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From: Howard on 3 Aug 2010 11:11
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:

>
> It is. If RIM or Nokia or HTC had released a phone with the exact same
> design, there wouldn't have been anywhere near as much attention paid to
> it. Apple seems constantly more newsworthy, whether beleaguered or
> wildly successful.

Indeed, I used to have a blackberry pearl and when I was in certain
parts of the city it was VERY sensetive to how I held it. I used to have
to hold it with only two fingers to get it to keep connected. It was
common knowledge and no one made a fuss.

Howard
From: J. J. Lodder on 3 Aug 2010 15:31
Justin C <justin.1007(a)purestblue.com> wrote:

> On 2010-07-29, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:
> > A lot of the anti-anti-Apple sentiment out there inresponse to the
> > iPhone's antenna situation is to just get a bumper and stop whinging.
> >
> > A colleague of mine got his free bumper today and is binning it. His
> > headphones don't fit, his car connector doesn't fit, and his home
> > speakers don't fit.
> >
> > He doesn't get the signal problems (he doesn't hold it wrong, but can
> > trigger it when he tries) so his only problem is that he really likes
> > the way the bumper looks. But I wonder how many people will find it
> > difficult to choose between the antenna problem and the case problems?
> >
> > Oh, and while I'm here; the most sensible article on the situation that
> > I've seen: http://j.mp/9WISrz
>
> Yes, very good article. I particularly liked: "Nobody talks about making
> a "Nexus One killer" or an "HP Slate killer" or a "Zune killer"; Apple's
> consumer electronics products become the reference points for their
> fields" in the part where he's written about why people love to knock
> Apple.

Of course there is a Zune killer.

It's called the Zune,

Jan
From: Ian McCall on 3 Aug 2010 19:04
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>...If RIM or Nokia or HTC had released a phone with the exact same
> design, there wouldn't have been anywhere near as much attention paid
> to
> it. Apple seems constantly more newsworthy, whether beleaguered or
> wildly successful.


Well yes. That's because we expect better, and because they mostly
deliver better. When they don't? News!

Cheers,
Ian
From: David Kennedy on 4 Aug 2010 02:20
Ian McCall wrote:
> zoara<me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>> ...If RIM or Nokia or HTC had released a phone with the exact same
>> design, there wouldn't have been anywhere near as much attention paid
>> to
>> it. Apple seems constantly more newsworthy, whether beleaguered or
>> wildly successful.
>
> Well yes. That's because we expect better, and because they mostly
> deliver better. When they don't? News!
>
In part I think that's true. But, there is also a percentage of people
who are willing them to fail. I tried to think of an analogy but
couldn't - except for a friend of mine; her husband refuses to shop at
John Lewis or Waitrose as he perceives them as elitist. Mind you, he
also liked Vista...

--
David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Stimpy on 4 Aug 2010 04:28
On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 07:20:49 +0100, David Kennedy wrote
> Ian McCall wrote:
>> zoara<me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>>> ...If RIM or Nokia or HTC had released a phone with the exact same
>>> design, there wouldn't have been anywhere near as much attention paid
>>> to
>>> it. Apple seems constantly more newsworthy, whether beleaguered or
>>> wildly successful.
>>
>> Well yes. That's because we expect better, and because they mostly
>> deliver better. When they don't? News!
>>
> In part I think that's true. But, there is also a percentage of people
> who are willing them to fail. I tried to think of an analogy but
> couldn't - except for a friend of mine; her husband refuses to shop at
> John Lewis or Waitrose as he perceives them as elitist.

Elitist? Not at all, just priced to keep the riff-raff out :-)

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