From now on, everybody who is shopping for a phone will look at the iPhone, nd the phone they are most likely to pick out, and they will say, “ewww”. I want my phont to be like the iPhone. All the other manufacturers will now have to truly innovate their approach to the user interface. As Jobs pointed out, they are all in a rut right now–essentially trying to imitate the Treo, I suppose, but in a rut, nonetheless. And Apple just shook them up. He didn’t fire a shot across the bow, he picked the ship up, shook it around a bit, and put it back in the water–still afloat, but severely shaken. This is a good thing, IMO. I don’t think the iPhone numbers will ever be a threat to the likes of the Palm Treos, nor maybe WinMo, because they meet needs that the iPhone doesn’t meet. Without third party apps, I’m sunk. I have specific apps I need on my Palm, so the iPhone is not in my future. And Docs to Go is one of those. Others are more niche–multilingual translations, Bible and theological software, etc–so the iPhon won’t be able to meet these needs for a long time, if ever. And many, if not most users of Treos are in my boat–at least the ones that are vocal on the boards I visit. 😉 Blackberry may be hurting–but I doubt that too….

But, I reiterate–they cannot ignore what Apple has just done. It’s back to the drawing boards for sure, for all of them! At least, I certainly hope so!!!! Maybe I’ll have to mail my Palm back to Palm, Inc. in the end, to make my point. 😉

-Jon

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