Comments on: shoulda named it the Wiiphone http://www.haibane.info/2007/07/01/shoulda-named-it-the-wiiphone/ a celebration of science fiction, anime, and geek culture Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:19:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: fledgling otaku http://www.haibane.info/2007/07/01/shoulda-named-it-the-wiiphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1012 fledgling otaku Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:31:52 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2007/07/01/shoulda-named-it-the-wiiphone/#comment-1012 actually, several outlets polled people in line and found that unlike the PS3, the vast majority were buying with intent to keep, not eBay. I think that the hype and the enthusiasm was real; but just not as widespread as Jobs wanted everyone to think, because on the face of it the iPhone just doesn't make a lot of sense for anyone other than the techno-elite. The user interface is sexy but its hardly enough to justify the cost for the average consumer - in other words, the person that Apple claims to love but secretly hates. :) I can get a Blackberry 8830 for much less on both the phone and the data plan, via either Verizon OR Sprint, and with the latter an unlocked SIM card for truly global posrtability. The 8830 is a significantly more flexible device - and don't try and tell me Blackberry doesn't know how to do interfaces. Sure, multi-touch is clearly superior as an interface but the interface isn't the barrier here - its services. Look at Japan for an example. I dont see the comparison to the iPod as relevant; the ipod marked the entry of Apple into the consumer electronics space, and their brand cachet was far lower then. actually, several outlets polled people in line and found that unlike the PS3, the vast majority were buying with intent to keep, not eBay. I think that the hype and the enthusiasm was real; but just not as widespread as Jobs wanted everyone to think, because on the face of it the iPhone just doesn’t make a lot of sense for anyone other than the techno-elite.

The user interface is sexy but its hardly enough to justify the cost for the average consumer – in other words, the person that Apple claims to love but secretly hates. :) I can get a Blackberry 8830 for much less on both the phone and the data plan, via either Verizon OR Sprint, and with the latter an unlocked SIM card for truly global posrtability. The 8830 is a significantly more flexible device – and don’t try and tell me Blackberry doesn’t know how to do interfaces. Sure, multi-touch is clearly superior as an interface but the interface isn’t the barrier here – its services. Look at Japan for an example.

I dont see the comparison to the iPod as relevant; the ipod marked the entry of Apple into the consumer electronics space, and their brand cachet was far lower then.

]]> By: Brian Tiemann http://www.haibane.info/2007/07/01/shoulda-named-it-the-wiiphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 Brian Tiemann Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:05:48 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2007/07/01/shoulda-named-it-the-wiiphone/#comment-1011 I mean, hey, maybe Apple just estimated demand better than Nintendo did. That would make it NOT an analog to the Wii, like all those Ebayers thought it would be. Egg's on THEIR faces, not Apple's. I mean, hey, maybe Apple just estimated demand better than Nintendo did. That would make it NOT an analog to the Wii, like all those Ebayers thought it would be. Egg’s on THEIR faces, not Apple’s.

]]> By: Brian Tiemann http://www.haibane.info/2007/07/01/shoulda-named-it-the-wiiphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 Brian Tiemann Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:02:59 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2007/07/01/shoulda-named-it-the-wiiphone/#comment-1010 And those people who bought them to resell on Ebay found that their stunt backfired, because, well: <a href="http://spring.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/01/812167-iphone-not-quite-the-cash-cow-ebay-sellers-were-hoping" rel="nofollow">iPhone Not Quite the Cash Cow eBay Sellers Were Hoping</a> Check out those numbers, though. 700,00 sold over the weekend. Feel free to snicker, but the iPod's launch was nowhere near this auspicious, and look how we view the doubters from when that came out. The reason I don't want one is because I don't want ANY phone, by the way. The day I get a cell phone is the day I kill myself. And those people who bought them to resell on Ebay found that their stunt backfired, because, well:

iPhone Not Quite the Cash Cow eBay Sellers Were Hoping

Check out those numbers, though. 700,00 sold over the weekend. Feel free to snicker, but the iPod’s launch was nowhere near this auspicious, and look how we view the doubters from when that came out.

The reason I don’t want one is because I don’t want ANY phone, by the way. The day I get a cell phone is the day I kill myself.

]]> By: Steven Den Beste http://www.haibane.info/2007/07/01/shoulda-named-it-the-wiiphone/comment-page-1/#comment-1009 Steven Den Beste Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:04:14 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2007/07/01/shoulda-named-it-the-wiiphone/#comment-1009 I have suspected that a lot of those people standing in line were buying so that they could immediately resell on eBay. I have suspected that a lot of those people standing in line were buying so that they could immediately resell on eBay.

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