The aftermath of the phenomenal success of iPod was a string of chain mails suggesting the possibility of the launch of a mobile phone from Apple. Every mail came up with a new design. After receiving hundreds of mails, there was an official announcement from Apple about the launch of a revolutionary mobile phone. From the moment the information was out to the time that I had a look at the video (which demonstrated all the features of the Apple iPhone), my curiosity reached an all time high.In India, Apple did not have mass market penetration as their products are costly and out of reach of the common man until Apple launched iPod (which by the way is also not dirt cheap but by virtue of comparison with other Apple products is cheap). I was lucky to get an opportunity to grasp one of those sexy beauties which had the trademark Apple design and class. God bless Jonathan Ive! Holding the iPod in my hand and briskly shuffling through the songs with the WHEEL was an exhilarating experience in itself. People would argue that iPod has fewer features than other MP3 players from other market competitors but I would say that none of those players make a style statement. There is a difference between an iPod and a JAMP (Just Another MP3 Player). iPod also has a plethora of accessories which make up for the lack of features.Coming back to iPhone, the critics are not wrong in pointing out the flaws of non-replaceable battery, security issues, lack of service provider tie-ups and some other problems. I don’t know whether iPhone is going to live up to the hype or not but I would bet my money on one fact that iPhone would sell - no matter what the flaws! There are many similarities between iPod and iPhone. Many came, many went but iPod conquered and it will not be an overstatement to say that iPhone is on its way to meet a similar fate. Godspeed!