Originally Posted by s219:
Rubinstein left Apple long before the iPhone. I don't think he had anything to do with it at all. There are articles from years earlier where he is quoted as being completely against an "iPod phone", but that's about it. Obviously, if he was against the idea of what became the iPhone, he has been proven wrong.
I do have to question your thoughts on removable battery, keyboard, and memory. If Apple has shown anything, it's that there are major benefits to a non-removable battery, the pluses of a software keyboard at least offset many of the minuses, and that having a lot of onboard memory is the way to go (especially when people start putting gigabytes of apps on their devices). You definitely have valid opinions, but the tens of millions of iPhone customers sort of proves Apple's point. Some people do want hard keyboard and removable battery/memory options, but masses of customers have embraced the complete opposite approach.
One thing webOS (until it's fixed) and Android (may never be fixed anytime soon) are going to get hammered on is the small partition available for app storage. That was a suicidal decision. Some of the best iPhone games are already larger, by themselves, than the entire 256MB app space on Android!
Not necessarily correct. Apple appeals to a certain niche. Why does blackberry sell so many phones? That form factor is not for everyone. The thing that kicked off Iphone popularity is the Ipod. Basically, the Iphone is an Ipod with phone capabilities. Not having a removable battery is stupid IMO, but that is my opinion. Some people don't care. There are still hundreds of millions of people who do not like/want an Iphone. That is the market they are attacking. Even some Iphone owners don't like the Iphone, but that is the only phone good on ATT. In other countries like Japan and China, the Iphone has not done well.
Iphone is good if that is what appeals to you, but it is not definitively the best.