I don't know if you live with someone who's a gadget nerd, and especially a Mac gadget nerd, but in case you don't, today is MacWorld. If that doesn't mean anything to you, it's the one day of the year when MacPeople sit glued to their computers, hitting refresh on a webiste like Gizmodo or Engadget. These MacPeople are awaiting news of the next big thing. Rumors fly for MONTHS before MacWorld, about all the fantastic things Steve Jobs has up his sleeve.
Folks, I am officially a MacPerson. I've spent the last half hour (started a little late, because I forgot about MacWorld until CNN reminded me. I'm a BAD MacPerson.) glued to my work computer, hitting refresh over and over again while I marvelled at it all. The rumors were pretty much right this year; the big announcement? The iPhone. I told S a while ago that there was no way I need a phone that did that much, but two minutes of reading Jobs's keynote, and I'm sold. It looks awesomely wantable. If it's half as cool as it seems, it'll be the coolest phone ever.
But don't take my word for it. Go over to Engadget and just look at the thing. It looks ridiculously desirable. It looks like it will provoke hysteria. Steve Jobs just said (and by just, I mean, just, as I am sort of live-blogging about the liveblogging of the keynote) that Apple/Cingular (the phone is exclusive to Cingular, which happens to be my provider...) are looking to grab 1% of the cell phone market with this thing, which amounts to 10 million iPhones. By 2008. I'm just ballparking it here, but I'm thinking that's a no-brainer. If the first gen. comes out and isn't plagued with problems, and if it comes through on it's promise, I can tell you that at Christmas 2008, we'll all be asking for the 2nd gen. iPhone.
I mean, hell, I want one already.
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