I do not subscribe to Apple's elitist evangelical movement. I am above all a technocrat: To the better innovator go the spoils.
Apple is leading the path with its new "genius phone", and they will be rewarded with my money and brand loyalty.
As far as their PC products go: I use Macs, but I am not swayed by them, versatile as they might be. But I am OS/Brand agnostic when it comes to PC's.
Also, concerning their price: You see, Apple may or may not have shot themselves in the foot by labeling the device as a phone. Really, it is a personal organizer with phone/telephony/voice features. No one wants to purchase a phone for more than $300. But considering all of the rich media capabilities of the iPhone--not to mention its "killer app" interface--not many people are going to be willing to consider the "other things" this "phone" can do.
Do realize that the iPhone has the same Mac OS X kernal as their flagship desktop workstations. Not some scaled-down, dummied-down micro kernal, i.e. Windows Mobile.
Imagine, then, if you were able to run a fully-capable version of Windows Vista Ultimate on that same, gorgeous "Multi-Touch" display, and you start to realize what Apple has really done for cell phones.
So no--no Moto Q for me, then. Although I'm excited by the notion that Cricket might get its first PDA/Smartphone, I'm afraid I must respectfully decline. I'd much rather hack a PPC 6700 as soon as someone can get MMS/WAP to work. I mean...that is what we're here for, isn't it?
