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Iphone imitation...
Verizon just came out with the storm which is a touch screen and has a browser. its their way of imitating the iphone. however it is a bb made into a touch screen which defies the purpose of BB in my opinion.
As far as the app store- you can get apps for a lot of phones. again apple just made it very easy to use.
Apple has always been very unique in there products. they are very user friendly and well crafted.
Despite what everyone else seems to think I believe the iPhone to be the top of the line in to-date wireless technology and even though other manufacterors might through more technology at us, I doubt anyone will rival the user friendly OS...
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The App store is unique in it's business model, not in it's function. Many carriers have one button shopping from their device to purchase anything, however Apple is paying developers a higher dividend of sales than anyone has ever done before. This is leading to developers wanting to make more games and sfotware for it before applying it to other platforms. Hopefully, this is something that catches on with the service providers, however if it does it will hurt Apple's development.
There are also sites like Handango that offer tons of software for smart-style phones.
Apple just knows how to market their products, but they aren't really any better than a great deal of the other products out there.
App Store:
BlackBerry Application Storefront and Application Center:
https://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=3517 »
Android Market:
https://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=3529 »
Also, most of the new finger-touch phones (Storm, Omnia, Touch Diamond) have new browsers that are very much like the iPhone's. Have you tried them?
Let's not forget how everyone has also copied finger-touch in general, plus visual voicemail, threaded messaging, accelerometers, etc, etc....
I don't see any lack of copying the iPhone in this industry.
And as far as copying the finger-touch style of the iPhone, are you saying that Apple actually started this in wireless technology? I can't directly remember a phone comming out with it before the iPhone but I can't imagine Apple being the first to release it. Can anyone validate or deny this claim?
There were plenty of touch-screen phones before the iPhone, but they all used resistive technology, and were mostly designed to be used with a stylus, or based on an OS originally designed with a stylus in mind. Some manufacturers tweaked home screens to be finger-friendly (Treos come to mind) but other parts of the OS still required a stylus.
I believe the iPhone was the first touch-screen phone to be designed to be used completely with fingers, not a stylus.
Also news to me about the iPhone being the FIRST completely finger-touch screen phone, but I guess not too suprising. Considering I've only been in (or interested in ) the industry for a few months I kind of forget how long ago the release date for the original iPhone actually was... guess I focus too much on the 3g.
In addition, have you heard anything more about the 4gig making an appearance on the 3g level and whether or not it will be sold as a wal-mart exclusive? I've seen a few posts about it but your sources are a little more... reliable? Yeah, reliable, thats a good word.
Anywho, whatever you know or have heard woul...
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