I haven't misposted again. No, really. Inspired by Christopher Heinys thrust, I started wondering about what actual 'average' consumers want. It's my impression that the BlackBerry currently holds the crown for the "if I wanted a phone that could also do XYZ":
http://www.google.com/trends?q=blackberry%2C+nokia%2C+motorola%2C+pda%2C+palm&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all Whilst the number of people searching google for "pda" remains relatively constant, over the course of ~3 years, the number of people searching for "blackberry" has grown to match the number of people searching for "pda". Not that this is conclusive in any way - it's just a trend, not an explanation of such. So why not look up "[product] wishlist" on google, to see which areas can be improved? Interestingly, a lot of end-user gripes seem to focus exclusively on the closed-source applications - based upon my five-minute research, I'd say the very act of providing a simple way for end-users to change/manage their applications for free, is a massive step forward. That said, those applications have to grant the wishes out there.. i'll start off with this one: http://blackberryforums.pinstack.com/1389-blackberry_wish_list.html Amusingly, note the special significance of Post #2 on this thread. Richard _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community
