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Seth on Inventing a New Cell Phone

Seth Godin, like pretty much everyone else, wants an iPhone. He also suggests that perhaps Apple hasn’t actually, as Mr. Jobs claims, reinvented the phone. He then presents a list of features that a truly reinvented cellphone would have. Odd thing is, I don’t want any of his suggested features. I think Apple has reinvented the cellphone not by introducing a bunch of new capabilities I may or may not need, but by dramatically improving the way I already interact with my phone. I hope this turns out to be the case. Reminds me of how I felt about the original iPod.