You must either be a teen or pre-teen who never used the original iPhone (or just ignorant of how technology progresses), because some of your points above applied to iPhone 1. It performed basic mobile functions (albeit via a great user interface) but had very poor call quality. It didn't have any downloadable apps and a horrible camera to boot. Poor battery life was included...oh, and it was also outrageously expensive.
You also apparently don't have much imagination either for how technology like this could be applied. Keep reading this thread and maybe you'll be enlightened to the fact that this actually does have quite a bit of real world usage (and do you also realize that military applications of data being delivered via a monocle or HUD already exist)?
Anyway... feel free to remain encumbered by the RDF that you choose to keep yourself in
I don't see any problem with their line of reasoning. I think you are being dumb in your reasoning. The first iPhone was sold very quickly to early adopters. Apple, having pretty much no experience in the cell phone world, has been learning as they go, plus they had to rely on other chips makers in making cell phone chips. But they constantly improve up their design, year after year. Sure, they don't progress as fast in certain areas, but let's look at the Nexus 4 and SIII, those both have terrible cameras, terrible battery life, buggy OS. the iPhone 5 is a vast improvement over the very first iPhone and I'm sure Apple is working on potentially several sized versions for this year's models. I think they will come out with larger screen models as demand for iPhones increases, they have to see what kind of demand there is for various screen sizes. Since the 4.5in and larger screen sizes are gaining ground, Apple can justify putting out a larger screen size, but a year ago the larger screen phones weren't selling well. The 3 III was the first large screen size phone that sold well. The S2 didn't sell that well and neither did the first S model.
The cell phone industry has gone through changes largely due to the different technology in networks that are being deployed, it's a nightmare to keep on top of it, and everyone is relying on only a couple of chip mfg for decent voice/data chip sets.
Now with these Google Glass, there are going to piss off a lot of people because people, on average, do NOT want someone with a video camera facing them while they are in a discussion. I certainly don't. I don't want some a##wipe immature brat with a set of these things video taping and posting on YouTube videos of me.
I think Google is going to be in for a little shock when they find out that they will be banned in a lot of places. There are privacy attorneys that are trying to figure out a way to prevent these things from being used.
