Here's one I wouldn't have predicted in advance: the iPhone makes me want to take a train somewhere. People who have above ground mass transit commutes are going to be psyched. Surfing, checking mail, listening to music, picking up a few calls -- all without lugging out a big laptop, or switching back and forth between the Treo and the iPod.
I'd like to think that the iPhone will lead to widespread adoption of mass transit. But I suspect it'll just lead to a widespread adoption of driving while trying to read Digg on your iPhone.
If only the iPhone was so powerful as to persuade people that mass transit is the way to go. I'll be taking mine on the train to Boston tomorrow. Catch a movie, watch a couple video podcasts. It'll be swell.
Posted by: treevis | July 01, 2007 at 02:14 PM
Guess the Greenpeace maniacs will be jumping out of their skin with that prospect.
Posted by: Oskar Lissheim-Boethius | July 01, 2007 at 04:02 PM
i've been doing that on my blackberry except listening to music for years.
sounds like iPhone is blackberry + ipod
can you really type on that thing?
Posted by: fred wilson | July 02, 2007 at 05:47 AM