The entire world went crazy in the last 24 hours, as investors and rumor-mongers alike realized that maybe, just maybe, Apple might possibly sort of, update the iPhone with new features at some point in the future. All of the hullabaloo was set off when AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, repeatedly pressed for information about higher-speed iPhones, said “You’ll have it next year!”
And just like that, the stock jumped up. It’s so funny. I’m going to go further, and announce that at some point in the future, Apple will release an iPhone with more storage, GPS, better typing, more applications, games and faster WiFi. Some of those features will be delivered in 2008. Does the stock go up now?
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Pete Mortensen is a design strategist for consulting firm Jump Associates and the co-author of Wired to Care: How Companies Prosper When They Create Widespread Empathy, a book and blog that are significantly more interesting than you might initially think. Pete’s particular Apple avocations are both around design–interface and industrial. Follow him on Twitter!
