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And mainstream laptops ‘cold someday meet the same fate. ‘What precipitated these chars arrival ofthe Apple iPhone, of cou anokay phone and anexcellent multime~ dia device, But now, with the promise the Apple software development kit (SDK) holds and theintroductionof the Exchange ActiveSync software, the iPhone is about to become much, muchmore. ‘now [railed against the iPhone's lack ‘of physical keys and nearly impossible-to- use virtual keyboard. My shortsighted eval- uation. however failed totakeinto account that Apple could care less whether Jean usethekeyboard,Iistarget market (young, hip 20-somethings) adopted the iPhone immediately and figured cut how best to use the virtual keyboard to message, text, and search inthe Safari browser. So what if Jeouldn' figure itout? ‘The addition of business-class tools, suchas synchronized e-mail and contacts, and the potential for a whole new world ‘of applications will transform this prod= uct from areally smart phone to apocket~ size PC. Sure, countless smartphones and ultraportable laptops (and even midsize UMPCS) are ou! there, but the iPhone is special. One of the reasons Apple's iPhone stands to bea game changer is that people lust after it. Young people buy it because sttsa passport to coolness, acceptance, and good times among their friends. Business~ people who like to appear hip want it, 00, ‘at many have held off: Wichout synchio- nized e-mail, they¢stillhave to carry their BlackBerrys, The BlackBerry Pearls sexy, bat it doesn't ave the iPhone's cachet Paychographics aside, the iPhones the ‘most imporiant product ofthe stil-young, Zist century. Facellent interface soft ware and hardware innovations, including the ‘multitouch screen and internal acceler ‘ometer, present possibilities for comput- ing experiences that no deskbound PC can match, Laptops, even ultraportables, will pale in comparison. network. All business docurnents will ive inthe central server, and you'llearry just a subset onyour iPhone. You willbe able to puill down a file whenever you need it via Wi-Fi (through VPN, of course) or over thehigh-speed.cell networks ‘TheiPhone's size and motioncapabili- ties lend themselves to consumerand busi- ness applications we never imagined, How about an application that stores notes with ashakeoracts ikean Etch Sketch erasing seribbles with ajigele of the phone? What ‘you could pass notes between iPhones by The iPhone is the most important product of the still-young 21st century and holds possibilities that no des portables Some people will always want the raw horsepower of a desktop PC. Photo edi- tors, videographers, musicians, and those working on very complex documents. will, at che very least, need the power of amaiustream desktop. And PC gamers will demand the power of adesktop or super- charged lapiop. These niches will still exist, but the vast majority of consumers. and businesspeople only need to handle e-mails, browse the Web, instant-message, make phone ealls, do word processing, and manage videos and photos. they ean ¢get al ofthis from something that fits into theirpocket, hen why have a PC ar all? ‘That said, there will be the occasional need for bigger screens and faster input than you can get from the iPhone. So expect io sea new class of Pine docks that provide access toa full-size QWERTY Keyboard and the widescreen display of your choice, Thedock willalso connect the Phone wo gigabytesofstoragethat could be ocaloraNASin yourhomeorontheoffice ‘bound PC can match. Laptops, even ultra- s, will pale in comparison shaking them inthe direction ofa recipient, or play “catch” by gently tossing virtual ball from oneiPaone sereen to another? Or imagine adding effects to videosimply by making the motion you want the moving image to make. Instant messaging willtake ‘ona new flavoras youtickle the sereento create asmile on the other end ofthe con- versation orgivethe phone hard shake 10 send an angry face to your chatting com- anion. You'll push slides inpresentations by shaking the phone leit or right, play Concentration by rocking the phone back ‘and forth, and store ten on-sercen files in ‘one folder by tilting the phone and “pour- ing” themall in “The possibilities are endless—as they should be for whatever succeeds desktop computing. TALK TO THE CHIEF You can contact Lanceat Lance_Ulanoif@ziffdavis.com. For more of his columns, go 10 go.pemag scom/ulenoff JUNE 2908 Pe MAGAZINE 9Truth Detector Keep your mechanic honest. Plug ‘CarMD into your vehicle's data port” to diagnose ‘check engine” light problems. 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