http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/ Engadget Comments for Windows Marketplace for Mobile, now in super-cheesy video form http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/
App Store Breakdown (currently 30,883 apps)

6,227 Games
4,277 Entertainment
3,245 Books
2,571 Utilities
2,145 Education
1,695 Lifestyle
1,384 Travel
1,305 Reference
1,138 Productivity
1,093 Sports
955 Music
811 Navigation
808 Healthcare & Fitness
685 Business
589 Photography
585 Finance
490 Social Networking
413 News
309 Medical
158 Weather

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Zing.]]>Mar 31st 2009 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESoOJZ7IW5g

You, the jury, decide!]]>Mar 31st 2009 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/
...my guess is that they are hoping that someday the Engadget network will stop reporting everything at a slant. There are news agencies, and then there are media agencies, and it seems like Engadget drifts a little closer to dropping the news portion in favor of editorials every day. The proper solution would be to keep Engadget purely a "news source", and keep the apple slant on sites that are specialized in Apple Fanboyism, i.e. TUAW.

I mean, why even have TUAW, when you're just going to push the nonsensical apple slant on every page in the Engadget network? It's nonsense.

As far as coming back here... for whatever reason, Engadget is typically one of the first, and most comprehensive tech media blogs on the net. So we take your obvious slant, but we're certainly not happy about it. ...and that is why we bitch.

"Windows Marketplace for Mobile, now in super-cheesy video form" is not news. It's radiant fanboyism. ]]>Mar 31st 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/

Is your other alias iEye??]]>Mar 31st 2009 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/BTW: There are dozens of websites like Handango, that gave us a "marketplace" for WinMo apps, before Apple was even thinking about making a phone (I forgot can it do copy'n'paste?)!]]>Mar 31st 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/

I don't believe that B.S. excuse for a second. Most of the names I read here are the same people who always celebrate when Engadget makes snide remarks about the new Shuffle or broken hinges and video card problems on MacBooks or the myriad other things that Engadget has exposed about Apple in the past. Where was your slant outrage then?

It seems to me that what you guys really want is for Engadget to bash Apple when you think they deserve bashing and leave Microsoft totally alone.


]]>Mar 31st 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/And you think crappy apps will only happen on the iphone?
Look at the crappy apps for Windows vs Mac OSX.]]>Mar 31st 2009 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/
+1 simply for bringing forth the original engadget posts, which I never knew existed, and reminding me of 128mb storage cards.

_much love!_]]>Mar 31st 2009 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/
They routinely praise Apple products. You can easily find hundreds of examples.
They routinely criticise Apple products. You can easily find hundreds of examples.
They routinely praise non-Apple products. You can easily find hundreds of examples.
They routinely criticise non-Apple products. You can easily find hundreds of examples.

You know what that says to me? That Engadget is reporting their honest beliefs about the products, and that they have no slant, for or against Apple (or any other company).

I think you are suffering from confirmation bias, or more specifically, a variety of selection bias or recall bias. You tend to see and remember the articles where Engadget praises Apple and criticises non-Apple products, but you tend to ignore and fail to remember the articles where they criticise Apple and praise non-Apple products (such articles are not hard to find, because they are not substantially fewer in number than the other group).

I suspect that the Bandwagon effect has also affected your thinking; i.e. the belief that, since so many commenters say that Engadget is biased, then Engadget must be biased (which is clearly a logical fallacy).

To paraphrase from The Matrix - "Try to realize the truth. There is no slant."]]>Mar 31st 2009 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/
Luckily for us WinMo users, we're not limited to one source to get our apps.]]>Apr 1st 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/
As we British say: "That was a jolly good job old chap"]]>Mar 31st 2009 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/
Well maybe the Hero's ending last week.]]>Mar 31st 2009 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/
I'll stick to my tried and true dramas 24 and a lil sometimes serious, sometimes comedic house. Just glad that i'm not watching terminator SCC anymore (even worse than heroes), and heroes. saving me 84 minutes per week. more time to watch 30 rock, the office, flight of the conchords and others...]]>Mar 31st 2009 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/
*Facepalm* *Sigh*.]]>Mar 31st 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/
I'm sure you being the smart individual that you are will be able to name that.]]>Mar 31st 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/
There were a million ways you could have chosen to express that sentiment. You could have emphasised the positive and capped it with a "But the voice of narrator of the video seemed a bit out of place." Factually correct - and points out the issue precisely with no bias.

Instead the *headline* goes further - to call the *video* cheesy (which it wasn't) and then in the body of the post, to focus on this one element to the exclusion of all other elements.

"And we'd be totally excited to point out that this teaser video shows off the interface in action, including a charmingly illiterate app review and carrier-specific stores."

Would you? Then why not discuss it? It was interesting enough to get your attention - why blow that off because of...

"But honestly, here's a better question: if Microsoft is really serious about how cool is it is to be not-cool-enough, is a totally mediocre teaser with a relentlessly corporate electrorock soundtrack and hyperactive informercial narration really the best way to sell this thing? Discuss. Video after the break."

No, that's NOT a better question. It's a question intended to deflect attention away from any positive aspect of the video (you say it yourself, 'we'd be totally excited... except') by singling out some irrelevent side note.

The reason it smacks of bias is because the same lack of professionalism in ads could easily have been aimed at Apple's Mac vs PC ads - or even just a discussion of the problems with the App Store, which regularly get neatly rationalised here.

To argue that "If it's biased to point out that this video's presentation is so hopelessly lame it detracts from the actual value of the content, than sure. Send the check." is being kind of disingenuous. If this kind of post was the exception or heck, even if you ALONE made these kinds of posts regularly then no - it wouldn't be bias. But when there's a system wide tendency to take cheap shots at Microsoft and rationalise in favor of Apple, then yes: it's a bias.

I know you're a lawyer and lawyers are masters of the careful interpretation of words in their arguments - but take a moment to look up with the word "bias" means:

From Merriam Websters:

3 a: bent , tendency b: an inclination of temperament or outlook ; especially : a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment : prejudice c: an instance of such prejudice d (1): deviation of the expected value of a statistical estimate from the quantity it estimates (2): systematic error introduced into sampling or testing by selecting or encouraging one outcome or answer over others

Yes, Engadget has a BIAS. Your post reinforces that bias. The use of the term is correct.

And your response show little respect for your readers. Well, at least not for the PC using ones.

But are we surprised? No. Not really.]]>Mar 31st 2009 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/Mar 31st 2009 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-in-super-cheesy-video-form/
Really Microsoft?
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