iPhone Won't Be A Hit

According to NewsDay.com's Michael Himowitz, the iPod won't be a huge hit.

I don't quite think these writers understand how Apple works and I suppose even if they did they'd still write these kinds of columns because it gets a rise out of the readers.

I especially enjoyed this part:
"When something does go wrong - and given my family's history with broken iPods, that's a near certainty - you'll lose the use of your phone and your music player and your portable Web access while it's being fixed, if indeed it can be fixed. Do you really want your business communications dependent on the health of your music player? Of course, none of these issues will dampen enthusiam for the iPhone inside the Cult. And the iPhone might actually gain a few converts."

Well... my girlfriend has had three cell phones die on her in a year but her iPod is still kicking. What does that tell mean to me? Nothing. It means that electronics aren't perfect and neither are the people who handle them.

I recall when the iPod first came out... my best friend and I totally dissed it. And now, look whats happened... almost everyone has an iPod! Open your eyes tech writers. This isn't Apple's one shot deal in the cell phone arena. This is version 1.0 of a product... a product that hasn't even come out yet!

Furthermore, there are a few people I know who wouldn't mind convergence of the two devices, but realistically, even if I owned an iPhone, I'd still keep my iPod as the measly 8 gigs isn't going to do it for my music collection... and I believe Apple knows this but thats just how they operate. Apple will churn the wheel of product updates and before we know it we'll be sporting 100 gig iPhones.