I would have totally agreed with you ... until over the holidays I met an old friend who looked at my wife's iPhone and noticed the Apple Logo on the back and remarked ... "Oh do Apple make iPhones?"
I hope you made a quick bet with him as to who would win the 2008 election! Then asked to see the fallout shelter where he'd been living. That's some serious deliberate ignorance, given that pretty much every story about the iPhone will also include, somewhere, the word "Apple".
Two years ago, Microsoft spent $400 million dollars in marketing the KIN. The phone was discontinued after 48 days. I am not sure how well this marketing money will convince the public that the WIN7 phones are desirable . I hate to say this, but Microsoft has lost it's cool factor. You just can't buy that. I think the Microsoft name has lost a lot of appeal to consumers. It's going to take a long time to get that changed, as I believe most people associate Microsoft with work, viruses and being very technical. None of which is appealing to most consumers. Other than the Xbox, there isn't anything that Microsoft makes that the consumer perceives as being desirable. IMHO
I thinkMS's biggest issue is Windows Everywhere. Besides Windows for desktop and Windows for smartphones not using the same foundation, unlike Apple's OSes, the name doesn't evoke any good style, security, or usability. But WP7 is excellent... which is why should have used a completely new name to show how much of a change from the old crap they have moved.
I would have totally agreed with you ... until over the holidays I met an old friend who looked at my wife's iPhone and noticed the Apple Logo on the back and remarked ... "Oh do Apple make iPhones?"
Was this old friend over the age of 80? Do they refer to cars as horseless carrages?
Well, since I already knew that only about 1/3 of the 300 million population is actually employed, that was the figure I used. And since we can figure the lumia 800 will likely eventually be sold for a penny anyway, might as well give them away for free now and actually get the product in people's hands. Better than wasting the 100million on a marketing campaign that will bear no fruit.
Just sayin....
But... 100 million times $1000.01 is still more than 100 million!
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I would have totally agreed with you ... until over the holidays I met an old friend who looked at my wife's iPhone and noticed the Apple Logo on the back and remarked ... "Oh do Apple make iPhones?"
I hope you made a quick bet with him as to who would win the 2008 election!
Two years ago, Microsoft spent $400 million dollars in marketing the KIN. The phone was discontinued after 48 days. I am not sure how well this marketing money will convince the public that the WIN7 phones are desirable . I hate to say this, but Microsoft has lost it's cool factor. You just can't buy that. I think the Microsoft name has lost a lot of appeal to consumers. It's going to take a long time to get that changed, as I believe most people associate Microsoft with work, viruses and being very technical. None of which is appealing to most consumers. Other than the Xbox, there isn't anything that Microsoft makes that the consumer perceives as being desirable. IMHO
I thinkMS's biggest issue is Windows Everywhere. Besides Windows for desktop and Windows for smartphones not using the same foundation, unlike Apple's OSes, the name doesn't evoke any good style, security, or usability. But WP7 is excellent... which is why should have used a completely new name to show how much of a change from the old crap they have moved.
I would have totally agreed with you ... until over the holidays I met an old friend who looked at my wife's iPhone and noticed the Apple Logo on the back and remarked ... "Oh do Apple make iPhones?"
Was this old friend over the age of 80? Do they refer to cars as horseless carrages?
Well, since I already knew that only about 1/3 of the 300 million population is actually employed, that was the figure I used. And since we can figure the lumia 800 will likely eventually be sold for a penny anyway, might as well give them away for free now and actually get the product in people's hands. Better than wasting the 100million on a marketing campaign that will bear no fruit.
Just sayin....
But... 100 million times $1000.01 is still more than 100 million!
It's a global marketplace and if you can't be bothered to treat the rest of the world as you treat the US, well then sell your phone to someone else.
The US carriers are idiots. The stupid phone names have nothing to do with Nokia (or HTC/Samsung/LG etc).