Nope, not at all like that.
Yes exactly like that.
You are being an idiot Michael.
For all the purposes you mentioned, there are virtually no differences
at all in performance between the digital camera and the phone 4S.
Michael there are HUGE differences.
The iphone(wireless device) is much quicker at bringing images to relevance/reality.
You can be almost anywhere and send images and video all over the world.
Workers, doctors, rescue first responders, family, children can share data & images & video
images can be improved/edited on the spot....You can print images wirelessly.
A ten year old in Iowa can send a Dad in Hong Kong a video or picture of a science project due tomorrow.
An EMT can send a live picture of a unknown species of snake to a hospital that just bit a toddler.
A process server can send a pic/video of a defendent that is denying they are the defendent.
A witness can more easily film a historical event/accident/tragedy & help investigators discover cause & prevention
Camera stores like record stores are closing all over the country and not just because of the internet
because more and more people are finding wireless devices have changed the way they manage images
most retail cameras in a few short years for the most part will be like the album...
on the ash heap of history....
only used by collectors, nostalgia buffs, ad agencies, fashion shoots, military, and old timers, etc....
just like the iPod and other such devices have changed music
the i-phone and other wireless devices are changing other facets of life
the point isnt that many of these things cant be done without wireless
but devices like the iPhone make many of actions happen in lightening speed and ease
just like I could ride a horse to Chicago next weekend instead of an airplane
an EMT could take a digital camera picture of the snake bitten child & snake & go get it developed.
Of all those crowds swarming to buy the 4S, I bet nobody was there to buy it for iDistress, iBodyguard
or the other life-saving app you mentioned. They're flocking to buy it for recreational communication,
optics (camera) and the "toy" nature of the Siris app. It's a purely frivolous purchase, and I stick by
what I said about it being a textbook case of misplaced societal priorities.
They each have there own thousand reasons of why they want a great wireless device/computer
because in some way ..different with each user...has impact on their daily life.
it allows them to work better, work quicker, relax better, save time better, be more productive,
be more informed, share data, images, info, ect X 1o,ooo with colleagues as never before in human history.