Mobile phones will be chronologically measured based on BI and AI

On Dec 1, 9:05 am, 4phun <vic.hea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tomi Ahonen is the world's foremost 3G guru has written a rather
> provocative article titled "Entering iPhone Era: Marking Time in
> Mobile." Just how provocative it is. Here is his premise: Mobile
> phones will be chronologically measured based on BI and AI or "before
> iPhone" and "after iPhone." Other phones including "Nokia, Motorola,
> Samsung, SonyEricsson, LG and the dozens of second and third tier
> manufacturers will all see what they are up against... " not only in
> terms of external design but especially in the internal software. The
> iPhone's Mac OS will be its strongest suit and all the other models in
> the market will be measured against the user-friendliness of the
> iPhone's operating system. The best smartphones will be described as
> "almost as good as the iPhone".
>
> Here are the few other things iPhone will significantly impact
> according to Ahonen: (1) Mobile Internet, the iPhone will
> revolutionize the 8-year-old mobile internet industry as if it gave
> birth to it, putting it as top money maker for mobile phone services
> well ahead of SMS; (2) Mobile Advertising will reach fruition based on
> the iPhone's big screen; (3) Media will experience mass exodus from
> the traditional - FM radio, broadcast TV and even newspapers are all
> going to go mobile with significant changes; (4) New Computer age will
> be inspired by the iPhone, a growth in the same proportion as the dot-
> com bubble in the 1990's; (5) SMS, yes, even the lowly text messaging
> will have a BI and AI.
>
> Our Opinion: there is a new breed of tech pundits, and that is the
> iPhone pusher. He will play up iPhone's attributes (big screen, multi-
> touch interface) and play down or totally ignore its shortcomings
> (poor camera and battery life no 3G andGPS). The worst characteristic
> of an iPhone pusher is that he will constantly ignore market demands,
> e.g. for cheaper cellphones (mobile growth in China and India are the
> fastest in the world) and invent markets that do not yet exist and
> perhaps never will, e.g. mobile networking. Two things we can agree
> about the iPhone. Its big screen will probably create a new niche for
> the mobile phone market and, second, the iPhone's touch interface will
> bring texting to a whole new level of user experience.
>
> --
>
> Do you agree or disagree? I am looking for a better new phone then an
> iPhone and all I can find is that they are almost like an iPhone in
> looking at reviews but not up to iPhone quality. Why would anyone want
> second best?

Make that a better phone than an iPhone, not then.