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From: Pd on 28 Jan 2010 06:10 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-01-28 11:03:01 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > > > On 2010-01-28, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> <http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/01/28/ipad-about/> > >>>> > >>>> Who cares what pundits think about a gadget? > >>>> > >>> > >>> So far as most of them are concerned, I agree. In Stephen's case though I > >>> actually am interested in his views. > >> > >> I don't see it makes much difference. People won't buy it because he > >> likes it. He's not that respected. > > > > Oh agreed, but in his case his views tend to be similar to mine where this > > sort of thing is concerned, so he makes a fairly good personal barmometer. > > Fair enough then. I thought you may have been suggesting that celeb > status and all that brings with it had any creedence. It's not his "celeb status" that makes him such a good "pundit" in the field, it's that he's a real interested amateur. You can believe a lot of what he says about smartphones, for instance, because he owns and uses maybe 20 different ones, from HTC to Nokia to Motorola to Apple. It's not just his Apple fanboi bias coming through, but his appreciation of technology and gadgets in general and real world comparison of the different products. -- Pd
From: James Jolley on 28 Jan 2010 06:18 On 2010-01-28 11:11:21 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > On 2010-01-28, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: >>>> >>>> So far as most of them are concerned, I agree. In Stephen's case though I >>>> actually am interested in his views. >>> >>> I don't see it makes much difference. People won't buy it because he >>> likes it. He's not that respected. >> >> What's the weather like on your planet? >> >> Perhaps his ubiquity is due to his having chums in high places who can >> get him all these gigs, and nothing at all to do with is almost >> universal appeal. >> > > I think James is right in that people won't _buy_ one simply because Stephen > likes them, but I do think a fair number of people will decide to check one > out as a result of his saying he likes them. > > Jim Yes. Also not so convinced about universal appeal - I personally find him irritating but that's me. To me, he does come over smug and arrogant.
From: James Jolley on 28 Jan 2010 06:19 On 2010-01-28 11:10:45 +0000, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) said: > James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-01-28 11:03:01 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: >> >>> On 2010-01-28, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> <http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/01/28/ipad-about/> >>>>>> >>>>>> Who cares what pundits think about a gadget? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> So far as most of them are concerned, I agree. In Stephen's case though I >>>>> actually am interested in his views. >>>> >>>> I don't see it makes much difference. People won't buy it because he >>>> likes it. He's not that respected. >>> >>> Oh agreed, but in his case his views tend to be similar to mine where this >>> sort of thing is concerned, so he makes a fairly good personal barmometer. >> >> Fair enough then. I thought you may have been suggesting that celeb >> status and all that brings with it had any creedence. > > It's not his "celeb status" that makes him such a good "pundit" in the > field, it's that he's a real interested amateur. > > You can believe a lot of what he says about smartphones, for instance, > because he owns and uses maybe 20 different ones, from HTC to Nokia to > Motorola to Apple. It's not just his Apple fanboi bias coming through, > but his appreciation of technology and gadgets in general and real world > comparison of the different products. He's not exactly in the real world then. He owns 20 phones? What kind of arsehole thinks that's normal behaviour?
From: Jim on 28 Jan 2010 06:25 On 2010-01-28, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > > Yes. Also not so convinced about universal appeal - I personally find > him irritating but that's me. To me, he does come over smug and > arrogant. > Ah well, different folks etc. He can come over a wee bit smug, but arrogant? Never personally thought that of him. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: James Jolley on 28 Jan 2010 06:27
On 2010-01-28 11:25:49 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > On 2010-01-28, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >> >> Yes. Also not so convinced about universal appeal - I personally find >> him irritating but that's me. To me, he does come over smug and >> arrogant. >> > > Ah well, different folks etc. He can come over a wee bit smug, but arrogant? > Never personally thought that of him. > > Jim I wonder if it's not seeing the guy and that's not an excuse either. He sonds rather smug and perhaps i'm interpreting his tone wrongly. I'm guessing. Not so convinced on it being normal to have 20 phones though. It's bad enough keeping up with all the apps on the current one thanks. Best -JAmes- |