Story: Why Apple's iPhone is like a 1981 IBM PC

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Ah, but is it a smartphone?

I'd say it's not a smartphone at all, but the first truly mobile computer.

In time, with enough smart decisions about how apps work on this new type of device, it will be the only computer much of the world's population will ever own. It will never replace a desktop for some of us, but it will be all the vast majority of people will ever need.

It takes time to get things right. That's something most businesses, developers, and shareholders forget.

I'd rather see developers stop and really think about how to make this first wave of limited apps as good as they can be. Eventually the training wheels come off, slowly, and we'll see more sophisticated apps using what's been learned in these early stages.
This platform will be around for 20 years. they need to get it right.

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