I know it's only at the opening to the article but this:
Sure the phone on the iPhone doesn't work, but who uses the phone these days?
Is the one anti-iPhone rant I really hate. He asks:
If you ranked all the things an iPhone does by how well it does it where would It's a Phone be on the list?
I'd say #1... because whatever else is wrong with the iPhone it is a damn good phone (it has even replaced the Nokia 3310 in my #1 rank of "Best Phone that is Actually a Phone").
Bleh.
On the topic of the article; the phone makers have a massive advantage over Canon in this area. They alreayd have a data connection on a device you carry with you for much of the day. Slapping on a camera is relatively trivial. Canon need to add in a data connection - which is much more complicated.
A better approach would be for Canon to partner with phone manufacturers to build better cameras for phones.
FWIW, I had an iPhone for 2 years or so. I probably made about 20 voice calls on it. I don't know it that's typical or not, but I agree - less people use the phone these days.
On my Nexus one, I can sms, GTalk, facebook, email etc etc far easier than voice calling someone and waffling around to a point and interrupting them.
I think low end cameras are doomed whatever. Same with mp3 players.
I actually use the iPhone primarily as a mobile web browser + a couple of apps, with a cheap nokia phone for voice. I swap out the iPhone's SIM abroad, so the only time I make voice calls with it is when I make local calls abroad to avoid roaming charges. As far as I can tell I'm far from the only one doing that.
Sure the phone on the iPhone doesn't work, but who uses the phone these days?
Is the one anti-iPhone rant I really hate. He asks:
If you ranked all the things an iPhone does by how well it does it where would It's a Phone be on the list?
I'd say #1... because whatever else is wrong with the iPhone it is a damn good phone (it has even replaced the Nokia 3310 in my #1 rank of "Best Phone that is Actually a Phone").
Bleh.
On the topic of the article; the phone makers have a massive advantage over Canon in this area. They alreayd have a data connection on a device you carry with you for much of the day. Slapping on a camera is relatively trivial. Canon need to add in a data connection - which is much more complicated.
A better approach would be for Canon to partner with phone manufacturers to build better cameras for phones.