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Apple has succeeded in combining a lot of technologies that were formerly unrelated, or in their infancy, on a cell phone through an easy interface, succeeding in making the usage of an OS on a cell phone almost as easy as Windows has made it on the computer desktop. The only real complaints we've heard about the device is the usage of the 2.0 G EDGE network through AT&T and the keyboard; which may concern techies but will not be of concern to Apple devotes.

The real question is whether or not consumers other than Apple die hard enthusiasts will run out to purchase the product. A few will, but the iPhone is offering little that is truly new or revolutionary. What the phone is offering is a viable solution and a lower entry point into mobile computing for the masses, which in and of itself is rather revolutionary. No more wandering through hundreds of menus or archaic mobile operating systems like Palm or Windows CE, as smart phones have been around since the early nineties before most individuals were already acculturated to them. Smart phones should have popularized both mobile computing and cell phones but failed to put a dent in either market, and were relegated to being niche items that only technologists purchased. This is perhaps the largest buzz created for what was perhaps one of the most anticipated mobile devices ever, which says a lot about Apple's first foray into mobile computing.

If nothing else, Apple may gain some new converts into mobile computing, and the Internet may finally find some practical uses through cellular technology. Whether any of these individuals ever graduates to a more serious application of mobile technology remains to be seen, but you can credit Apple for getting them into it in the first place.

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