Newer, Faster, Cheaper iPhone 3G

As noted in this article, there is much less than meets the eye with many of Apple's products, especially when compared with rival offerings--and that creates a strategic opening that is hardly being leveraged. Makers of products in the same space as Apple's seem to be failing to capitalize on the very apparent shortcomings of Apple's offerings to cut through the aura and hype that seem to keep them...

Will the hype stand up against business reality? Operators are scrambling over each other to get a piece of the action, they don’t seem to have a plan of their own. The iPhone a marvel in marketing and user friendliness, iPhones will soon be followed by iClones. Current mobile technologies will make it impossible to lift the iPhone into a mass market Operators will use price to limit use on wireless...

I am still laughing after reading reviews of the new iPhone 3G. The Wall Street Journal’s article by Walter Mossberg is insightful and riotous.  Mossberg’s recommendations are priceless.