Relax, the iPad isn't going to kill the iPhone

"Relax, the iPad isn't going to kill the iPhone"

That's straw dog.

No one is worried or suggesting the iPad will kill the iPhone.

I would think the fact that it's not a phone may help as well.

Oh man, this is awesome. WHERE ARE THE ARTICLES THAT CLAIM THE IPAD WILL KILL THE IPHONE??? This is the first I've heard of it. Will it kill the netbook? Good question. The iphone? Not so much.

Of course it won't replace the iphone. No one with an iq above 50 would believe so. What's next? Will a tent replace my home?

Until I read (scanned) the linked article, I didnt realise people were "worried" (or even just suggesting) that the iPad would kill the iPhone.

Now I do realise.

And now I also realise people are idiots.

I can _so_ imagine people walking around the streets shouting into an A4 sized device to make a phone call (in fact, i look forward to it). That would be _so_ much more convenient than getting out a small phone device, say the size of the iPhone.

Clearly there is overlap in some features but clearly fundamentally they are different.

Size does matter...

Could you tell me which bluetooth device are you using?
I would really like to know.

I'm not worried about the ipad replacing the iphone. I'm worried about apple adding features to the ipad and leaving the iphone in the dark in order to create more differentiation between the two platforms. For instance I jailbreak my iphone so I can have a few basics like background customization, and infrequent multitasking. I could see apple adding these to the ipad os (they already have with the background customization) and leaving them off the iphone. That would ensure that I will always be jailbroken I guess. Also there is no reason that the iPad keyboard dock couldn't be used on the iphone, but apple probably won't allow it just because.

You nailed it. iPhone / iPod Touch == pocket. iPad == living room.

Also, I think many people are saying that the iPad is "just a big iPod Touch." Well, that's one way of looking at it, but it's wrong. The iPod Touch and iPhone are really just smaller pocket-sized iPads, with fewer GUI features and in the case of the iPhone, a GSM phone built-in.

Apple has been working on the iPad since long before the iPhone. The iPhone was a spin-off from the iPad project, and in a way it has conditioned users and prepared the market for the arrival of the iPhone. '

Now there are tens of millions of iPhone and iPod Touch users who are fluent in multi-touch. And there are 140K+ apps available on the App Store ready to run on iPad. And competitors are trying to clone the multi-touch experience, further validating it. The time is ripe for iPad, and iPhone and iPod Touch have paved the way.

"Let me give you another real life example of where the iPhone outshines the iPad"

I've got one - it makes phone calls!

:-)

I think I am going to drop the iphone and switch to the iPad.

I like data plan on the iPad better than the iPhone.
Also the bigger screen helps a lot.

Well, it's not going to kill the iPhone, and I don't expect it to replace the iPhone for most people, but it will for me. Sort of. Except that I don't have an iPhone. I've been wanting an iPhone, but I can't justify the cost of the data plan given the relatively limited amount of time that beyond the reach of a wifi network. I got an iPod Touch instead, and I love it. Even so, there continues to be those times when I pull out my iPod only to find that I have no signal, especially times when I'm travelling and don't know when the next wifi hotspot will come my way. It's those times I really wish I had an iPhone. But with the contract-free, less expensive data plan that goes along with the iPad, I think I will be able to satisfy 90% of my iPhone cravings. Sure, the iPad probably won't be in my pocket every time I want a connection, but with some forethought, and especially when I'm traveling, I expect the iPad to replace my iPhone and eReader envy at the same time.