Nokia asks own blog readers what their favorite part of the X6 is, gets funny answer
By Paul Miller 
posted December 1st 2009 9:05AM
posted December 1st 2009 9:05AM
posted December 1st 2009 9:05AM
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"It's 5-megapixel camera"
Way to fail at learning the difference between possessive ITS and contracted IT'S (it is).
/grammar nazi
@Wai Thanks for writing my comment for me.
@Wai
Not only does the incorrect "It's" show up once, but actually three times in this poll.
@Wai
This particular mixup really annoys the hell out of me. I'm willing to let a lot of typos and grammatical errors slide, but using the wrong form of "its/it's" or "there/their/they're" just makes something excessively difficult to read because those words, while pronounced the same, sound completely different in my head when I'm reading to myself because I infer meaning from the spelling, not from the sound.
Perhaps if engadget's posting software automatically expanded the contractions and forced the author to confirm the post they would pick up on more of these errors.
"It is 5-megapixel camera" is obviously wrong.
After further review I realize that it's an image that Paul copied & pasted, so this time it's not his fault :-)
@Wai NO, IT IS LOOKS
@Wai
http://conversations.nokia.com/2009/11/26/poll-the-best-thing-about-the-nokia-x6-is/
that graph looks different.
@Wai no kidding. That bugged the hell out of me, too. This isn't Joe Schmoe, this is the worlds largest handset maker. They get no quarter in regards to this type of stuff.
Those crazy Scandinavians and their misplaced punctuation!
@MarkAnderson
Oh yeah, Paul, so since one third like cap screens does that mean that two thirds prefer resistive screens?
ZING!
@MarkAnderson
Finns aren't generally considered Scandinavian by those of us who live in Northern Europe. They are part of the Nordic countries though, so it's easy to get them mixed up :)
@Sarig
US should force them to call themselves scandinavian, it's easier for everybody :)
@Sarig
I'm Scottish and I do. OK, it's not really given the difference in languages but who's counting?
@Wwhat hehe funny...
But funnier is how we call the North Americans...
It would be cool if they had Wacom technology on cell phones. That way we don't have to compromise.
@Eternity
You mean a capacitive screen that also allows stylus use? It exists. This was designed for the HTC HD2 but should work with any capacitive screen - http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/htc-files-patent-for-capacitive-stylus-with-resistive-accuracy/.
@Eternity : I think the person who replied before me understood you with "capacitative AND stylus use" but I don't get why you call it wacom tech? My wacom tablet is awesome, I adore it, and I love that my tablet PC is wacom penabled too. However, I would hate to have that on a cell phone--they ONLY work with their pens, you can touch them all you want with another stylus or your fingers, won't do a thing (in fact my arms are laying across mine right now). The usefulness of wacom tech is pressure levels and such, it's good for art. Not so much for quick easy phone interface.
@(Unverified)
@Lody
Whatever works. I just want something that will accurately hand write and finger type.
Yes, funny how people who like a handset whose main distinction from the other Nokia's are its capacitive screen seem to like - oh you guessed it - the capacitive screen!
It's like having a poll asking if people with cars with big engines like big enginges. Duh.
Also, it's pathetic that a blog like Engadget writes flame bait likes this.
@Sarig
Seriously.
@Sarig
And something I forgot: There is absolutely no evidence that people like the touchscreen for being capacitive. They might just like the touchscreen for being a touchscreen. It might have looked excactly the same if that one word starting with c was taken away.
But let's forget all that, and start a flame war instead.
@Sarig
"There is absolutely no evidence that people like the touchscreen for being capacitive."
Ofcourse not, it's just hype the cult members have started, in other words, minority of mobile users and fanboi blogs like engadget.
Damn it's pure awesomeness to have glove/stylus capable phone now since it's freaking freezing outside here. Just pure pleasure.
@Sarig
They should have had a follow-up question asking those that liked the capacitive screen to explain the differences between that and resistive. My guess - 10% of the folks actually know what capacitive has to offer vs resistive.
I use both on a regular basis. Each has it strengths and weaknesses. A post like this serves no purpose other than to start folks arguing back and forth about Apple vs WinMo.
I don't get the funny answer part.
@(Unverified)
Well, the funny answer is that Nokia has been quite resistive (pun intended) to use capacitive screens so far, strongly defending their use of resistive screens. Then this poll comes out and the readers end up saying the feature they like the best of the X6 is actually the capacitive screen, the one thing they've been shunning for so long.
@(Unverified) I believe the "funny" is related to the its/it's grammar error. I also think that more people thinking there's "Nothing" good about the X6 as apposed to the home screen or the camera is kinda funny... kinda O_o
@(Unverified)
I, for one, thought it was funny that 8% of people said "NOTHING"
What a bunch of wise-ass Nokia customers
badass
engadget's idea of funny on this one? ehhh go get some more punch and tell the joke to the quiet guy in the corner. He might find it funny
I get the feeling that if they separated that choice into two:
-The 3.2 inch screen
-Its capacitive touchscreen
it wouldn't be so lob-sided.
@(Unverified)
I agree - I would imagine that a large percentage of Nokia's customer base would appreciate the large screen but not know what capacitive meant...
@(Unverified)
Exactly.
There are actually THREE different aspects in that option:
1. the TOUCHscreen
2. the size of 3.2"
3. the capacitive technology
Of course, if you want to troll, you'll emphasize the most appropriate one...
@(Unverified)
exactly what i was going to say!
Oh, we'll never hear the end of this...
@Paul Miller
They even spelled capacitive wrong in their poll.
Except that results would have been the same without word capacitive in the sentence.
Engadget, I'm so going to laugh if Apple doesn't find 10 inch capacitive screen and puts resistive in its (not it's) tablet.
@(Unverified)
http://www.densitron.com/displays/Displays.aspx?nCategoryID=43&_kk=d7448cb9-f556-4e2c-958a-0d6b948b119d&_kt=4303529493&gclid=CJ-UpJOUtp4CFcdB5godlDtE_w
I found a 12.1 inch capacitive screen for you to troll about
Oh my god, Engadget. Totally. Shit. You've proved your point - capacitive touch technology is the greatest there is.
I'm glad you've kept pounding this on your audience a gazillion times, because clearly this is what you need to be writing about.
LMAO at you!
I see no funny here. I could ask 50 people on my campus and maybe 3 would know the difference between capacitive and resistive touch screens. They're just psyched about the touch screen, that's all.
engadget= uber trolls
The engadgets conclusion of this poll is daft.
This is like making a conclusion from a fruit basket poll where mango won, that people like more of mangos than watermelons, when the fruitbasket had no watermelons.
There are't any resistive screens on X6, so how can you make the conclusion people like more capasitive screens than resisitive screen?!
Could you give me the persentage of people that liked most of the X6 resistive screen? You should be able to give that as you claim it lost in the poll. :)
@(Unverified)
Apparently Nokia came to the same conclusion as Engadget:
"And it’s a clear winner: The X6’s number one feature is also its most prominent feature. But we’re guessing it was one particular aspect of the 3.2-inch touchscreen that made nearly one in three of you place it top of the pile: the X6 is Nokia’s first capacitive touchscreen, and anyone who thinks that’s not significant should look at our poll results. Forum member James hit the nail on the head when he said it gave Nokia the finger responsivity so often boasted about by fans of a certain other smartphone."
Funny how I read the first polling option as "It looks 14". I was like, woah, what? There's no way that could be OK. Either it looks like a 14-year-old cellphone (gross) or it looks like a 14-year-old (grosser).
Still, if it were the latter, Nokia could release a special Amber X6. :-D
OK, I'll stop now.
@Old fogie late bloomer
I thought the same.
And just noticed, it isn't a capacitive screen, its c a p a c a t i v e[sic] screen people like most.
I would have still voted for the screen with capacitive in the sentence or not #justsaying
Dear Engadget
Nokia is in Finland....Finland gets really cold..... try using your beloved capacitive screen whilst it is 15°'s outside
Signed
Ever person that lives in a freakishly cold area on the globe
@DefPoet Russia's with you.
@DefPoet
Yeah it's nicely calculated from Nokia to make commonly unusable resistive screens for only because 5% of world's population live in area where capasitive screens works only 90% of time.
@DefPoet
I live in Wisconsin now its not cold all year more like only 3-4 months but I use those finger gloves those rock. I just take one finger out and BAM touch screen love.
Nothing wrong with Nokia's capacitive screens, just silly to claim otherwise. I've used all kinds of touchscreens and all have seemed to work effortlessly. It's the OS that doesn't function properly (S60v5) since it's not really a touchOS.
I do shun using a stylus, but it's not really even required though it is provided with the latest models.