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Motorola's Droid Comes in Peace - For Now

Carl is a marketeer. The advice to Apple, not to underestimate future revisions of Android phone is good advice. The paid for hype surrounding the Android launch cannot compare with the unpaid 180+/- days of unceasing blasts of coverage that Apple secured for the iPhone simply by pre-announcing it six months before release .... and then keeping silent till launch day. The tension, caused by the lack of further hard info, led to manic levels of discussion, speculation and press coverage. That is why there were, and remain, thousands who will queue for the iPhone. It is the mystery factor stupid. It's the 'I gotta have it' craze.
Of course, it helps that Apple has a superb pedigree and an unmatched reputation for quality, support and user-centricity.
btw
Welcome back Carl. You are the chief reason for my visiting SA.
Please do consider a regular personal blog. You will gather a following.

Don't Close the Line on Nokia Just Yet

Err. I am an outright Apple fanboy since 1978 and I don't live in the USA thanks.
Nokia is a great company in its way but how can you compare Symbian with OSX when Nokia beds with others eg first with Linux and now MS?
If they want to thrive in the future, and to be sure the market is large enough to support more than one winner, they have got to understand that what used to be good enough (pre iPhone) just won't cut it in the future. Their problem is similar to the dilemma that MS faces. IT will take the best part of a decade for any player to catch up with OS X and where will the Apple ecosystem be by that time. 7 years ago there was no iPod. A year + ago there was no iPhone. Whither next in the years to come?