2-Marketspace

“Given the feature set, ecosystem partners, launch countries and the pricing of the iPhone [$199], they [Apple] are likely to hit the 10 million mark by September-October,” Chetan Sharma, consultant on wireless data communications

“It’s not about the iPhone. There’s a trade-off that Apple is making. The iPhone halo affect will be far more powerful than the iPod halo effect was. It’s going to stimulate Mac sales among iPhone users.” Charles Wolfe, financial analyst, Needham & Co.

“When IBM introduced the PC, it was good, but it didn’t take off until people started discovering the software … The breadth of the applications dramatically differentiates the iPhone from competing smart phones such as the Treo and Blackberry. The games are what you’d find on a computer … You’ll end up with PC-class applications that fit in your pocket.” Tim Bajarin, Analyst, Creative Strategies | USA Today 10 July 2008

“We’re not trying to be business partners. Instead, the goal is to sell more iPhone.” Steve Job, CEO, Apple | New York Times 10 July 2008

“The intense interest to the consumer demand for the iPhone, as well as the unfettered distribution promise the App Store [is this]: it limits the phone company’s role as a gatekeeper. A lot of the best entrepreneurs haven’t wanted to start anything because the carriers had to bless you; there were a lot of unknowns [such as not standard deal for what carriers would be paid].” Matt Murphy, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, venture fund looking to finance 100+ iPhone application developer businesses | New York Times 10 July 2008

“MyWaves, an ad-sponsored free mobile video service, already available of millions of Nokia and BlackBerry handsets would like to offer [our free service] in [Apple's] App Store. We have a reverse conflict because they are not providing video for free, but we are. We are interested, but we don’t want to jump into anything that will have our hands tied behind our backs.” Rajeev Raman, CEO, MayWaves | New York Times 10 July 2008

“That’s right we do compete [with MyWaves]. We will compete … That’s a discussion to have.” Steve Job, CEO, Apple | New York Times 10 July 2008