Overloaded WiFi problems were just a minor snag in the grand scheme of things. Everyone knew that the next iPhone would be announced by Steve Jobs at WWDC 2010. It’s the same phone that was “leaked” not too long ago. Less than 24 hours after the official announcement, you couldn’t hop on the internet without finding some news spin on Apple’s latest creation.
Applesauce, scattered
For most of the day, the Sci/Tech section of Google News was flooded with articles on the new iPhone.
Google Trends even lists the term “iphone” as an example search query. What is puzzling, however, is nothing Apple related was listed as one of the day’s 20 hot searches.
Yahoo!
As I’m writing this, 2 of Yahoo’s 36 front page articles were centered around the new iPhone:
- Top Android phones shouldn’t be wary of new iPhone 4
- Steve Jobs to crowd: ‘We’re having a little problem here’
Bing
Rounding it off with Microsoft’s Bing, their Sci/Tech listed an iPhone-centric article at the top of the page when I checked it, but that was the only article devoted to it.
This one surprised me, considering that Bing actually had a role to play in the onslaught of attention given to yesterday’s unveiling. In case you didn’t read that far down the page, Bing will be a search option for iPhone users.
Is it worth the hype?
I just don’t get it. Yes, it is an amazing device. Yes, I watched in awe yesterday as the first videos popped up of the new phone in action. But, before I had lunch today, I was over it already. You can’t actually get one yet, and I didn’t even get to upgrade my 3GS to iOS 4!. AT&T’s relaxed upgrade plan still doesn’t make me eligible, so I’ll have to sit on the sidelines for a while. So, maybe I’m a little bitter about the whole thing, but I just don’t think it’s that big of a deal.
It won’t stop me from writing a post on THE big topic out there on the internet though. I might as well hop on the band wagon like everyone else is!