I thought it was the Apple consumers that were smug and condescending...
The average consumer knows what's more important is not how many features they manage to cram in but how well they are implimented and how easy they are to use. It's difficult for young geeks to understand this and it took me a while to understand this as well.
Case in point. I was the owner of a Windows mobile smartphone for 3 (long) years. When I got it I was stoked about all the things I could do with it. I downloaded tons of 3rd party apps, took photos, etc. After the euphoria wore off I realized that most of its features were such a pain to use and so poorly implimented that I just didn't want to bother. I ended up using it just as a phone. I now own an iPhone and I don't see this happening because it's so easy to use I actually enjoy taking pictures with it or creating shoplists or adding calendar events, etc.
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Chris @ Feb 13th 2008 12:10PM
"But does Joe Schmoe consumer know that?"
I thought it was the Apple consumers that were smug and condescending...
The average consumer knows what's more important is not how many features they manage to cram in but how well they are implimented and how easy they are to use. It's difficult for young geeks to understand this and it took me a while to understand this as well.
Case in point. I was the owner of a Windows mobile smartphone for 3 (long) years. When I got it I was stoked about all the things I could do with it. I downloaded tons of 3rd party apps, took photos, etc. After the euphoria wore off I realized that most of its features were such a pain to use and so poorly implimented that I just didn't want to bother. I ended up using it just as a phone. I now own an iPhone and I don't see this happening because it's so easy to use I actually enjoy taking pictures with it or creating shoplists or adding calendar events, etc.