Do You Believe the iPhone Hype?
Source: www.voip-news.com
When a new device comes on the market with as much press, marketing and media coverage as the iPhone did this summer, one has to wonder … will it be able to live up to all the hype? Much like a Tom Cruise movie, sometimes hype is all it’s got. But is that the case with the iPhone?
Through Perceptive Sciences, a usability consulting firm in Austin, Texas, ComputerWorld put the new device to the test, pitting it against two other like devices from HTC and Nokia.
“The results of its tests were unequivocal: While the iPhone is not the most feature-rich device, this group of experts found that when it comes to usability, iPhone does, indeed, live up to its hype… Besides iPhone, the two other products in this usability comparison test were selected for two reasons: They were available, and they had competitive feature sets. In particular, the testers needed a touch-screen phone to compare to the iPhone and a more traditional button-based phone with strong multimedia capabilities. For now, there are few touch-screen devices available. One that has received a fair amount of publicity is the LG Prada, which is not yet available from a U.S. cellular carrier. LG declined to participate in these tests.”
So there you have it, folks. Does that mean it was worth the original pricetag of $599? Unclear, but at least $300 is a little easier to part with.
