The Apple iPhone is an interesting and innovative example of a new kind of device: the mobile web tablet. Still, I think Apple will have an extremely hard time living up to the expectations. I am reminded by that after reading the Mobile Enterprise blog:

We’ve got our priorities backwards. Working with junk like the UpStage and having paid honest dollars for the W810i, I can’t wait for Apple’s iPhone.

Oh boy, oh boy. Imagine being a 9-year old kid hailed as a musical genius after having your successful parents raise you to the skies in front of one million bloggers. No one has heard you play for real yet. Now you’re just about to play the Royal Albert Hall. The crowd is anticipating an insanely great show. Being good will not do. Being very good will not do. Everyone is expecting to be blown away.

Would you be nervous? I think that’s an understatement. You would be friggin’ terrified.

That 9-year old kid is the iPhone. Young, unproven and with huge expectations on her.

No, I’m waiting for the older sister of the iPhone. Version 1.0 will not live up to the expectations. There will most likely be a backlash that will cost Apple quite a bit of Apple Magic to repair.

(Via C.E.O.)