Apple vs Samsung
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Put another way:
Good (iPhone 3GS) — Better (iPhone 4) — Best (iPhone 4S).
Vs.
You should get this one, it has a nicer screen than this one. But wait, it’s slower. Maybe get this other one. But this one has a keyboard. But I hate keyboards. So get this one, it runs Windows Phone. But maybe I should go Android. Oh, so get this one. Well, but I sort of like the clamshell. Then this is the one you want. But I hate the color. Okay, then this one. Well, I also kind of like this one, but it’s running an older version of Android. So then this is the one you want. The screen is too damn big. Okay, just close your eyes and pick one goddamnit.
Choice sounds great until you have to choose.
(Source: TechCrunch)
Kinect Fruit Ninja and iPad Fruit Ninja (Taken with Instagram at Cristalla)
Yikes… (Taken with Instagram at Cristalla)
Guinness in the Wharton glass :) (Taken with Instagram at Cristalla)
I don’t think I’ve ever gotten an email blast from Twitter before, but it was pretty delightful to see this one drop into my inbox the other day. Not because I think this is an especially compelling piece of marketing collateral (despite the title, the message here is a little confusing), or that it was very well targeted (I don’t currently have an iPhone, which Twitter should probably know based on the mobile apps I use).
It’s just really neat to see Twitter using email as a way to reach people on an infrequent basis and only when it’s really important info to share. If I got a newsletter like this every week or even every month I’d probably unsubscribe or forward to some folder that I never open. But the fact that they don’t overdo it with the communications means that they have my full attention with this announcement. I even clicked through to the CLE, which is something I almost never do, and the ad isn’t even relevant to me.
Keep up the good work, Twitter team.
Apple has updated their “Remembering Steve” page with a scrolling feed of notes from customers around the world expressing their condolences.
Apple’s done an incredibly tasteful job of providing an engaging way to allow customers around the world to engage with them on Steve’s tragic passing. This event has become an opportunity for Apple users to affirm their affinity for the products and the man behind them. Though no one can doubt how genuine this effort is, one can’t ignore the fact that there is real business value being driven here.
Even though I’ve never met Steve, I think he would be proud of the way this is being handled. Apple isn’t trying to do anything other than honor the memory of their founder, one of the greatest innovators in history. And by not trying to do do anything else, they’re doing everything else.
RIP, Steve.
