I heart my iPhone

I never thought I'd one day say this, but I really think I do love my iPhone.


Firstly, you've got to know I'm no Apple fan although I was once dazzled by their iPod some years ago (when I was working for another digital audio brand...) and loved my iPod Nano which I had purchased last year. Other than that, I had serious user problem operating my first Mac during Uni days (since I was a true blue Windows gal) but I must say, this little smartphone gadget is really one of its kind.


Firstly, to own an iPhone, one must rethink about mobile phones and its functions or capabilities it'd have today. Back years ago, when I had my first Ericsson then, a mobile phone was a mere device for people to reach others easily without the hassle of finding a public phone to return calls from tiny paging gadgets.


I guess it's really a case of right time (or in this case, right technology) where supply meets and fuels demand. With the advent of technologies like WiMax, Edge, 3G etc, the mobile world becomes the new "fast speed Internet" platform for us to access information any time, almost anywhere and everywhere on any smartphone devices.


To fuel this further , smartphone vendors help boost demand with faster, seamless OS to aid application access on their devices... and soon, adding and enhancing security on them so that users like you and I can access secured private information back to corporate or personal sites. Do you hear cloud computing humming in the background of all these?


There are many things I can do on my phone now - surfing the Internet, reading emails, watching videos online, chatting with friends and colleagues, updating my facebook, twitter and other social network mediums, posting my other online profiles and status etc etc and so many more.... The usage is pretty endless and exciting.


If I were a smartphone apps developer, I think my chances of making my first million in this lifetime is a pretty feasible quest.


I chanced upon this article that was trying to size up the market potential of iPhone users in Singapore. And the data is pretty compelling.
http://digitalmedia.typepad.com/digital_media_observation/2009/11/how-many-more-apples-iphone-3g-users-can-we-add-in-singapore.html


There's an estimated 1M+ iPhone users in Singapore by 2010... and if we assume one user makes 12 apps 'purchases' a year, that's 12M+ transactions in a year. Assume if one wants to capture 10% of this market and charge $0.99 per app, that's about $1.1M+ business revenue we're looking at in a year...


It's just amazing - makes one wonder how to get one's fingers in the pie.

My Big 5 for 2010

Five things that need to happen by the end of this year for you to feel its been your best year yet.

It's harder than I thought but here goes. In no particular order....

*Finish 10KM in Dec within 55mins or less and complete at least one 5KM run in 25mins

*Help others - find time for volunteer work and/or do something for others

*Research on a topic and post my findings on my blog at least once a quarter

I haven't quite figured out what my last two should be... but hopefully in the next month or so, I'd be greatly inspired by something or someone to pen down my big 5 for 2010.

Wish me luck!