Slap a fancy title on it and we'll buy anything.
Wednesday, 1. July 2009, 16:46:05
So I read this morning, over here, that Best Buy Mobile took a survey of 1000 people and determined that most Americans want a "smart phone" but don't have a clue what to do with it. Well, that makes sense. I encourage you to go ahead and read the article, that is as long as you return here. Go, go right now, I'll be waiting.
Welcome back.
Ok so now that you read the article you will realize that this enhances my point with the whole iPhone post that I previously posted. People are clueless. I mean it obviously makes the most sense to spend the most possible amount of money to get something you will use almost solely use as a phone while signing your life away for a 2 year contract to "save yourself money" (in case you don't understand the quotes around that, it was quoted for emphasis to mock those that think they are saving themselves money by being locked into lengthy contracts in order to have a discounted price on a phone).
Don't get me wrong here. I think that "smart phones" are the wave of the, well, past present and future. But I think that this is much like the person who buys a super fast computer but only uses it to check their email and surf for porn. What was the point? If you are going to have a super fast computer why not run folding@home while playing Crysis on one screen, while listening to The Clicquot Club Eskimos in iTunes, while watching Home Alone 3 on a second display all while surfing for porn on your third screen. That would make more sense.
What I'm trying to say here kids, is that you are biting off more than you can chew and wasting your money on stuff you don't even understand. Why? Do yourself a favor and go by yourself a RAZR or RIZR or PEBL or whatever they call them these days. Actually save yourself the trouble and go by a Nokia, I dig them so they have to be good.
Sidenote: Run on sentences are great by the way, especially when mocking people.
Welcome back.
Ok so now that you read the article you will realize that this enhances my point with the whole iPhone post that I previously posted. People are clueless. I mean it obviously makes the most sense to spend the most possible amount of money to get something you will use almost solely use as a phone while signing your life away for a 2 year contract to "save yourself money" (in case you don't understand the quotes around that, it was quoted for emphasis to mock those that think they are saving themselves money by being locked into lengthy contracts in order to have a discounted price on a phone).
Don't get me wrong here. I think that "smart phones" are the wave of the, well, past present and future. But I think that this is much like the person who buys a super fast computer but only uses it to check their email and surf for porn. What was the point? If you are going to have a super fast computer why not run folding@home while playing Crysis on one screen, while listening to The Clicquot Club Eskimos in iTunes, while watching Home Alone 3 on a second display all while surfing for porn on your third screen. That would make more sense.
What I'm trying to say here kids, is that you are biting off more than you can chew and wasting your money on stuff you don't even understand. Why? Do yourself a favor and go by yourself a RAZR or RIZR or PEBL or whatever they call them these days. Actually save yourself the trouble and go by a Nokia, I dig them so they have to be good.
Sidenote: Run on sentences are great by the way, especially when mocking people.
WIDGETIZE
Furie # 1. July 2009, 17:12
Nokia made a fortune everywhere but the US by taking the power of a smartphone and marketing it as a multimedia powerhouse. The whole N-series team is briefed to call their phones "multimedia computers" instead of smartphones, and many can't be tricked (I've tried
The strategy worked and many more people own a Nokia smartphone than those who wanted one. All the average end consumer knows is that this one has a better camera, or that this one has more memory for music. But they do try out the new features of their phones, and slowly people are coming around to the fact that third party applications add things they've been able to do on their PCs before. Gravity and Nokia Messaging are two excellent examples of apps that convince people to try out more third party apps.
Perhaps if each release had an item on the main menu which led to a selection of recommended application links, with descriptions of what they do, and a warning that it may cost money to download them, more people would be aware of the versatility of smartphones. The advent of on device one stop application stores is a push in that direction, but more is needed. The iPhone's marketing highlights the third party applications. If any company were to copy anything from that device I'd vote for the marketing because it works, even if they have been sued for false advertising before now.
qlue # 3. July 2009, 18:02