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iPhone. The word practically begs "Will it become as integrated into our daily culture as the iPod has?"

The answer?

Of course not. I know user satisfaction is high but what half-decent highly anticipated new product wouldn't evoke that response?

Cover your iPhone's earpiece, guys. The iPhone is not any more special than all the other sleek PDA cell phones out there. In fact, PC World gives it a mere number 5 spot on it's Top Ten Cell Phone/PDA list.

It lacks 3G service, which among other things, means no Instant Messaging capabilities. Now, I don't own an iPhone, I can't afford five hundred bucks for the newest most talked about phone, but my year old RAZR lets me IM my little heart out.

Apple is innovative, knows it's market and has proven that it can compete well. The iPhone has it's share of fans, and those people who shelled out the money to buy it the day it came out will most likely love it. If not for the product itself, then for the mere brand factor.

I'll let you Apple fans have your little half bitten logo, what I want for my birthday is the BlackBerry Curve. It lets me IM, it's nice and compact, and comes in right about $199.

Speaking of BlackBerries, remember those? When BlackBerries came out, people referred to PDA/Cell Phones as that. You'd hear "He'll email it from his BlackBerry" and think, wow, he has a BlackBerry, he must be important.

Other than the fact that everyone's got one (or three, for those of us who love our third generation iPod Video) we know that iPods have revolutionized how an entire generation (and those to come) enjoy music because we refers to mp3 players as iPods. Like Slinky. It was just a spring if you think about. But we called every toy spring after that a Slinky. After all, Everyone knows it's Slinky!

The truth is, the iPhone didn't make an existing product more desirable and market it broadly like iPods did with mp3 players. Apple is simply meeting the ever-global population's desire for phones that do more. Look at the Treo by Palm, the SideKick by Tmobile, and mostly BlackBerries that have been flooding the market for years. The iPhone is just Apple keeping up.

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