waning interest in a product that failed to meet the demands

Waning interest in a product that failed to meet the demands in quality, availability and expectations. Apple used to be number 1 or 2 on the list.

Is this the sign of the community showing that not meeting the expectations and failing to supply the actual phones is not the way to go?

Traps of traditional logic & dialectics

Formal logic forms the framework by which we divide up the world into entities. It gives us the ability to classify and to use the resultant concepts appropriately for survival. At the same time it contributes to our forgetting that change over time makes our words and thoughts, our concepts and classifications, out of date and hence frequently in error. Dialectics focuses our attention on change but tends to pay attention primarily to the aspects of quantity, conflict, and force in the change process, forgetting that in many situations that it is not differences in quantity that produce differences in quality; and forgetting that the use of force, even in conflict situations, does not always produce the desired result.

Irrespective of how we react to failure, it occurs to most of us, when we meet it, to lament the weakness in our problem-solving armory. Almost inevitably, we find ourselves wondering if anything can be done to strengthen the problem solving methods at our disposal. And, whether we realize it or not, this is tantamount to wondering whether anything can be done to identify and remove errors in our thinking. The message of this article is that if error is at the root of all our problems, then it is high time that theorists started looking at the nature and genesis of error more carefully. They might even discover that, in the final analysis, the problem of error is the only problem there is.

The analysis of traps should lead us to review the question of what to expect from our conceptualization of any situation.

There is perhaps an ultimate underlying trap in the belief that our verbal models are ever precise, accurate, or general at the same time. Perhaps our common belief could be called the Words Describe Reality Trap or the Words Can Do It Trap.

It might be better to say that we move in a verbal world of more or less error. In an important sense, we almost always have at least one foot in one or more of the traps. Perhaps the best we can do is to work together to help each other to experience moments of less error.

http://www.stanford.edu/~rhorn/a/topic/phil/artclTrapsOfFormalLogic.html

Apple back then and Crapple now

Under the rule of Steve Jobs Apple meant quality. Now it means scratched phones out of the box. Philip Schiller, Apple head of Marketing in Sept 2012 comments the iPhone 5 scratches, says they are normal. 

http://blog.gsmarena.com/apple-head-of-marketing-comments-the-iphone-5-scratches/

Philip Schiller on visible silvery aluminium scratch matks on the back of black out of the box iPhone 5

Any aluminum product may scratch or chip with use, exposing its natural silver color. That is normal.

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-01-22/tech/30652107_1_foxconn-iphones-apple-executives

Steve Jobs after carrying iPhone and keys in the same pocket

People would carry their phones in their pockets, Steve said. They would also carry other things in their pockets--like keys. And those things would scratch the screen.And then, with Apple just about to ramp up iPhone production, Steve demanded that the iPhone's screen be replaced with unscratchable glass.
“I want a glass screen," Steve is quoted as saying. "And I want it perfect in six weeks.”

Could nokia make a comeback with windows phone by learning from Android's mistakes

Could nokia make a comeback with windows phone by learning from Android's mistakes? One has to wonder.
As much as I love the idea of good quality beautiful developing and all that free operating system that was supposed to be Android OS by Google, I have to say I see the wisdom in the following words (copy paste):

Windows Phone is better than Android. WinPho is monolithic, there are no clear issues with branching or hardware compatibility (today’s news notwithstanding), and WinPho’s UI familiarity will soon be bolstered by millions of Windows 8 installs around the world. Android is great if you’re a small manufacturer and you just want to dump a stack onto what would have once been called a feature phone. Windows Phone is great if you want the largesse, the popularity, and the trustworthiness of Microsoft behind your product.

So ignore Nokia at your peril. Their strategy is just right at just the right time. Remember: nobody ever got fired for installing Microsoft. Not even Stephen Elop.

I must admitt that I tested Windows 7 phone Samsung Omnia 7 about a year ago. The general idea was "lets see how this shit sucks so I can say I tested it and I am qualified to mock it". My plan failed miserably. The phone was good. The UI was fast. The battery lasted longer than on iPhone or Android. The user interface was easy to get used to. The integration with GOOGLE (contacts, calendar and e-mail) was flawless (and the calendar and upcoming events better than on Android. The facebook integration was good enough for me and it managed to connect the profiles that where not connected already. It did no mess to my entries (suggested some merges but that was OK) and it did not upload phone numbers to facebook like some other did. It has excel and word on it... and it worked better than google office on android or google office on iPhone. I loved the phone. It made me stick to Blackberry and wait before making a switch, to see how things go on.

I like (the list consists of things that come to mind and is not all inclusive):
- that there is only "one" iPhone
- that iOS has nice quality assurance when apps are submitted and that UI is consistent
- that the phone looks nice (even if the glass shit gets cracked as soon as it drops)
- that windows phone is so fast and it integrates with google and sharing is simple for example images and video s are easy to share in compare with android or ios
- the idea behind android
- the fact that apple only has one or two devices you really need to test on to get a good and reliable test

I hate (the list consists of things that come to mind and is not all inclusive):
- the quality of android apps (you never know if the app will drain your battery or be extremely crappy and buggy)
- the lack of apps for windows phone
- the limitations and lack of customizations on iPhone
- the fragmentation of android and the fact that there are cheap android phones that shame the name as they don't have the hardware to support the software and that leads to poor user experience
- the fact that it is harder to write for android and likely soon for windows phone due to fragmentation (screen sizes, hardware capability, hardware functions and quality... just think on gps and focusing on camera...)

http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/19/nokia-may-be-down-but-theyre-not-out/

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