re: iPhone mania – techno hype or genuine innovation?

Rheingold — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:00:15 GMT

Sorry old son, that stuff just doesn't wash! It all sounds very much like free publicity for another gadget to me. I just don't need to hear music all over my house, never name controlling play lists from the loo, which is a quiet spot to read a few interesting articles, rather than be bombarded with emails, junk or not, and other distractions all day long. My office is for my writing and my phone calls, which I wouldn't dream of doing in the street or in the car. Have you ever tried offering serious business or marketing advice to someone who is hardly able to concentrate on a sentence at a time because he (or she) is driving through central London? It really makes very little sense. No, a phone is a phone. A mobile phone should be as simple as possible, the gadgets being left on the designer's drawing board. What's more, a phone for phone calls makes economic sense. I can imagine the new I-Phone users' faces when they open that monthly phone bill. What a waste of good money.

Now for the flak . . . but I've got a good jacket!