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By: John Muir

John Muir — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:16:10 +0000

Steve Jobs was playing the hype game with the media with that goal. He baited a big sharp hook for the Enderle’s and other hacks of this world to get caught on.

And of course it worked!

The original iPhone was a phenomenon at launch. The 3G is its Second Coming. :D

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:26:02 +0000

High as a kite. Selling that amount with a first-time effort is phenomenal both in raw sales and market share. Show me any new player in the industry who did so much so fast.

I’m actually fully willing to be proven wrong, since I know so little about the history of cell phones. But, man, people were predicting this thing’s tanking left and right. The only proof you’re citing is that Jobs didn’t shatter the goal he publicly announced–a goal Daniel analyzed as incredibly ambitious in the first place.

“Modest?” Put down the pipe!

By: John E

John E — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:48:36 +0000

huh? do you think sales were better or worse than “modest success”? anyway, 2G phone sales were on track to sell about the 10 million units Jobs had set as a goal, but not much more. so that is “success” by his metric, but not exceeding that expectation. so, “modest.”

the 3G is initially selling about 3 times as fast, thanks in part of course to greatly expanded global sales. if that keeps up, then i’d call it a “big success.” we’ll know after the Xmas quarter is over, next January.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:59:08 +0000

Uh, where are you getting the crack that makes you think the first iPhone “saleswise… was only a modest success”? I’ve got a buyer in Redmond for you.

By: nat

nat — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:29:27 +0000

John E said:

“forgot to note a successful webphone would need a good solid VOIP service. third parties like Skype et al may not be enough. Google? MobileMe?”

How about Apple’s own iChat? :D

By: John E

John E — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:40:32 +0000

forgot to note a successful webphone would need a good solid VOIP service. third parties like Skype et al may not be enough. Google? MobileMe?