Because it's DRMmed to the eyelashes.
Because it costs more and does less than any of its competitors.
Because it's an entry into a saturated market segment.
"Cool" really didn't have much to do with its failure.
Because it's DRMmed to the eyelashes.
Because it costs more and does less than any of its competitors.
Because it's an entry into a saturated market segment.
"Cool" really didn't have much to do with its failure.
Lets not forget the royalty that M$ pays the RIAA for each zune sold... oooo and the B$ song transfer where it will only last ether 3 days or 3 plays which ever comes first and delete it self....
Useles plain and simple useles.
If you don't see the hypocrisy already, I won't waste my time vainly trying to explain it. Maybe it's too abstract. Perhaps I should make fun of you for being incapable of abstract thinking. Eh... nah.
Good coverup. It's too abstract for me? ... so now I'm an idiot? Aren't you being hypocritical now? Or is this too abstract for you?
See, instead of rebuking my point (which I backed up) you made an excuse. This leads me to believe that you have no reason for your point ... or you don't know what "hypocritcal" means. It would have looked better if you just didn't reply at all. Because now you have an empty arguement, and you attack my capablity for "abstract thinking" instead of sticking to the disussion.
Hypocritical means that I would expect something from another person, but I am exempt from it. It's a logical flaw .. you can't abstract it. I expected someone to think for themselves instead of spreading misinformation ... I expect that from myself. I did not expect him to be nice; since I am not.
I never expected someone to act (or think) differently from how I act (or think).
So please explain how this word's meaning could possibly fit with this context, or I will expect you are incapable of grasping the meaing of "hypocritcal."
it just so happens that numerous reviews of mp3 players are saying DRM is an issue for the iPod as if it were canon. You can't blame non-iPod users who are bombarded with this if they assume there's some basis in fact.
So I should support people not thinking for themselves? Ok, I guess I'll kiss and make up. Keep it up buddy! Spread those lies!
Your ire is better directed at those actually concocting and spreading misinformation, not those exposed to it and passing off casual comments. Beating up on recipients of bad info who unwittingly pass it along is just... idiotic.
Actually, I trash people who spread it AND people who blindly follow them. See, these users who just simply take anything anyone says for truth are just as dumb as those who spread it. If the recipient of misinformation is spreading that misinformation, they are responsible for that.
See, if I told you that you can drive a car into a Café .. and you did .. then it's your fault. Because you are responsible for your actions. Of course, I would feel bad because I helped, but ultimately, you are responisble for your actions.
Originally Posted by shrimp_was_disabled2View Post
But personally, I think the iPhone fixes what phones have been getting wrong.
For a steep price. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the iPhone will not live up to the hype at least initially. If Microsoft had unveiled a smart phone with the same specs, I think everyone would be pretty critical. Steve Jobs has some sort of cool factor I guess that shields the company from the usual blasting.
The iPhone is a very expensive phone. Most people don't carry expensive phones, it's a niche market. I guess Apple is hoping that multimedia player integration with a phone is what people pay lots of money for.
Personally I disagree. Blackberry's got the business market wrapped up. Why? Corporate email syncing support is excellent. Where's Apple's email support? Not really there. So basically this device is targeting the 25% of smartphone buyers that aren't business. That ain't a lot of people. The competition really is more like the T-Mobile Sidekick / Danger Hiptop crowd. Well, I instinctively like the Hiptop better. The Hiptop costs less and has a nice thumbboard. No wifi but some surfing ability, instead of resizing pages on the phone they are resized on Danger's servers. There's some advantages to that.
This really isn't a web device due to screen resolution. The Nokia Internet Tablet is one of the best pocketable rezes out there, but even 640x480 PDAs are okay for web surfing. 320x480 doesn't cut it. It doesn't look like its positioning itself near UMPCs either. Not very fair to compare these devices.
Maybe this is the expensive start to the more popular mass-market products. Sort of like the iPod evolution. iPod started out very expensive for what you got. As its hard drive size increased, and as Apple introduced flash players, iPod's advantage became clearer. Right now I don't see the iPhone being that great of a product, drop the price a couple hundred (eg into Razr territory) or improve the featurelist and maybe we're talking something.
Originally Posted by shrimp_was_disabled2View Post
(most of disingenuous nastygram snipped) See, if I told you that you can drive a car into a Café .. and you did .. then it's your fault. Because you are responsible for your actions. Of course, I would feel bad because I helped, but ultimately, you are responisble for your actions.
Ah. I see what kind of person you intend to be here. Well, every group needs one.
I think the iPhone will succeed. People want a phone that does it all. Just like the phones in Japan where people use them to call, IM, search, use maps, lookup train schedules, listen to music, watch video, and play games. My Japanese phone does all of those things (I live in America but travel to Japan 3-4 times a year). Having 3-4 devices in your pocket is not what I want.
The most disappointing thing about my 770 is that is doesn't support Asian languages. Why is that? The PSP supports western and asian languages and it only has 32mb of memory. Does the N800 have Asian language support?
I think the iPhone will succeed. People want a phone that does it all. Just like the phones in Japan where people use them to call, IM, search, use maps, lookup train schedules, listen to music, watch video, and play games. My Japanese phone does all of those things (I live in America but travel to Japan 3-4 times a year). Having 3-4 devices in your pocket is not what I want.
Yes it will. People complain about the high entry price but it really is first generation. I have been working in the Digital TV field now for about 12 years. The first PCI tuner boards we had cost around $10k a pop and were actually two full length PCI cards. Now you can pick these up on a usb keychain for @ $50.
The same is true for all new technology as niche as this market.
And to the people that whine and complain and can't make up their minds - early adopters get screwed. Deal with it.
