[Geowanking] iPhone Geolocating technology?

[Andrew Larcombe]

Bill Kearney wrote:
>> and that screen will look great covered in greasy fingerprints.
> 
> Fingerprints?  Try face smudges.  Ewwwww.
> 
>> Not sure how they'll sell it over here in the UK. A £25/month contract
>> will usually score you a free handset of the order of a SE W950 or Nokia
>> N73. Not entirely convinced that there is a market (over here at least)
>> the will pay an extra ~£400 for what is for most people a commodity item
>> - ie a camera phone that plays music.
> 
> Never underestimate Apple's abilty to appeal to the unwashed masses even in
> the face of more cost effective alternatives.  PT Barnum was right.

I don't doubt for a minute that you're right. However, pound-for-pound 
the iPod range is fairly competitive with offerings from Samsung, 
Philips etc. Likewise their PC hardware. This is something else though - 
they're actually asking for people to buy a phone. Phones are free. OK, 
you might pay a nominal £50 for a bleeding edge model, but £400? Maybe 
they'll have a different pricing structure over here, but the concept of 
buying a phone and the size of the price seems like a huge barrier to 
the mass market.

Cheers,

A