Say what you will, but sales numbers don't always mean a superior product.
In this particular market, they're also a barometer of whether a product is good enough to compete, or sputter and die. Very often there is no middle ground.
Tell RIM and HP your "sales numbers don't always mean a superior product" line. I'm sure they'll find comfort in it.
This particular segment of the market isn't the traditional computer segment. We're not talking about Macs vs. PCs here. It's an entirely different ballgame with different rules.
The iPad currently has the perception of being The Tablet to get.
It's well-earned. It's that way by design.
And it's a great tablet, but it's not the only great tablet. It's true OEMs like Samsung that have the ability to change perception. And they're really out there trying to prove it.
Well they can certainly *try.* No harm in that. Unless you don't really know what you're doing and your "trying" is a complete waste of time to begin with.
If you're looking to give Samsung points over the sheer fact that they're putting *something* out there, then I guess they're due that. Though it's a pretty weak reason.
I respect a company that fights hard for my money by throwing everything out there. 7.7, 8.9, and 10.1;
Again, you can respect them, but if it's a subpar or weak effort (or worse, a desperate effort to remain relevant), all the respect in the world you give them for fighting for your dollar ends up being worthless for them, and more importantly (from the consumer's perspective) worthless to
you. Trying is just not enough.
it's great to have all that choice.
Alright. But choices between what? Out of the frying pan and into the fire? Like the choice between a 7-inch, 8-inch and 10-inch Playbook, for example? Same lousy device, just different sizes of lousy.
Choice doesn't matter when it's a deficient, flawed, or uncompetitive device to begin with. It doesn't do anyone much good. The term for that is "choiceless choices." The notion of choice rendered moot when the product is lacking to begin with.
And now Samsung are even trying to bring back the stylus with the Galaxy Note. Even when the Dell Streak 5 failed, Samsung still brings out the Galaxy Note and its 5.3 inch SuperAmoled HD display.
Or aping bad choices made by someone else.
Hopefully Apple can stop the litigations and start with the innovation.
Start? When did they end it? All Apple does is innovate. And of course,
protect that innovation. Something which others don't quite have the guts (or the case) to do, but which Apple for some mysterious reason happens to make quite a bit of headway with.
Maybe it's the competition that just needs to step up their game. why can't they pull off a June 2007 or a January 2010? Why do all the market sea-changes have to be started by Apple? It coulda been some other CEO of some other company doing that landmark keynote in June 2007 or January 2010. But no. It was Apple's Steve Jobs.
They've already had the Dutch court rule against them on 9 out of the 10 patents. Proving the Galaxy devices ARE NOT COPIES of the idevices.
If everything was fine and dandy with Samsung there wouldn't be any delays. They keep having to hand over their stuff to Apple. That isn't normal.
So time to move on and start offering more options. Bring out more devices so you can start competing with making a real ecosystem like Samsung and their full depth of products.
What depth?
One solid device, done right. All you need.
"Real ecosystem"? I know of none more solid and deep than Apple's. Interesting how the competition is not able to come up with one device - a single device - in either smartphone segment or the tablet segment that is an iPhone-Killer or an iPad-Killer. What's up with that? Why the need to offer all manner of sizes and at all price points? Apple doesn't do any of this and they are either the gold standard in the segment or have majority share, or both.
If you can't respect a company that will do as much as Samsung does to get your purchase, then.....oh well.
A company's efforts are meaningless if they result in false starts, mediocrity and half-measures. They get my respect (as they should yours) when they get it right and offer a superior user experience.
Looks like Apple's rivals still have a way to go. "Trying hard" aint gonna cut it.
