Would that I were able to predict other things as well as I did with the iPhone. I dug up this post that I wrote on March 16th, 2005, slightly more than two years prior to Apple’s announcement of the iPhone.
“Looking at the pile of gadgets on my desk I think about Apple. If they don’t have a “PDA Killer†in development I’d really be shocked. I can store contacts and appointments on my iPod but, I really don’t want to. I also don’t want to enter the same info into my cell phone as my PDA. I just hooked up my very old Palm m100 and have it working with OSX suprisingly. But really I want one device, and I want it from Apple because they know how to do it right – let’s face it. MP3 player, photos, video, cell phone and PDA all in one; that doesn’t weigh 5 pounds or require a backpack to carry about. I know they have that out there behind a black curtain. Most likely not to be released for two years or until after I have caved and bought a Sidekick or Blackberry.”
March 16th, 2005
