[AnotherUnixGeek]

Too big? Are you a dwarf?

No, just a guy used to cell phones much smaller than this. Everyone else is used to cell phones much smaller than this as well, which is why I don't think it will succeed as a phone.

[af_vet_rr]

Everyone else is used to cell phones much smaller than this as well, which is why I don't think it will succeed as a phone.

I would agree except it's not just a phone. It's an iPod, which millions and millions of people already have and enjoy. It's got wireless internet access with a great interface (if you've used the internet on cell phones before now, you'd know that most don't do a very good job). Finally, it's a very good communications tool. As somebody who has relied on various devices (Blackberrys, Treos, etc.) over the years, this is a godsend. The SMS is incredible.

Just like Nintendo Wii managed to break the mold and pull in non-gamers, I think this will pull in customers who weren't using Smartphones before now, as well as existing Smartphone customers (including Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and Symbian users).

[tubebender]

APPL up 7.37.....

[ReignOfError]

No, just a guy used to cell phones much smaller than this. Everyone else is used to cell phones much smaller than this as well, which is why I don't think it will succeed as a phone.

If all you're looking for is "a phone," you're not the target audience for the iPhone. There will always be some little commodity phone a cell provider is dying to give away for nothing. Size, schmize; no one whose last name isn't "Hilton" pays five hundred bucks just to have a phone.

On the other hand, if you were toting a phone, a PDA and an iPod, and can now have all in one, working together in ways never possible before, and maybe even leave the laptop behind for stuff you do every day, this would be pretty exciting.