‘Not Going to Just Walk In’

Apple has now sold over 17 million iPhones to date, and almost 11 million in the last six months alone. Good time to recall Palm CEO Ed Colligan’s prediction regarding Apple’s prospects in the mobile phone business, a few weeks prior to the iPhone introduction:

“We’ve learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone. PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They’re not going to just walk in.”

★ Wednesday, 21 January 2009