CodingHorror goes iPhone 3GS

Jeff Atwood of CodingHorror writes about the iPhone I am largely ambivalent towards Apple, but it’s impossible to be ambivalent about the iPhone — and in particular, the latest and greatest iPhone 3GS. It is the Pentium to the 486 of the iPhone 3G. A landmark, genre-defining product, no longer a mere smartphone but an … Continue reading “CodingHorror goes iPhone 3GS”

Jeff Atwood of CodingHorror writes about the iPhone

I am largely ambivalent towards Apple, but it’s impossible to be ambivalent about the iPhone — and in particular, the latest and greatest iPhone 3GS. It is the Pentium to the 486 of the iPhone 3G. A landmark, genre-defining product, no longer a mere smartphone but an honest to God fully capable, no-compromises computer in the palm of your hand.

Here’s how far I am willing to go: I believe the iPhone will ultimately be judged a more important product than the original Apple Macintosh.

That’s pretty strong from someone who considers a Mac to be an expensive, beautifully designed hardware dongle…

0 thoughts on “CodingHorror goes iPhone 3GS”

  1. If only the comments were of the same calibre as the article. So many tards, so few bullets.

    Questions like “Is the GPS real?” and statements like “Only good in the US” show the readership of that blog as of a lower quality than the writer.

  2. Eh, so it’s like a computer. You know what else is like a computer? An actual computer. And like on the PC or Mac, only a small fraction of indie developers will ever make any money. And as the iPhone hardware gets more powerful, that will raise the bar financially for putting out a competitive app, freezing out the indies. I’m thinking of the 3D hardware here in particular.

    The UI is phenomenal though, I cannot disagree there. It may well be the ultimate mobile phone but as far as being a portable computer it hasn’t far to go before it tries to overlap the netbook/laptop functionality and I think it is always going to be the loser in that battle, touch screen or no. In that arena, its small size is reversed into being a disadvantage. Who wants to do their office docs on that screen with a touch keyboard?

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