By News Channel 11

Published: July 22, 2009

As the proud new owner of an iPhone… I know the fuss is about. It’s the device that seemingly does everything. I was a Mac user long before I sucked it up and bought an iPhone, so I’m approaching this from an obvious bias. But Apple’s 2Q earnings (which you can find with a simple Google search—they are stunning) prove a very good point: make a product people want and it doesn’t matter how nasty the economy is: people find a way to buy it. The new iPhone 3GS was a smashing sales success. People waited in line, and then continued to purchase it long after the original release. We are quickly moving to a mobile world, and the iPhone is certainly positioning itself as the must-have mobile device. I wish I could invent a product that people want so badly.