iPhone - 2 days

[Maxamus]

iphone = kak

- cant forward text messages (only via email)
- cant text more than 1 person simulltaneously
- no bluetooth (only audio bluetooth)
- over priced
- still not fully functional and bug free
- It only has (at most) 8Gb of memory
- The battery life is nothing to write home about.
- All syncing is controlled by iTunes
- No keyboard means if you got fingers that dont size up right....
- Its huge! 10mm taller than an ipod video ffs!


i'll wait for the 2nd generation

[Charles Foster Kane]

iphone = kak

- cant forward text messages (only via email)
- cant text more than 1 person simulltaneously
- no bluetooth (only audio bluetooth)
- over priced
- still not fully functional and bug free
- It only has (at most) 8Gb of memory
- The battery life is nothing to write home about.
- All syncing is controlled by iTunes
- No keyboard means if you got fingers that dont size up right....
- Its huge! 10mm taller than an ipod video ffs!


i'll wait for the 2nd generation

Sigh, you forgot it doesn't have flash, it's biggest deficit. Next.

[TheFaQQer]

All very "emperor's new clothes", really.

[Charles Foster Kane]

All very "emperor's new clothes", really.

Everyone said that about the iPod. Then they used one.

[Bagpuss]

VHS was cheaper than Betamax. So it was more afforable.

Yes, the playstation was the best console of it's generation, it had the backing of all the major Japanese publishers.

Next.

No, Sony cornered the market by buying software providers, film companies, music companies, after learning from the Betamax flop (they owned betamax).

Popular does not mean the best, it only means most popular.

Another E.g. The last Ford Escort was the best seller in it's class, roundly regarded as a pup by motoring journalists.

[Charles Foster Kane]

No, Sony cornered the market by buying software providers, film companies, music companies, after learning from the Betamax flop (they owned betamax).

Popular does not mean the best, it only means most popular.

Another E.g. The last Ford Escort was the best seller in it's class, roundly regarded as a pup by motoring journalists.

What are you blathering on about? Sound's like you're talking about Blu-Ray which would be the PS3 not the playstation (use the right notation). Who doesn't know that Betamax was a Sony creation?? Sound's like you have just read an article on it or something.

I said VHS was more affordable, it was. What was your point?

[Bagpuss]

What are you blathering on about? Sound's like you're talking about Blu-Ray which would be the PS3 not the playstation (use the right notation). Who doesn't know that Betamax was a Sony creation?? Sound's like you have just read an article on it or something.

I said VHS was more affordable, it was. What was your point?

The point is they failed (betamax) and succeeded (Playstation) by positioning, as I said previously, positioning and marketing determine sales as much as how good the product is. Little to do with how cheap it is, if it were
the iPod wouldn't sell. They're over hyped fashion items that often have cheaper better competitive solutions, despite how many chavs have bought them

[Charles Foster Kane]

The point is they failed (betamax) and succeeded (Playstation) by positioning, as I said previously, positioning and marketing determine sales as much as how good the product is. Little to do with how cheap it is, if it were
the iPod wouldn't sell. They're over hyped fashion items that often have cheaper better competitive solutions, despite how many chavs have bought them

You seem to have lost track of your original argument, lol.

Your point now is that Sony failed with Betamax and succeeded with the Playstation therefore marketing determines sales. Thanks professor.

[realityhack]

I can sense some tension here so I'll use a phrase I know will calm CFK down and help him see the lighter side of things:

"Take a chill pill, dude"

Incidentally, I almost punched someone out when they said that to me once.

[Charles Foster Kane]

I can sense some tension here so I'll use a phrase I know will calm CFK down and help him see the lighter side of things:

"Take a chill pill, dude"

Incidentally, I almost punched someone out when they said that to me once.

Explain?