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January 11, 2007
An Hour with the i-Phone
NY Times tech columnist David Pogue got to spend one hour with the i-Phone. Here's his preview:
"Already, though, one thing is clear: the name iPhone may be doing Apple a disservice. This machine is so packed with possibilities that the cellphone may actually be the least interesting part.
"As Mr. Jobs pointed out in his keynote presentation, the iPhone is at least three products merged into one: a phone, a wide-screen iPod and a wireless, touch-screen Internet communicator. That helps to explain its price: $499 or $599 (with four or eight gigabytes of storage).
"As you’d expect of Apple, the iPhone is gorgeous. Its face is shiny black, rimmed by mirror-finish stainless steel. The back is textured aluminum, interrupted only by the lens of a two-megapixel camera and a mirrored Apple logo. The phone is slightly taller and wider than a Palm Treo, but much thinner (4.5 by 2.4 by 0.46 inches).
"You won’t complain about too many buttons on this phone; it comes very close to having none at all. The front is dominated by a touch screen (320 by 480 pixels) operated by finger alone. The only physical buttons, in fact, are volume up/down, ringer on/off (hurrah!), sleep/wake and, beneath the screen, a Home button.
"The iPhone’s beauty alone would be enough to prompt certain members of the iPod cult to dig for their credit cards."
To read the rest of David Pogue's article, please click here.
And here is Mr. Pogue's The Ultimate i-Phone Frequently Asked Questions.
Now, you all know that I do not give financial advice, and you all know that I own quite a bit of Apple stock, bought a bunch of shares a few years ago when I first saw the i-Pod. Anyway, my feeling about Apple stock for 2007 is this: it'll probably go to 115, maybe 120.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at January 11, 2007 05:13 PM
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