Thursday 29 November 2007

The iPhone - is it a New Technology?

Prior to seeing the day some six months ago, much hype went around the new gadget. Apple claims that it 're-invents' the phone. It purports, its product is like no ordinary phone but is rather a revolutionary phone that would change the way we make a call.


Though revolutionary in the way cell phones have traditionally been, the iphone remains after all, a mere phone. What Apple claims to be revolutionary is in fact, the fact that it has a very sleek and futuristic look with a touch pad rather than a key pad and converging the iPod, and other devices together. These are only a different perspective of seeing things as uploading mp3 to mobile phones is no new phenomenon as Bluetooth technology has since long allowed mobile users to upload songs onto their phones and camera on mobile phones have seen the day for years now.

This video further mentions that the iphone would change the way we think of phones.



Though it just hit the UK market only a few days ago, would the iPhone change the way we think of phone? The iPhone does no new function, except one which is described as 'visual voicemail’. What is new however, is the way we interact with the tool rather than redefining any new feature that no technology has offered so far. So, why so much hype around something that does nothing new?

1 comment:

Unknown said...

The new iphone has nothing special, apart from the not having any keys on the phone. But in the mobile phone industry, any new gadget is worth trying.

I personally think the iphone is an amazing stuff.