Handful of Nothing

So finally the 3G iphone hit the shelves. Already a lot of people pissed off because there’s no front camera, or better bluetooth support or this or that. I barely read those topics. I went straight to the thing that catch my attention: the MobileME. While it looks just like a new clothing to .mac + mobile sync, it’s actually looking quite similar to OVI from Nokia. I maybe be wrong, but at least in some part (I think OVI will be a little bit bigger and cover a lot of field not covered - games, maps) but if you put together, application store + itunes store + mobileMe it’s almost like OVI. Now comes the thing: does it worth 99 dollars / year? Are you going to buy it? For us here in Brazil, 99 is just a little bit too much, but it makes more sense than paying 99 for .mac.

It’s going to be interesting now to see the fight going over the User experience field more than ever: Who’s going to provide this “technology-internet-savvy” user with the best experience? Nokia OVI or Iphone + MobileME?

Update: It was good to see that some of the design flaws I complained a lot were solved for this issue. The main one was in the industrial design : weak reception. this time apple’s placed a plastic cover on the back, this will for sure improve the signal strength. Also I complained a lot about the lack of mass item deletion. The new email also brings that. (I’m not saying that they saw any of this here) I’m just happy to see that even with all the things that were out, they still paying attention to a lot of details that, in the end, makes the difference.