First off, I have to say that I’m a big fan of Gartner’s Hype Cycles. I find the way they analyze the hype and potential viability long-term to be truly fascinating. While there is no Hype Cycle for the iPhone, there are my predictions.

Second, I do believe that some hype truly is worthy of the attention. Take for instance the future of running applications on the iPhone. The addition of being able to have truly well designed applications running on the iPhone is going to make the days of carrying around a separate laptop in the past.

For people like me, app’s on the iPhone will be a dream come true. I have one computer that I currently use at work and then our various home computers. Because I’m currently working at Microsoft with their strict equipment policies, I can’t combine my personal computer with my work computer. During the day the only piece of technology that I have with me at all times is my iPhone. I’m continually wishing that I could manage my budget on my lunch break or write up a blog entry and if I could do things on my iPhone with an integrated application life would be good.

I’m currently contributing to the creative of a few different iPhone applications in development by Semanteme, Inc. and I believe that when Apple rolls out the final green light for running app’s on the iPhone that the we will see a huge wave of people rushing to both develop applications and to buy iPhones because when the dust settles, it’s either going to be all hype or the future of mobile devices. My vote is for the future.