge flop this time, because apple is now on a decade-long winning streak. betting against them is foolish. apple's tablet has the potential to shake up the computer business in the same way that the iphone shook up the mobile phone business. if it does, this could be the beginning of a very exciting time indeed.

Adaptive 17y ago
Evidently you are posting from some universe alternate to the rest of us. In our universe the iPhone was spectacularly well received.
- allenbrunson 17y ago
  man, are you guys reading the same blogosphere i am? or how about even earlier posts on this same blog? how about all those 'claim chowder' posts gruber has made, quoting this or that industry person, claiming that the iphone won't go anywhere? generally speaking, the tech press is deeply suspicious of everything apple does. most of their articles are some variation of "gosh, apple sure doesn't act very much like microsoft. why is that? of course they also make computers, so they should act like a combination of microsoft and dell. if they did, they sure would be a lot more successful."
  - bjelkeman-again 17y ago
    Much of the tech press are like the old saying about teachers, "If you can't do, teach." Arrington is a case in point. If the people in the tech press could invent (or understand invention when they saw it), they wouldn't work for the tech press.
sker 17y ago
As far as I can remember, the industry's response to the iPhone was very favorable. They had basically sold thousands of units before they even announced the product. People were asking for the iPhone long before it was confirmed. The only ones in denial were competitors. Users and bloggers loved it since day one, and by day one I mean the day Apple announced it, not the day Apple released it.

Adaptive 17y ago

Evidently you are posting from some universe alternate to the rest of us. In our universe the iPhone was spectacularly well received.

allenbrunson 17y ago
man, are you guys reading the same blogosphere i am? or how about even earlier posts on this same blog? how about all those 'claim chowder' posts gruber has made, quoting this or that industry person, claiming that the iphone won't go anywhere? generally speaking, the tech press is deeply suspicious of everything apple does. most of their articles are some variation of "gosh, apple sure doesn't act very much like microsoft. why is that? of course they also make computers, so they should act like a combination of microsoft and dell. if they did, they sure would be a lot more successful."
- bjelkeman-again 17y ago
  Much of the tech press are like the old saying about teachers, "If you can't do, teach." Arrington is a case in point. If the people in the tech press could invent (or understand invention when they saw it), they wouldn't work for the tech press.

sker 17y ago

As far as I can remember, the industry's response to the iPhone was very favorable. They had basically sold thousands of units before they even announced the product. People were asking for the iPhone long before it was confirmed. The only ones in denial were competitors. Users and bloggers loved it since day one, and by day one I mean the day Apple announced it, not the day Apple released it.