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now you're just going from personal opinion to making up false facts and pulling details out of your arse
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Another "iPhone Killer" steps up to the plate - trounces all competitors (The Matrix)
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False..
now you're just going from personal opinion to making up false facts and pulling details out of your arse
No, you're just trying to find a definition that suits your reality. Unfortunately for you, the definition of "kill" is objective. For something to be an "iPhone killer", than it needs to take the iPhone's place in the market and sustain it, at least for a while.
Even when the Droid/Droid Incredible/whatever came out, they never did that. They had decent sales, but ask the average person what they think of the Droid. Then ask them what they think of the iPhone.
I have a Droid X and will probably migrate to the iPhone 4 (or wait until June to see if 5 is released on Verizon) on verizon. It honestly has nothing to do with apps, or speed or anything else. The main reason for my move is simply that my Droid Phone is a phone and does really nothing else. Using my phone to control my AppleTV or run my itunes thru my stereo is amazing. I already do this with my iPad, but I don't have it with me at all times like I do my phone. Further, now that there is wifi hotspot built in, it takes a way the only thing my Driod X does that no iphone can. I want all my devices to work together and not each a different device that I have to figure out how to keep everything in sync. This is the real power of the iphone.
And just what are you "leading"? Seriously. Think deeply and answer that seriously.Some of us DO care!
Some choose to lead while others are happy to follow like sheep!
You don't think you're being lead like sheep by every new Android phone that comes out, proclaiming it's THE Iphone Killer? People like you are the ones spending all the money on these phones every couple of months, dumping one for another to get the next supposed greatest, you know. I buy one every two years. I think you may have your equation inverted.
The Only thing these phones are killing is the phone it replaces.
These android phones are really getting rediculous...
Regarding the posted feature above, I'd say its a redundant feature. I douno but theres really no reason to connect my phone directly to my laptop for movie watching, it tend to already have most of what I choose to watch on it. I don't need my phone to do that if I have my laptop with me, unless I'm missing something of real importance I don't get it.
Once you move a product well beyond practicality it becomes usless.
This is the single most reason why I have yet to be tempted by all the razzle dazzle offerings of the droid/android phones.
These android phones are really getting rediculous...
Regarding the posted feature above, I'd say its a redundant feature. I douno but theres really no reason to connect my phone directly to my laptop for movie watching, it tend to already have most of what I choose to watch on it. I don't need my phone to do that if I have my laptop with me, unless I'm missing something of real importance I don't get it.
Once you move a product well beyond practicality it becomes usless.
This is the single most reason why I have yet to be tempted by all the razzle dazzle offerings of the droid/android phones.
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The only thing proven to be an iPhone killer is the iPhone +1, ie. the new version that comes out every year. Even then, it might be safer to say the iPhone +2 because they sell the old model on the cheap for an extra year.
Alternatively, you could argue that iOS updates can deliver the final nail in the coffin, as seen in the 4.3 beta that does not support the venerable 3G anymore.
This new Droid phone looks pretty cool and has some decent features, but nothing so amazingly over the top (in a good/practical way!) that it will actually kill such a thoroughly entrenched competitor in the iPhone.
Alternatively, you could argue that iOS updates can deliver the final nail in the coffin, as seen in the 4.3 beta that does not support the venerable 3G anymore.
This new Droid phone looks pretty cool and has some decent features, but nothing so amazingly over the top (in a good/practical way!) that it will actually kill such a thoroughly entrenched competitor in the iPhone.
Yes there indeed is something of importance that you didn't get.
You are not connecting your phone to your laptop. You are connecting it to a dock that transforms the dock itself into a laptop. Basically for a person that only has a desktop and would love to watch films during long flights, this is perfect. Instead of buying a $1200 Macbook Pro, they could instead buy this phone and the dock, and the dock itself functions as a laptop.
I still see "iPhone Killer" and "iPad Killer" in news headlines. Just saw a headline for an article about "iPad Killers from CES" yesterday.
Motorola Atrix Vs. Samsung Focus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZEdxqZt6uw
Overall smoothness and response favors WP7.
Google's Matias Duarte talks Honeycomb, tablets, design, and the future of Android
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcuDQd8SejM
^^ Matias states he arrived at Google AFTER Froyo. His influence on Honeycomb shows in the Xoom.
Introducing the MOTOROLA XOOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7zheLybA-Q
^^ It is why I have no interest in the iPad or iPad 2. Since I already have an iP4, it would be iOS redundancy. For my tablet, I want Honeycomb (Xoom) or QNX (PlayBook). Both look to appear on internet tablets first before cell phones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZEdxqZt6uw
Overall smoothness and response favors WP7.
Google's Matias Duarte talks Honeycomb, tablets, design, and the future of Android
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcuDQd8SejM
^^ Matias states he arrived at Google AFTER Froyo. His influence on Honeycomb shows in the Xoom.
Introducing the MOTOROLA XOOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7zheLybA-Q
^^ It is why I have no interest in the iPad or iPad 2. Since I already have an iP4, it would be iOS redundancy. For my tablet, I want Honeycomb (Xoom) or QNX (PlayBook). Both look to appear on internet tablets first before cell phones.
Ok, I'll give you that Apple (specifically Steve Jobs) does sometimes overuse the word 'revolutionary' but some of the products you mention above were/are truly revolutionary. Revolutionary simply means "characterized by...a sudden, complete, or marked change" or "outside or beyond established procedure, principles, etc." (via dictionary.com)
Of the products you mentioned, it's undeniable that the iPod, iPhone, iPad, and Multi-touch in general are 'revolutionary' under the dictionary description. It could also be argued that Garage Band, the magic mouse, the iTunes store, the App Store, OSX Tiger, and Final Cut Pro are also 'revolutionary'.
+1. This is the exact point that I made in my first post. "iPhone/iPod killer" is an objective measure, while your personal opinion of which may be a better, more useful, or more revolutionary phone is the subjective measurement.
well for you maybe.
For me I am really glad that it is going to AT&T because it is a really nice android phone I can get in may as when I replaced my phone in 09 AT&T did not have ANY android phones on their network at the time and did not get their first good one until summer of 2010.
I'm sorry but is it has moto blur I see it as a fail. I prefer the stock android. But oh well enjoy your android phone the becomes obsolete two days later
I have heard that the near version of Moto blur (or as others call it Phil blur) it is really not that bad.I'm sorry but is it has moto blur I see it as a fail. I prefer the stock android. But oh well enjoy your android phone the becomes obsolete two days later
That being said I more than likely would root the phone and dump it any how for something like the cyanogen mod.
Idiot design. The phone should plug into the "laptop" in a way that the sum total looks like a laptop, not a laptop with some crap sticking out the back.
Should plug in to the right or left of the trackpad so it full integrates. Lazy engineering on Motorola's part. Part of the point of a laptop is to be able to walk around with it, not mind the damn phone sticking awkwardly out the back.
Amazing how inept Apple's competitors continue to be in design.
Otherwise interesting concept, though I'd take an iPad over it any day.
What I don't want is redundant functionality - which if you DO have a use for both a phone and a tablet then why do you think an iPhone + iPad is redundant?
Should plug in to the right or left of the trackpad so it full integrates. Lazy engineering on Motorola's part. Part of the point of a laptop is to be able to walk around with it, not mind the damn phone sticking awkwardly out the back.
Amazing how inept Apple's competitors continue to be in design.
Otherwise interesting concept, though I'd take an iPad over it any day.
I'll suffer redundancy for consistency any day.
What I don't want is redundant functionality - which if you DO have a use for both a phone and a tablet then why do you think an iPhone + iPad is redundant?
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I'm not going to enter into the argument as to whether or not this phone is an iPhone killer.
What I do think is that this is likely to be the way that personal computing goes in the near term future until cloud computing really kicks in, in the medium term.
Users will carry their personal computer with them in the form of a phone with all their essential software/files then when at home/work they'd dock it with either a desktop setup/laptop setup/TV/projector/etc with additional storage/screen-space/media drives.
The phone would simply become the motherboard to your personal computing life.
What I do think is that this is likely to be the way that personal computing goes in the near term future until cloud computing really kicks in, in the medium term.
Users will carry their personal computer with them in the form of a phone with all their essential software/files then when at home/work they'd dock it with either a desktop setup/laptop setup/TV/projector/etc with additional storage/screen-space/media drives.
The phone would simply become the motherboard to your personal computing life.
It's human nature. Same case with World of Warcraft. Oh look! This upcoming flashy MMORPG will be THE WoW killer!
We all know how that turns out.
Have you played DC Universe Online. It just came out a few days ago and it's absolutely amazing. IMHO (and according to others as well), the game is vastly superior to WoW and far more fun in almost every aspect.
Engadget is already reporting that the next iPhone does have a dual core A9 processor, and an updated GPU. I think 1gb of ram and AMOLED is also probable. Are you ready to eat your words yet?