http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/ Engadget Comments for Roger McNamee self-parodies his Palm Pre superlatives: "it eats iPhones for breakfast" 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/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/
If you look over the transcript, she does little more than utter innane questions we already know the answer to, I mean, a tablet? What the hell?

Kara, go get pissed over a mirror or something, ok?]]>May 28th 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/I have a mirror screen protector for my iphone, it's great ]]>May 28th 2009 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/
Now you're reinforcing the iphone fan stereotype.]]>May 28th 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/
intelligent and like to look good =)

OK.

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I'm referring to the stereotype of mentioning the iPhone in every. single. article.

Even iPhone owners are starting to get exasperated, as it makes the rest of them (i.e. the quiet ones) look bad.]]>May 28th 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/
I think you are referring to the people who post silly comments like " iphone rulez blah blah FTW!!!" and contribute nothing to the story.

I fail to see how that applies to my comment. Relax.




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It is sad you lot would agree that a mirror is a "woman's thing" when there are so many men who like to take care of their appearance, and also many women who do not ... it is not a woman's thing at all, it is a "I care about my appearance" or "I am vain" thing and so therefore is NOT specific to one gender.

It is also anti-women because it suggests that women are not interested in the *important* things about phones (coverage, storage capacity, screen size and quality, UI, apps, call quality, etc) when of course, those things are as important to women as they are to men. The reverse is true, too - men do judge phones on their aesthetics as frequently as, and to the same degree, as women.

It is really sad that you would think that football is a man's thing when statistics show that millions of women watch and attend games. Are they not women, in your eyes? Because they like football?

As for "Fem(i)nazi only there to avoid having four blokes", Kara is a long-established technology author and columnist, and her credentials are a cut above your credentials of being ... well, an idiotic commentator on Engadget.

The real reason she is there is because *she co-created this conference with Walt* but of course that possibility never entered your head because to you lot, she is "just a woman", right? Couldn't possibly know anything about technology, let alone have a hand in making the great D:ATD conferences happen, hey?]]>May 28th 2009 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/
So yes women need a mirror. This is why a great deal of women carry a foldable mirror in their purse. Why tons of portable cosmetics come with mirrors. I can't remember meeting a man that always had a mirror close at hand.

How incredibly knee jerk PC.
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If you are a man who loves football, and all your male friends love football, then it seems like saying "men love football" is a reasonable statement. That doesn't make it less sexist, it just makes you ignorant of how it COULD be sexist.

That is, the closer you and the people you know are to the norm, the harder it is to see the sexism. And (no surprise) MOST people are close enough to the norm that this sort of thing doesn't stand out.]]>May 29th 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/
No, put you can use a sliding piece of shut the hell up.


I don't understand how that could be taken as some derogatory comment that she needed to freak out about.]]>May 28th 2009 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/
You just made my day, good sir. Ell Oh Ell.

I don't see it as all that derogatory, but it was still a real stupid statement. I mean, of all the things to tout about this device, he's going with "women will love it"?? I mean, has he SEEN the pink Blackberry pearl? ]]>May 28th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/
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Of course, the direct line of sight only is a bit of a bummer... ;)]]>May 28th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/
There are plenty of other objects in a car that can blind long before a pre will.]]>May 28th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 29th 2009 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/
What an idiotic comment.

Sexist? Probably, but not worth getting in an uproar over. If you freak out over every stupid comment someone makes, you'll never do anything BUT.

Aren't the little mirrors on the back of the phone for self-portraits/group shots via cellphone anyway? ]]>May 28th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/
Seriously, what was the deal with the two 4:20 comments he made? I found that quite odd. Seems a strange joke to make in that setting and context. But hey, kudos to him for just being himself.
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only stoners think of... "i wish i could jus type what i was looking for" ..plus many other innovative ideals

mmm purple kushhhh ^_^]]>May 29th 2009 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/
Roger was wrong, however, that there's never been a phone like this before for Women: LG Shine, anyone? In fact, LG had the same thought the same way Roger did, too:
The "OMG!! UR A PIG!" Commercial
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCt75jLlQ3w
And a British T-Mobile press release, featuring Holly Willoughby, a UK TV personality
- http://uk.lge.com/about/press_release/detail/PRE%7CMENU_5535_6.jhtml]]>May 28th 2009 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/
that was freaking painful to watch. talk about beating a dead horse.... that could have been cut down to 45 seconds, and gotten the exact same message across.]]>May 28th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/Jun 6th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/May 28th 2009 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/28/roger-mcnamee-self-parodies-his-palm-pre-superlatives-it-eats/
Loved the "ad', very funny.
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