Robert Scoble: 85,000 reasons why the iPhone won't be disrupted

1.) I have an advantage over 90% of the population when it comes to productivity:

Expose, spaces, gestures, dashboard, quick view, automator, rarely crashes, no viruses. I've used PC's since Win 3.1, and would spend ridiculous amounts of time trying to keep them running, let alone running at optimal performance. My first PC was a hand me down from my grandpa...a 386 I think with a couple megabytes of ram on Win 3.1 Then I had a Pentium 75mhz with 32mb ram 1.2gb hd on Win 95, Pentium II 233mhz 64mb ram 8gb hd on Win 98 SE, Pentium 4 1.9ghz 512mb ram 40gb hd on XP (home built), then a 3.4ghz Pentium 4 2gb ram 200gb hd on XP / Vista (home built), then a Pentium M Dell Inspiron 9300 2gb ram 80gb hd, then a 2.4ghz Macbook Pro 4gb ram 500gb hd. I switched to Macs a few years ago and I've spent 30 minutes since then upgrading to Snow Leopard and trying to fix the extra button configurations for my Logitech Mouse. That's a lot less of a hassle than the 65% of people who still use XP and are trying to upgrade to Windows 7. They have to delete everything and start over! I have saved so much time, especially since I don't have to run a ton of processes in the background just to make sure my computer isn't being attacked or infected. I just don't even have to think about it ever. Not even once. Not even one time have I ever had to worry about anything. I can't emphasize this point enough. I've used tons of PCs and this is different and so much better. My wife still has a Dell Inspiron 9400 Core Duo and it drives us crazy. She is always stealing my mac when I'm not looking. My grandpa, a lifelong PC since the beginning, and the former head of a multimillion dollar government ballistics research lab finally swiched to Mac last week to edit his photos and videos.

2.) Which means I save time / make more money:

Obvious, as I said, because I save a bunch of time (see above). Time is money and my time is worth $50 / hour.

3.) Not to mention in my field you're considered a clown if you use Windows and nobody will take you seriously:

I'm a graphic designer and photographer. Most creative firms use Macs. That is an undeniable fact. Ask anyone in the creative field. Do you seriously want me to take a photo of the huge mac lab that I'm in right now at my school? There isn't a PC to be found in this department. Google "Microsoft laptop hunters ads made on a Mac."

The last time I used a Win Mo phone was late last year. A girl in my drawing class was trying to copy and paste something into an email and couldn't figure out how so she asked me since most people know me as a tech guy. It was hideous to use. I have no idea how old it was. I really don't keep up much with Windows anymore. I understand that you don't need a stylus, but most people I know with Win Mo still have them.

Unless your statement is poorly worded (likely), how in the hell do you have a Javascript based browser when you need a browser to render JS?

Come on though, you've got to admit that having built in IE6 is as lame as it gets. Especially since most people will just use whatever browser comes with the phone. I also doubt any webkit based browser for WinMo is anywhere near the quality that Mobile Safari is.

Also the only reason I jumped on your ass about citing the wiki article is that you were criticizing a blog about writing a post about a post by another blogger. I mean for real? Saying they aren't citing facts, and then using a wiki article to back it up. You surely see the irony. I don't care if I'm posting facts or not. I was simply making light of your ridiculous train of thought.

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Jesus man, once again, never failing to amaze. Since this is fun for me, and you keep responding with stuff that obviously begs to be responded to; let's have some fun.

"Expose, spaces, gestures, dashboard, quick view, automator, rarely crashes, no viruses."

Good for you, you can quote OSX's features. These up your productivity HOW? Plus, copied or not, Windows has comparable features. Honestly, saying you're less productive in a comparably featured OS proves you don't know the OS you're less productive in. The first time many buddies of mine used Linux, they were instantly familiar, because they have computer prowess.

"Obvious, as I said, because I save a bunch of time (see above). Time is money and my time is worth $50 / hour.

I'm a graphic designer and photographer. Most creative firms use Macs. That is an undeniable fact. Ask anyone in the creative field. Do you seriously want me to take a photo of the huge mac lab that I'm in right now at my school? There isn't a PC to be found in this department. Google "Microsoft laptop hunters ads made on a Mac.""

Undeniable fact? Citation Needed. I don't really give a shit about your huge Mac lab, I really don't. It also doesn't mean shit if MS ads are made on a Mac. MS contracts firms to make the ads, they don't regulate what system they use. Microsoft (and every other company on the planet) pay for the RESULTS, not the method to make said results. If the results are satisfactory fit the price paid, the company is happy. Again, if you can't use other programs and systems besides XXX software on a Mac, that's sad. A serious pro would have prowess on mostly anything. Honestly, if you loved Chevy and you hail a cab that's a Ford, and choose not to take it because it's a different vehicle; yet that's still getting your to your destination, that's stupid. This is exactly the same.

"The last time I used a Win Mo phone was late last year. A girl in my drawing class was trying to copy and paste something into an email and couldn't figure out how so she asked me since most people know me as a tech guy. It was hideous to use. I have no idea how old it was. I really don't keep up much with Windows anymore. I understand that you don't need a stylus, but most people I know with Win Mo still have them."

Hideous how? That's like saying your buddies Honda Civic was a horrible car to drive, then walking away. Even so, this makes about the most sense of anything you've said.

"Unless your statement is poorly worded (likely), how in the hell do you have a Javascript based browser when you need a browser to render JS?"

Again, reading is awesome. I didn't say the browser was Javascript based. Next you'll tell me a browser is IE based, when it's not, it's IE. The statement had a typo, btw. Java not Javascript (which it does run JS). It's called Opera, and a mini or mobile version is available for pretty much every smartphone, even jailbroken iPhones in due time as well.

"Come on though, you've got to admit that having built in IE6 is as lame as it gets. Especially since most people will just use whatever browser comes with the phone. I also doubt any webkit based browser for WinMo is anywhere near the quality that Mobile Safari is."

Then you obviously have never used Opera Mobile or Iris. The only higher "quality" you could hope for out of Safari is a higher framerate on the scrolling, and multi-touch. Opera has Flash Lite and JS, so both OS' browsers win AND lose. Never having used those, you wouldn't know this.

"Also the only reason I jumped on your ass about citing the wiki article is that you were criticizing a blog about writing a post about a post by another blogger."

Which I jumped on because it wasn't based on facts.

"I mean for real?"

Yay-uh, fo real doe.

"Saying they aren't citing facts, and then using a wiki article to back it up."

But see, I DID back it up, using an Apple fansite no less! Did you fail to read again? I didn't post the full adress because as previously stated, the graphs were the same. More people visit wikipedia than appleinsider.

"You surely see the irony."
Not really, but you do take the bait every time and it's fun.

"I don't care if I'm posting facts or not."
Yet you seem to care if I do. And, I do cite factual sources.

"I was simply making light of your ridiculous train of thought."
Again, opinion. Citation Needed. But good for you, want a cookie?

As of now, the iPhone has exactly the same advantage that PC has over Mac.

By using your logic and math, this means.... that out of the 85k apps, there are 1400 apps that are good and 300 that are really AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now... The same proportion will exist whether it's android or windows and you will get what??? 100apps that are good and 20 that are awesome??? not a lot of choice.

That is the whole point the writer is making.

Helvetica? Aaaargh!!

Seriously, try using Calibri and the difference and improvement it makes to your iPhone/iPod Touch.