Martin Gordon's Blog

There are a bunch of camps that everyone considering an iPhone fall into:

• Those that will buy it because it's Apple
• Those that will buy it because it's cool
• Those that will buy it because they want to try multi-touch
• Those that will buy it because they want a converged device
• Those that will buy it because they're fed up with Palm OS/Windows Mobile/Blackberry OS
• Those that will buy it because they need every new gadget

• Those that won't buy it because it's Apple
• Those that won't buy it because it's an Apple Rev. 1 product
• Those that won't buy it because it doesn't do 3G
• Those that won't buy it because it doesn't have an SDK
• Those that won't buy it because it requires a 2-year contract
• Those that won't buy it because it doesn't have a removable battery
• Those that won't buy it because they need more than 8GB
• Those that won't buy it because it's $500-$600
• Those that won't buy it because it's out of stock

I'm not quite sure what camp I belong to, but I'm a candidate for the no 3G and no SDK camps. I'm looking to replace my aging Treo 650 with something that doesn't randomly shut off, and the current contenders are the Blackberry Curve and the iPhone.

3G may not be that big a deal-breaker since the BB Curve doesn't have it either, but the slow connection speed on my Treo 650 make it almost unbearable to use. I'll have to decide whether this is enough of a big deal for me to consider the Samsung Blackjack, which does have 3G.

HTML + AJAX do not an SDK make. Though I don't doubt that there will be a real SDK in the future, the lack of one right now makes me wary of jumping into a closed platform. That's one of the main draws for smartphones and the iPhone falls flat in this regard.

That said, am I missing any camps? Which camp do you fall into?

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