Why Is iPhone Better? Here’s My Story…
The point of the story is that despite being somewhat deficient in terms of hardware relative to some enterprise phones, this thing is designed to make my life easier. I have owned many smart phones, most of which ran Windows Mobile in one way, shape or form. I even had a “local restaurants” application specifically for my last smart phone that I used a few times. I was NEVER able to accomplish ANYTHING in 90 seconds. So, at this point I don’t care that EDGE is slow – I was able to do what I needed to do on the EDGE network in 90 seconds while waiting for a train to pass – I wasn’t able to do that with the fastest EVDO tetherable enterprise-class Smart Phone on the market.
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Posted by (i)^2 on September 3, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Eureka ! Someone who “gets it”. Having similar experiences ( and presently being stalled within Windows Mobile world ), I’ve someone express the utility behind UI Design and human factors grants users, who DON’T CARE about how it does what a smart device does, just that:
A) It does in fact “just does it”.
B) It does “it” in a manner which the user either engaged interactively with the task they’re trying to accomplish, or not impeded from pursuing said. And quite possibly BOTH.
This is the first and foremost uber-feature of the iPhone. Even with the “Touch” HTC still hasn’t “gotten it”. Nokia appears to be “getting it” with the Nokia Ovi/”Media Experience” line of device. But, merely “copying” touch-stroke action/reactions already delivered on the iPhone is a just one component of the complex function called usability. I cheer Nokia for wanting and taking the bold step. But they’ll have to step lively, Apple’s products will be into their sophore (or later) iterations by the time Nokia delivers their freshman entry into the race.