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I have several issues with your comment and it isn't even that long a comment. You don't have to even talk about the 'users' age in such a negative way. So, I

I have several issues with your comment and it isn't even that long a comment. You don't have to even talk about the 'users' age in such a negative way. So, I am assuming if you did write software or develop hardware then you don't have a very large market. Depending on the application, you normally want a wide range of users to use your product. And especially you don't insult them if they have issues with it. What if she had a disability, is blind, has arthritis. I am sure that the Apple team took all the accessibility issues into account with designing the product. The Apple design team didn't go 'Damn she is old, screw her', kind of like you are doing. On the iphone, I have a couple of issues with the technology. I don't use an iphone, a blackberry and really only use my basic free cellphone for emergencies. Ask most young Japanese, they didn't seem to take in the iphone either. First: the price is still steep. Second: the iphone doesn't seem to leverage any open technology. The Android phones do. So, I probably won't ever use an iphone. Third: The internet access to me is still slow. I don't want to wait several minutes to check the news. I would rather not use it at all. Fourth: The interface is OK but I haven't found any advantages over a qwerty style keyboard with the blackberry. Fifth: And this is just my own personal gripe, the iphone doesn't replace or come close to my personal computer or my laptop. If I wanted a computer, I would use a computer. I can 'jack' at cyber cafes or my laptop or at work or at home to get a real computer. The pseudo computer iphone doesn't buy me anything. I do like the 3d graphics, that would be the only reason I would consider using it. I find it funny that in 2009, you can't NOT LIKE something. If the person doesn't like the iPhone, more power to them. She doesn't like what the rest of the hive likes. If she doesn't like Linux or the Mac, more power to her.

10ren 18y ago
> I don't want to wait several minutes to check the news. I would rather not use it at all. It's interesting that Apple has tried to make their low-powered device more usable by paring down usages that it can't cope with well, such a Flash video and therefore youtube. But we can increase usability further by paring it down one step further and not using it at all. I've just bought an LCD HD monitor, and although it's very cool, it's a lot less usable than my tiny old CRT, in terms of eye strain (brightness, viewing angle) and adjustment (menu navigation instead of knobs). But both the iPhone and LCD HD are disruptive technologies, emphasising a different set of benefits, and will only improve with time.
- berlinbrown 18y ago
  On the 3g internet usage, Apple didn't invent that with the iPhone. Or improve on the experience that much. What are the benefits of the iPhone, say over a laptop, over the blackberry? Or the other phones from Japan, Korea.
  - 10ren 18y ago
    Over a laptop, it's smaller (pocket-sized) and has better battery life. (A netbook is also smaller than a laptop, but the iPhone is dramatically smaller). It's also easier to start using (you just take it out of your pocker). This convenience means you can use it when you couldn't be bothered using a laptop. I don't know the reasons people prefer the iPhone over similar class of devices (blackberry, other phones), but they do. It reminds me of Alan Kay's "Of course, you can do all those things on the mainframe, but [the minicomputer/microcomputer] is for all the extra things you can do that you wouldn't think of doing on the mainframe." http://ecotopia.com/webpress/futures.htm http://ecotopia.com/webpress/futures.htm

10ren 18y ago

> I don't want to wait several minutes to check the news. I would rather not use it at all. It's interesting that Apple has tried to make their low-powered device more usable by paring down usages that it can't cope with well, such a Flash video and therefore youtube. But we can increase usability further by paring it down one step further and not using it at all. I've just bought an LCD HD monitor, and although it's very cool, it's a lot less usable than my tiny old CRT, in terms of eye strain (brightness, viewing angle) and adjustment (menu navigation instead of knobs). But both the iPhone and LCD HD are disruptive technologies, emphasising a different set of benefits, and will only improve with time.

berlinbrown 18y ago
On the 3g internet usage, Apple didn't invent that with the iPhone. Or improve on the experience that much. What are the benefits of the iPhone, say over a laptop, over the blackberry? Or the other phones from Japan, Korea.
- 10ren 18y ago
  Over a laptop, it's smaller (pocket-sized) and has better battery life. (A netbook is also smaller than a laptop, but the iPhone is dramatically smaller). It's also easier to start using (you just take it out of your pocker). This convenience means you can use it when you couldn't be bothered using a laptop. I don't know the reasons people prefer the iPhone over similar class of devices (blackberry, other phones), but they do. It reminds me of Alan Kay's "Of course, you can do all those things on the mainframe, but [the minicomputer/microcomputer] is for all the extra things you can do that you wouldn't think of doing on the mainframe." http://ecotopia.com/webpress/futures.htm http://ecotopia.com/webpress/futures.htm