Carl,
You are spot on.
I have had the same experience many times.
In the 50+ demos I've given of the iPhone 2 things are consistent:
1. People are wowed by the device and what it can do.
2. People are even more wowed that they can do the same things if they had the phone.
Word of mouth advertising is going to be what drives the ongoing strong sales of the iPhone. To use it, is to love it.
On-line databases will become a much bigger part of our lives.
Should I buy this wine or that one?
Do I own this particular book or CD-- I'm not sure?
i was at the bank to have a wire transfer done. the lady said i also needed the other bank's physical address. that was the one piece of info i didn't have. so while she was filling out the form, i used my iPhone, googled the bank and the town, and got the exact address for the specific branch i needed, all in about 1/2 minute.
never expected to need the iPhone for something like that, but it sure was handy.
word will undoubtedly get around and more and more people will just buy an iPhone.
david forjan
Not to mention the multiplier effect on the sale of roast beef and burgundy wine, LOL. You made me hungry!
I started out at the gas pump knowing I had about 3 dollars on my card. I ran the card for the authorization and then proceeded to pump $40 of gas into my car. As I was doing this, I got on my iPhone and transferred some money into my card. Then I completed the gas sale, got a receipt and re-checked the balance on my card through my iPhone. Sure enough, my account was up but minus the $40 for gas!
No other phone I have ever had:
1. Would allow me to navigate a site just as if I were at my computer.
2. Would I trust to login to a bank site.
3. Would allow me to login to a bank site due to browser restrictions to begin with!
The iPhone is the missing link to the realtime world for me.
I think I may have the most unusual iPhone story.
A month ago I had to fly to Indiana because my 90 year old aunt had passed away and I am the executor of her will. I had to arrange and pay for her funeral. After looking at the funeral home's selection of $2900 and up metal caskets, I asked to use their restroom.
In the privacy of the restroom I used my two week old iPhone to log onto Costco's website and buy a better, heavier guage casket for my aunt on line.
I was able to return to the funeral director five minutes after I excused myself and told him that I had arranged a casket from another source.
The cost of the casket from Costco, complete with second day air freight delivered to the funeral home in any state with a Costco store, was just $982 (including sales tax) which saved my aunt's estate over $2000!
The funeral director wasn't upset. After he saw the quality of the casket and the price on the invoice (which was considerably less than he was paying wholesale for a lower quality product) he asked me how I did it so quickly. I showed him. After the funeral, he showed me HIS new iPhone.
@swordmaker -
Sorry about your Aunt.
But, that is a great story.
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