08-01-2009, 01:13 AM
Paul F. wrote:
Brought to you by the same (type) of folks who said;
"and iPod? It's kinda like a CD Player? It'll never catch on! Stupid idea."
"An Apple Phone? Why on earth would anyone buy an Apple Phone? Stupid idea."
Paul, you're half right.
The iPod was met with stunned silence. No one (including Apple, if we're honest about it) imagined it would be a spectacularly successful game-changing cultural phenomenon. Initial reviews were mediocre, or negative. It looked like an overpriced dud.
But the iPhone? Where is an example of anyone credible saying "Stupid idea"---quite the opposite was true. There was so much positive anticipation for an Apple brand phone. Remember? Years and years of speculation, salivating investors, consumers, journalists and analysts. It was a successful product before anyone even saw one. An Apple phone, stupid idea? Anyone who said that was ignored, or laughed at. Pretty much everyone knew if Apple produced a phone, hundreds of millions of people would want to buy one.
The mythical iPad, or media tablet, different story, the level of speculation and irresponsible journalistic fantasy is sad and crazy. I've never seen so many write so much about a topic that nobody (outside a handful of people in Apple labs) knows hardly anything about.
The MacWorld "Train Wreck" item was aimed at revealing that kind of reckless, shameless journalism, exposing it, and mocking it. I thought it was a great article!