On 29 July 2011 12:03, Mwirima Byaruhanga <[email protected]> wrote: > Tim Schofield wrote thus on 7/29/11 1:43 PM: >> On 29 July 2011 11:36, Mwirima Byaruhanga <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Richard Obore wrote thus on 7/29/11 1:19 PM: >>>> Hi, >>>> Do you guys agree? >>> >>> Nope. >>> >>> He's speaking from a geek's viewpoint (about 2% of iphone buyers). >>> The non-geeky 98% do not care. The iphone is just super cool. (And >>> therefore superior, since android targets the same buyer) >> >> Hmmm, I'm not sure super cool is a good reason to buy a phone, super >> cool is just marketing hype. >> >> What about the ability to make a phone call while holding the phone in >> any way that the user wants to? > > With that 'little problem', they still bought it in drones :) >
Yes, I know. The guy is a marketing genius. I don't think anyone else in the world could have managed to convince so many people that a phone that could only make calls if you held it in a certain way was super cool. Its no wonder that apples share price takes a nose dive every time he has to go on sick leave. Wish I had his marketing skills. -- WebERP Africa Ltd +447710427049 +256752963327 +255758554413 www.weberpafrica.com _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
