Nokia Exec: Young People Fed Up With iPhone and Android 532
jfruhlinger writes "Nokia's Windows Phones haven't hit the U.S., but at least one company executive thinks they'll be a slam dunk, since young people have soured on the iPhone and find Android baffling. Of course, much of the Internet commentariat found his remarks even more baffling. Is he right, is he delusional, or is he just trying to build buzz for his company's products the best he can?"
State Of Mind (Score:5, Funny)
It's Nokia, so I'll take delusional for $2000, Alex.
And Another Thing ... (Score:5, Funny)
Right now, it is so confusing to the customer. Where is the softly assuring BEEEEEEP WAHUNG WAHUNG SCSSHHHHHHHHH white noise after connecting that lets you know that you are receiving 56k service?
If you (Score:5, Funny)
want your kid to be beaten up by the school bully, then give him a nokia windows mobile 7 phone.
Re:Nobody does that because everyone does that (Score:5, Funny)
"Nobody goes there any more, it's too crowded." -Yogi Berra
I agree! (Score:5, Funny)
I showed my Android phone to my 2 year old and within minutes she was fed up. To her, all those icons and such were baffling. But then I showed her a windows 7 phone and she ate it up! It spent far more time in her mouth than any other phone in the house!
Re:As a certified "young person"... (Score:4, Funny)
They would have complained but they couldn't figure out how to post using their droid ;-)
Re:WP7 sales suck everywhere. (Score:4, Funny)
"I'm only waiting to see how the iPhone 5 changes things."
Then you don't have to worry, I am sure it will change everything.
Snorting fumes in the fab (Score:4, Funny)
I think this guy's be hanging out in a wafer fab snorting fumes.
Re:And Another Thing ... (Score:5, Funny)
Register domain 56Kb.it.
Implement a basic URL-shortner/social-media-linking-crap mechanism.
When somebody clicks on a 56Kb.it shortened link, it redirects them to a fairly standard framed-web-proxy-page arrangement; but with an (HTML5, of course) audio widget that plays the dialup noise, and deliberate bandwidth throttling of the framed page to a bitrate chosen randomly from the historically plausible performance of a '56k' dialup line.
It's pointless, wasteful, adds an extra point of failure, and is really a pretty stupid gimmick. Should be all over the social networks within hours.
Re:Nobody does that because everyone does that (Score:5, Funny)
My mom has had sex. They sell Sex For Dummies [dummies.com] books. Those two criteria right there are reason enough to never have sex.
Re:Nobody does that because everyone does that (Score:5, Funny)
My mom has had sex. They sell Sex For Dummies [dummies.com] books. Those two criteria right there are reason enough to never have sex.
Dude, that's a horrible mental image - it's bad enough knowing that *my* mom had sex, but your mom did too!? That's disgusting!
Re:Are you seriously suggesting... (Score:5, Funny)
Think of it like this: Android phones don't run Ubuntu.
Indeed. It's easy to tell the difference because only one of these platforms defaults to a dumbed-down smartphone GUI. And the other is sponsored by Google.
Re:As a certified "young person"... (Score:4, Funny)
They did try - they sent you a text message, but it went to the wrong person.
Re:I agree! (Score:5, Funny)
Well said.
His post was clearly serious.
Obviously, he needed your guidance
Once again, thank you.
Sincerely,
Herbert.
Re:Nobody does that because everyone does that (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe they had sex with each other. Back when they were hot.
Survey says... (Score:5, Funny)
Some Creepy old guy walks up to a group of kids.
Creepy old guy looks at kid using his iPhone
Creepy old guy: Can you play xbox with your iPhone?
Kid with iPhone: No
Creepy old guy looks at kid using his Android.
Creepy old guy: Can you play xbox with your Android?
Kid with Android: I don't think so.
Headline: Young People soured on the iPhone and find the Android baffling.
Re:Nobody does that because everyone does that (Score:5, Funny)
I've noticed this too. People parrot the same lines and maintain orthodoxy with a fairly uniform set of viewpoints. Frickin sheep.
Re:Nobody does that because everyone does that (Score:4, Funny)
That seems like a redundant title for a book to have...
From my vantage point.... (Score:4, Funny)
From my vantage point they're probably still hot! :D
Re:Nobody does that because everyone does that (Score:4, Funny)
To entertain small children?