Reflecting on iPhone OS 3.0 Predictions
I’m going to call my prediction a bust.
While technically managed to I land a 50/50 hit rate on my specific feature predictions, I had predicted that — when all was said and done — today’s announcements will have revealed features that declaratively positioned the iPhone OS as a capable netbook OS product.
Specifically, I was really expecting the application switcher, so I was a bit bummed.
In retrospect, however, this doesn’t conform to known Apple announcement behavior. Neither to their secretive practices, nor to their marketing talent for focusing with razor-sharp clarity on a particular message.
Today was about the product they have on the market: the iPhone.
The announced features all basically add up specifically towards making the iPhone a better smart phone.
That said, many of the features announced today will certainly contribute towards a wonderful netbook product. I’ll discuss which ones in a later post — stay tuned.
18 Mar @ 01:26: After having personally watched the Spotlight demo portion of the video, I’m going to actually award myself a half-point on the arrival of a new application launcher; Spotlight’s search results lead with apps whose name contain the search text.
