i like 2d barcodes in the physical world to link you to the internet
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How Apple got me to want an iPhone
I was thinking this morning about why I wanted an iPhone. It’s a step backwards from my “Nokia N80:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N80 but I still wanted one. I came up with two reasons.
1. Apple has done very little exposure of the fact that this is the coolest video iPod ever. Touch screen, 3.5” widescreen display, coverflow. If it had no phone features I would be ordering one. In this way they have managed the conversation around the bad parts like AT&T coverage and EDGE speed. So they managed my expectations and kept me subliminally hooked with the stuff you “forgot” about it, and you only forgot because they did not market that part.
2. I was then thinking about a post I can’t find now titled something like “Would your users stand in line for your products”. How about thinking of the flip side of that exact question, how could you create a line for your product? Maybe not take any preorders, release it after the work day ended on a Friday before a vacation week. Apple is good at so many facets.
My friend Donald already brick-ed his 4G iPhone! While syncing a lot of music and contacts it just locked up, he tried reloading it from iTunes twice but it still won’t boot up past the beautiful apple logo. He is on his way back to the store where I am sure they will swap it out. Oh and Dave had one that did not work with his wifi router which promoted the response “my router stinks” if your [INSERT OS HERE] phone had a 700MB Operating System and did not work with your preexisting network you think the manufacture could ever get you to blame your own hardware (even if it did stink)? Oh don’t worry I do think I am going to take a trip to Salem to pick one up.
Oh one sobering note, it is a odd time we live in to think while the country is at war people can line up outside of stores to buy a $600 gadget. Very strange.
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