Why The iPhone Will Stay On Top

Will the iPhone's market share continue to grow? Will Apple meet its goal of 10 million units shipped by year's end? Is the iPhone really the best smartphone/portable Internet device? The answer to all of these questions is yes. The iPhone will continue to grow and thrive because:

1) Sure, some people say that the iPhone will soon be passed by some other bigger, better device from some other company. But being as far ahead as Apple got with the original iPhone, why would they fall back? Apparently some people have forgotten that with all of Apple's previous products (Mac OS, Mac hardware, iPod), Apple continued to update their products in order to stay on top. They will do the exact same thing with the iPhone. We are already seeing that with the new 3G iPhone (speculated to be announced on June 9 during Steve Jobs' keynote at WWDC '08). By the time someone else comes up with something better, Apple will have something way better.

2) The iPhone is by far the easiest device in its class to sync with the world's largest online multimedia content store, iTunes. You can even download songs from the iTunes Store directly to the phone, and it's also speculated that Apple will enable wireless syncing on the device, which will make the syncing process even simpler.

3) The iPhone offers by far the best user experience of any portable device yet. Its multitouch ability greatly outranks any other touchscreen we've seen to this point, making it incredibly easy to use. Its Internet browsing abilities are also unmatched. With the new iPhone firmware 2.0, the Mobile Safari browser will be compatible with Flash and Windows Media content, making it compatible with most of what Web 2.0 has to offer. It's array of other features, such as an accelerometer, not only make it more convenient to use than many other devices, but also allows for endless possibilities in games and other applications on the device, which will push the iPhone further ahead as a dominant new mobile platform.

In summary, the iPhone is by far the most advanced mobile device available now and most likely will continue to be the most advanced mobile device, with further hardware and software updates of course. It offers a truly unique user experience and offers virtually endless opportunities for developers to make it into a new dominant platform that's as popular as Windows and Macintosh.