Let's talk iPhone

My apologies for not keeping up with this (or any other) of my weblogs. Living in interesting times demands much of my attention.

A few days ago, one of the finest examples of hype and cool hit the counters of Apple Stores and AT&T retail shops.

The Apple iPhone is now one of the fastest selling smart phones ever released, selling over 700,000 in three days, beating the nearest rival which took months to reach that benchmark.

Granted that the iPhone is a work in progress. Much like the very first Macintosh 128 or first generation iPod (with a now tiny 5 gigabyte hard drive), the iPhone is missing a number of functions that other devices already offer. And the resistance of many corporations from accepting the iPhone in their given company environments will hurt some sales.

But the demand shows that there is a desire for a different kind of multi-function smart phone/web browser/e-mail client/camera/Google device. And some of the software shortcomings will be resolved over the next few months, along with newer and better version of the phone that shook the world.