Dvorak: Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone
by Thomas Ricker 
posted Mar 29th 2007 at 8:38AM
Prepare to have your feathers ruffled Apple fanboys, John Dvorak -- a name synonymous with curmudgeon -- has called on Apple to "pull the plug on the iPhone" and pass it along to some other "suckers" before it's too late. Hell, you don't even have to be a fanboy in this case to feel the retch of his nonsensical nausea welling within. His case? Essentially, as a newcomer "there is no likelihood that Apple can be successful in a [cellphone] business this competitive." Echoing similar sentiments shared by Palm's Ed Colligan. Of course, we've already witnessed a newcomer step into the mobile handset business, which Dvorak describes as a "buzz saw waiting to chop up newbies," and emerge as the boutique, go-to provider for high-end handsets -- right, HTC? We're not saying Apple's success is guaranteed, but let's call this rant what it is: shameless attention whoring. Well, he's got it.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ming @ Mar 29th 2007 9:26AM
Dvorak, get your foreign ass out of here. Read this: ooOoo
Troy @ Mar 29th 2007 9:26AM
why are those CEOs acting like children?
jasonp @ Mar 30th 2007 9:24AM
because they see the potential and it worries them.
Noel @ Apr 2nd 2007 11:39PM
HTC open, Apple closed. Closed = failure in highly competitive markets. A couple years after the launch, the only iPhone alive will be Cisco's.
Big A @ Mar 29th 2007 11:08AM
This is guy is a super hater shoot i'm gonna pre order one when at&t starts taking pre orders this is going 2 be the hottest item coming out this summer i'm an at&t sells rep myself people everyday come in 2 the store and can't stop talking about that phone or you get that famous question when is it coming out? this guy needs 2 pull his own plug lol.
mroach @ Mar 29th 2007 11:12AM
Why does anybody still give this guy the time of day? He never has anything worth listening to so he just tries to make waves.
GBot @ Mar 29th 2007 8:19PM
iPhone is a one-trick pony.
What will they do, make it thinner? Make it different colors? Add a whammy bar?
It's already played out and manufacturers are scrambling to offer better features for less money (Samsung Upstage, anyone?).
Thanks for raising the bar, Apple. Now F%#@ off.
eric @ Mar 29th 2007 6:58PM
Dvorak thrives on negativity. He's worthless in the real world. His predictions are rarely accurate if you go back through the years. I'm not a big iPhone guy but he is a talking monkey.
Donald @ Mar 29th 2007 9:56PM
I gotta give Dvorak credit - every couple of months he gets a 200,000 hit boost by trolling Apple fans. Ad revenue++
O.I. @ Mar 30th 2007 12:08AM
HTC isn't nearly as popular as you guys seem to think it is, and they certainly don't make "boutique" phones.
whoster69 @ Mar 30th 2007 12:34AM
So is Engadget an Apple Fanboy site?
The iPhone may be pretty but it's dated tech. It doesn't take a genius to figure this out...
Let's let the fanboys take the hit on this one. I'll stick with more modern devices.
DallasHawk @ Mar 30th 2007 12:42AM
Shameless attention whoring by using the iPhone? That's funny! Did Engadget somehow think they had the market cornered on using the iPhone for shameless attention whoring?
Jason @ Apr 2nd 2007 2:19AM
This guy is a toolbox. Apple is gonna sell tons of these. Apple has probably created more buzz for this product than any other product in history and it is not even out yet.