http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Steve Ballmer laughs off the iPhone, deems it "most expensive" in the marketplace http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/Jan 18th 2007 3:34PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/Jan 18th 2007 3:49PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/
2) God, that picture is ugly.

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This man is an idiot and is running his mouth. The funny thing is, he's just increasing the desire for the iPhone.]]>Jan 18th 2007 4:25PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/
I predict there will be a relatively large initial rush of the iPhone, and it will sustain but gradually peter down to where it's sales are around most Cingy high end handsets.

When you break the price down, it's really not all that bad. Look at it this way, a 4 gig iPod Nano costs $250, the 4 gig iPhone costs $500, so basically you are playing $250 for all the phone and video and OS features of the iPhone.

But still, for locking yourself up for 2 years that phone should be AT LEAST $100 cheaper.]]>Jan 18th 2007 4:34PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/
So, it's overpriced, and lacks needed functionality.]]>Jan 18th 2007 9:27PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/Dang, he looked nervous to me.
Balmer knows the iPhone rocks.

By the time Iphone is out, Winmo 5 will get that re-skin upgrade, but it will still be clunky with options all over the place in the settings folder. I have owned my Winmo5 device for over a year now and I still find it confusing to change settings.]]>Jan 18th 2007 10:40PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/Jan 18th 2007 11:51PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/
He obviously believes in his products and in the MS strategy in the phone space while admitting that the iPhone may do well. What's the big deal? Does everyone have to worship Apple gizmos? At a fully subsidized cell plan price of $500...I think it's reasonable not to be awed.]]>Jan 19th 2007 3:20AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/reasonable not to be awed

dude,have you ever seen how butt ugly Windows Mobile 5.0 is? I mean, it's a graphical interface, but they don't really exploit the graphical interface. I guess because I worked with text based interfaces for so many years, I can see it... Winmo 5.0 to me harkens back to Windows 3.0 graphically...]]>Jan 19th 2007 9:02AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/01/18/steve-ballmer-laughs-off-the-iphone-deems-it-most-expensive-i/Jan 19th 2007 10:54AM