To the extent that I can discern whatever it is you mean, I disagree with you.
My impression has been that the majority of MR users responded to the claims that Ballmer made. For example, some responded to his claim that the iPhone is, or will be, the most expensive phone on the market. Others responded to his claim that it will not appeal to business customers because it lacks a keyboard. Others responded to his claims about Zune’s market share.
This all seems like a fair and mature discussion to me.
What’s strange is that, as best I can recall, Ballmer did not remind us that the iPhone lacks important features, which you suggest is a fact. And it seems like almost nobody responded, or attempted to refute, that point, probably because it wasn’t made. In any case, it seems MR regulars would know just as much as anyone about the limitations of the iPhone, which they’ve discussed in post after post.
I’m also not sure what you mean when you say “because is cool completely disregarding its abilitys.” If you intended to criticize MR users I think you meant to say because you think the iPhone is cool you disregard its lack of features or functionality. But even if you’d said that it wouldn’t seem true. The majority of posts that I’ve read on MR are of those who are simultaneously aware of its coolness, who know as well as anyone else about its limitations, and who are assessing whether they would like to have one, all things considered, for the price.
I also don’t think it’s fair to point to a single feature that your SLVR has that the iPhone won't. I’m sure there is functionality that the iPhone will have that your SLVR doesn’t.
I’m also not sure that Apple (whom you call they) said that it’s all in one. My impression from their marketing was that it’s three devices in one: a widescreen iPod, a revolutionary phone, and a breakthrough Internet device.
I also feel that you don’t get it when you demand that Apple give you a phone with all of the features on the market. Do you really feel it's possible, from a hardware standpoint, to make such a device? And who is it that defines what all of these features are? And why would you want all of them in one device if it made the device overly complicated? And would such a device actually make any sense in terms of something that’s being sold? If there are no other devices that have the functionality the iPhone will have as we know of it now, why should Apple go further to make one that has everything? What if everything, in their estimates, means too much cost in production for not enough demand? Sounds like something a profit making enterprise would not want to make.
I’ve generally had no interest in criticizing other’s for the esthetics of their posts. I’ve assumed that my posts are no better than any one else’s in that way. After all, MR seems like a rather casual discussion, like we were all just talking to each other in person. But your posts repeatedly possess an overall level of shabbiness that is greater than those of most other users. It’s as if you couldn’t be bothered to check anything you say for spelling and grammar.
Without being anymore punctilious and inflammatory than I already have, here are a few examples: fragment “My conclusion after reading this post.”; spelling “tha timportant” “christ sake” “claimn” “desploys” “abilitys” “O.k” “price their asking for” “t other cell phone” “why dont they reinvent”; capitalization “the lack of 3rd party” “if i pay premium i want” “only device i need” “whatever happened.” You get the idea and I haven’t begun hightling the points at which your saying things differently would have made it easier for anyone reading them to know what it is you wanted them to know.
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