John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:45:20 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>iPhone Buzz Reaches to Microsoft's Back Yard
>>
>>| Adrian, who asked that his last name not be used, was among the
>>| Microsoft employees standing in line at an Apple Store. Though he
>>| wouldn't point them out, he said that two other Microsofties from
>>| the Windows Mobile division were in line, planning to buy phones
>>| for competitive research.
>
> We need another proprietary cell phone just like we need a plaque of
> locusts. Excuse me, but I'll wait and see how the Neo1973 turns out.
>
And yet the world disagrees:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6250192.stm
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| Charles Dunstone, chief executive of Europe's largest phone retailer
| Carphone Warehouse, has already played with the iPhone - and is anxious
| to reassure Apple that it would look great in his stores: "It's
| beautifully designed, it feels fantastic, it's wonderful to touch.
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and just for that loony Maverick:
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| "It's not as advanced as some of the phones here - but what you do know
| is that it will work beautifully, it will be a total solution," he said.
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Apple don't release alpha products and hope a bunch of beards will fix
it. It's why they make money.
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