"Waiting for the iphone" - The Mac OS Strategy

Well it is a good feeling to know that iphone will be out there on 29th June 2007 a 6.00 pm. I do want to see at the least how it feels to use it, walk with it, drive with it and have fun and do business with the iphone. Did I say "at the least"? At the same time I also know that it is not possible for me to buy one. This impossibility increases several fold when you live in Canada. No one knows who will sell it, who will serve it, locked... unlocked...

There is are a couple of things about iphone. The buzz it has risen. Some call it hype. It is not. Has there been a similar product before? No. Did anyone anticipate the design and functionality earlier? Sort of no. Even if they had, they had done it in association with the Apple brand. It was only a perception that Apple can do some thing like this. So this is one unique and revolutionary product.

The second interesting aspect is the interest in the iphone itself. There is a huge crowd that has said they would 'like' to have it. They did not say that they will buy it. It is just on their wish-list. I believe that progressively there will be large population of iphone users. But it will be gradual. We have to save the nuggets to buy one. This wish-list gang is not restricted to Mac OS users. And Apple has, to the best of my knowledge, the full but immutable Mac's own OS inside of it. This is a grand design that will invariably let everyone (including the MS-OS users) to see what Mac OS is all about.

Here is the prediction. This will turn numerous MS-OS users to Mac OS. There should be a more perceivable iphone influence on the conversion. The damper would be the cost of the iphone, world-wide marker for the iphone (Someone please tell me what is happening in Canada). I am wishing that the cost is lower and unlocked phones are easily available. Then Apple has a cool way of increasing the Mac OS user base.