Three days ago, I wrote a piece about hte iPhone turning 5 years old.  
A while back, I heard something that made all the sense in the world to me.  Throughout the years, when we by a new piece of technology, the moment we take it out of the box, it is virtually obsolete.  New chips makie it go faster, the software gets outdated, new types of ports and plugs to get, as well as CD drives or DVD drives vs the old flopy discs.

What I heard was, and what seems to be the genius of the iPhone is the apps.  They are updated by the originator, and made compatible.

Now, think for a minute.  The more apps you get, the more valuable the device becomes.  Compare that to getting a new device and it is obsolete.  This really got me thinking...  The longer I have my iPhone, the more valuable it becomes.

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Posted by Gary Frimann on 07/02/2012 12:01 AM   Comments (5)   Miscellaneous Topic in the Technology and Tools Channel   iphone  
Originally posted at: Gary's Blog: The best thing about the iPhone
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JUL
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Hi Gary,

It is always a risk for a tech company to allow outside influence over their product.

Apple got it right on this one.

PHil
2:01am • #1
500,277 Points 13 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Hi Gary, I finally bit the bullet and got an iphone 2 weeks ago.  Unbelievable!  I would appreciate a list of apps you most like, especially pertaining to the real estate industry.
3:07am • #2
246,051 Points Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Gary, I had a Blackberry first and downloaded a few apps, but nothing compares to my new IPhone!  I agree that the apps that I downloaded (and will download) make it much more valuable than just a phone or mps player!
4:07am • #3
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I have found the ipad to be a good example of the Apple product line like the Iphone. Yep, I am still with a Blackberry but the more I use the Ipad the more I think it is time to change.
4:12am • #4
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Agreed that technology is a lot slicker than it was in years past.  I would hope this continues to be an aspect of development that gets more and more refined with each new release.  Desktop computers became obsolete quickly because of processing power, but I'm not seeing this as the limiter with handheld devices.  Instead the availability of apps seems to be it.  As a Blackberry holdout just waiting minute-by-minute to switch to the Samsung Galaxy SIII, I hope to confirm these advances first-hand in a few days.

Great post.  Thanks.
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