Touted as a revolutionary in the mobile phone industry, the iPhone boasts of two features that will be unequaled during its release: it’s multi-touch user interface If there will ever be an iPhone Killer this year, it’s going to be iPhone itself, according to John C. Dvorak, popular technology columnist. A source, who apparently was one of the test participants for the yet unreleased phone, told him that iPhone’s keyboard will be the death of iPhone. “The keyboard is a disaster, and people are going to return the phone in droves. I’m guessing 20% will go back.”
Meanwhile, Business Week reports that Apple will have 3 million iPhone prepared for the launch. The magazine also predicted that the iPhone will give Apple $10 billion in revenue every year
Beyond the hysteria surrounding its June 29 launch, the iPhone has the potential for adding a totally new, $10 billion-a-year business within just a few years. If Apple can expand so-called smartphones from a luxury carried by corporate road warriors into an everyday tool for the masses—combining the functions of a BlackBerry and an iPod—Apple could soon see a new growth tear.
Whether Apple can remedy the problematic keyboard would largely depend on the first this first wave of iPhones. According to this ZDNET, it goes without saying that iPhone will ride out any early problem, including such an important one as the keyboard.
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