For some reason we are still comparing two phones, one which was designed for serious business users and was on the cutting edge when it was released, and another that came along years later that was designed as a very expensive toy for technologically challenged yuppies.
You said, “ The fact is that 3G was only built out to 1% in 2005. . . just because you had part of that 1% where YOU were does not mean that 1% figure is wrong.” This is just one example of your multiple misleading statements. By the rime I purchased my phone the network already reached approximately 150,000,000 people. By the time the first iPhone was released to the public the Sprint/Verizon high speed data network already reached approximately 270,000,000 people.
This was part of your argument that the Internet connectivity on the original iPhone was somehow comparable to that of the PPC-6700 which is just absolutely laughable. No matter how you try and sugar coat it ATT’s “edge” technology was a joke compared to EVDO / 3G.
The mistake that I made was letting you suck me into issues of which I have first hand knowledge but which allowed you to spread voluminous amounts of manure that sound credible to those who are not actually not very familiar with the fine points of the technology being discussed.
You have done a commendable job of spreading voluminous amounts of manure here and obscuring every important point that has been made. So I congratulate you on that.
Having been one who was actually using a phone for Internet connectivity and producing written communications on the go... the first iPhone despite it's nice screen could in no way compare to the phone that I had already been using for years. The original iPhone like most Apple products of that time period was intended as an expensive toy for technologically challenged people who like to show off. It was not particularly innovative or useful. But it was a big hit with its target audience and it eventually did evolve into a useful device, and because of its success did have a great influence on the market.
Apple is the most successful marketing company the world has ever seen. They do hire hoards of hired goon lawyers to intimidate and stifle the innovation of others, despite this I think that the competition they provide helps keep the technology sector moving forward. So more power to them and to you also. It has been great fun. And I admire greatly your ability to champion a product that you feel so strongly about.