[Sigia-l] Tog on iPhone

[tOM Trottier]

On Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at 0:42,
Ziya Oz <listera at earthlink.net> wrote

...
> "The origins of these bits and pieces, however, is not what¹s
> important about the iPhone.  What¹s important is that, for the first
> time, so many great ideas and processes have been assembled in one
> device, iterated until they squeak, and made accessible to normal
> human beings.  That¹s the genius of Steve Jobs; that¹s the genius of
> Apple."
> 
> Sure, he then raises a number of fair questions that would please
> Eric. But overall (in an unusual display of lucidity :-) he gets it.
> 
> This is exactly why I believe the *promise* of iPhone is so way, way
> beyond what many people have offered as their pet peeve in what's
> otherwise a version 0.9 product. Worth your time to read.

Yep, Tog confirms that the iPhone is just perfect for the dumb/rich market quadrant.
Cool, simple, visionary crippled interface. A better iPod

I also wonder how the iPhone will work with wide web pages - unlike the NYT/CNN narrow 
columns - with hardcoded column widths... Reformat? Greek text? Incomplete lines? Scroll 
sideways with finger?

Pogue says it won't work with fingernails or styli, so goodbye good editing capabilities. 
Fingers are convenient, but few great artists fingerpaint. Or write their shopping lists with 
fingerink.

tOM

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