http://www.cloudgoessocial.net/2009/05/19/µmonitor-rejected/

So firstly things I bought iPhone then. Mmm well when I bought HTC G1 was not even out yet and there were only rumors about Nokia phone so then there were no clear competitors and now when they are out for few reasons I would say that they are not true competitors tough they are good in their own way.

Now things why I bought it:
1) Was multi-touch and in that it does not have competitors still as far as I know. You may argue that this is just a toy thing but for me it is future of interfaces as it allows to simulate many input interfaces single-touch/mouse or keyboards just can’t. Of course it is new yet unpolished possibility that is not properly used often but it those cases I was used properly… Damn that felt good :)

2) and 3) eBook reading and video watching. Here iPhone 3.5 inch is not enough but still decent in compariosn to G1, Nokia 5800 and coming PRE… I would actually like 4′ or even 5′ screen instead to have more pleasure reading eBooks but no Phone has anything like that so far… At least any reasonable phone(saw some crazy Chinese things or something)

4) Another thing is iPhone graphical capabilities. I am computer graphical programmer my self and iPhone has not powerful but video card(rather chip)… At the time of buying it there was aether no such information on other phones or it was known that they do not have it.

5) And finally I read RSS feeds as papers now on a go so Wi-Fi and browser was a must. Flash would be nice but eh…

So in conclusion.
No competitors in 1

Almost no competitors in screen size. iPhone screen is already little it smaller then I want but most other phones in same category have even less(pity Pre has small screen :( ) I agree there are some HTC current;y with better screens tough it is pretty hard to get them here as local operators do not support any of those as of yet.

Not completely shore but as far as I can tell no competitors in 4 aether.

And in 5 plenty of competitors most of which will have Flash soon(while noting is known about that for iPhone) so here iPhone lags and will lag behind…

So my count here in iPhone vs competitors is
iPhone 2.5 : 1.5 on those topics.

Also I would agree that it is little bit biased as I am software developer with interests in computer graphics and games which makes multi-touch and 3D so important to pick phone based on that. Important experience for the future as I see it :)

Windows Mobile? HAHAHAHA!

Microsoft is the single worst DRM monster in the entire tech industry. Trash Apple, fine. But don’t go around suggesting MS as a solution. That’s just embarassing.

If you want an open platform, go for some variant of Linux.

Share Wars : The Counter-Productive Menace

Featuring Apple as Anakin, a future lord Vader on his quest to become the biggest and best jedi ever, only to succumb to the dark side.

oh well just another reason why they will never achieve more than 25% of the computer market.

Apple’s rejection of this application makes about as much sense as the above statement I provided. It’s a shame a perfectly good application and technology is very often associated with only ONE of its many uses (and that one just happens to be the illegal type of usage). It’s not like the app had embedded thepiratebay.org or torrent searching capabilities.