iPhone 2.0: The glory wore off in wash by David Jul 21 I can't even begin to imagine the complexity of rolling out something as big as the iPhone 3G/2.0. You have to coordinate retail, marketing, web services, support, manufacturing, shipping, and many of other business and tech units months in advance.
They all have to be ready by a a date determined by guesswork, pressure, and wishful thinking. Which means that you essentially have to make the call that the product is going to be done long before it actually is. For the iPhone 1.0 launch, that bet paid off. The software for the phone felt solid. Everything just worked well. Fondling with the phone for the first time was intoxicating. It just tasted so incredibly Apple. With the iPhone 2.0 launch, not so much. I've been using the phone every day for about a week now and it just isn't up to the great expectations set by the first version. Everything feels so incredibly fragile. Here are just a few of the griefs I've felt: ... http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1148-iphone-20-the-glory-wore-off-in-wash ******************************* * POST TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ******************************* Medianews mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
