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Dave Jansen » Buy & Sell http://davejansen.com Life. Or something. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:08:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 My new record player. http://davejansen.com/articles/my-new-record-player/ http://davejansen.com/articles/my-new-record-player/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:24:11 +0000 Dave http://davejansen.com/?p=7199 ]]> http://davejansen.com/articles/my-new-record-player/feed/ 0 While Samsung and LG gently weep. http://davejansen.com/articles/while-samsung-and-lg-gently-weep/ http://davejansen.com/articles/while-samsung-and-lg-gently-weep/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:38:13 +0000 Dave http://davejansen.com/?p=12

And so, here we are. Three years in since the birth of Uncle Steve's Jesus Phone, world's most technologically advanced country (short of Japan, I guess) can now finally enjoy the wond'rous phone. After months of it's coming soon now!, it kind of feels a bit too little too late for me, but I'm glad to see the phone here. At first I wasn't sure how well it would go over here, but with over 60.000 iPhones pre-ordered in the first weekend, I'm guessing it'll do just fine. But I digress. I was reading an article on Engadget, and was both amused and shocked by the responses people left on Samsung's new amazing new Omnia II. I was fortunate enough to be able to gently stroke one myself, and must say that I wholeheartedly agree with what most people say. This thing is beyond horrible. Mostly because of that near-ancient Windows Mobile 6.5 it's running on, but I can't say I'm enjoying the not-all-that-touch-sensitive touchscreen, but perhaps I'm too spoiled with, you know, an actually working touch screen. The screen itself is very crisp, I have to admit that. Apparently it boasts an AMOLED display, which might explain how awesome it looks. I think it would be a delight to watch HD(-ish) videos on that puppy. Now, onto the juicy stuff, quotes from a few commenters on the aforementioned Engadget post;

I played with this at a local Bell store up here in Toronto and I was not impressed...the UI was neither intuitive nor responsive.

Honestly this thing is an experimentation in how many bad UI's and and OS's you can combine.

I feel bad for all the people waiting for this phone thinking it's gonna be good.

The sad thing is that someone will buy this.

I would have trouble signing up for a 2 year contract for such ancient hardware, no matter how they tried to polish it by hiding the WM interface and giving it such a gorgeous looking screen.

resistive, slow response, real old technology nowdays. crappy. peroid.

Meh, would have been really nice... 2 years ago.

And also, on a more personal note to the guy making the Engadget hands-on review; How hard is it to control that freaking camera? Turn that auto-focus off next time, pretty please. Tanks. So, how well will the iPhone do in Korea? Pretty well, I'd say. Competition is near non-existent right now, but I really do hope Samsung, LG, and even the Japanese brands that have been floating around here for ages will kick it up a notch (or six) and make some decent competition for the iPhone. It'll take some drastic measures to get these people to change the way they think, though. To wishful thinking!]]> http://davejansen.com/articles/while-samsung-and-lg-gently-weep/feed/ 0 Marketing Geniuses http://davejansen.com/articles/marketing-geniuses/ http://davejansen.com/articles/marketing-geniuses/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:26:52 +0000 Dave http://davejansen.com/?p=9

See that beautiful border-less TV? A beautiful example of how one should never even attempt to sell things. I quote: The LG marketing on this literally showed TVs with no border – the TVs looked like they went from edge to edge. However, that marketing has been swallowed up thus far and it looks like [...]]]>

See that beautiful border-less TV? A beautiful example of how one should never even attempt to sell things. I quote:

The LG marketing on this literally showed TVs with no border – the TVs looked like they went from edge to edge. However, that marketing has been swallowed up thus far and it looks like LG is backing away from the borderless concept, at least when it comes to talking about the TV. A quick search of the LG website shows that the borderless model aren’t being marketed that way anymore.

Take that, customer! Buy our non-existing product that promises so much and delivers nothing like we said! Somewhere, deep down LG's laboratories, the Marketing department is grinning vividly, thinking they've finally outdone the rest. Pulled the biggest lie. Just keep that darn TV off, no-one will notice the borders. Oh those stupid customers. Mehehe. (Via CrunchGear -- Thanks, Miguel)]]> http://davejansen.com/articles/marketing-geniuses/feed/ 0