[Osx-nutters] iPhone conquers

[David Cake]

At 8:34 AM -0800 18/12/07, Henry McGilton wrote:
>On Dec 18, 2007, at 6:13 AM, guy hammond wrote:
>
>>  Quoting Matt Johnston <pelorus at mac.com>:
>>
>>>  Hey Patrick,
>>>
>>>  You think Guy was trolling there?
>>
>>
>>  Just pointing out you've gotta compare like with like. The kind of 
>>  person who buys a WinCE device to run Pocket
>>  Excel isn't even going to look at an iPhone.
>>
>>  I mean, you might as well say there are more Segways than Ferraris 
>>  in the US*, sure they're both vehicles, but the
>>  statistic is still meaningless.
>>
>>  Cheers,
>>
>>  G
>>
>>  * I have no idea if that's actually true or not.
>
>
>  From casual observations (I know, anecdotes are not data)
>here in Silicon Valley, Ferraris are in the majority by at
>least a factor of five . . .

	Not sure.
	I was once on a mailing list for the TiBooks, and Woz 
happened to be on the list. One conversation got off topic on to 
cellphones, and Woz started talking about how everyone he knew had a 
RAZR even though they sucked because they looked the best, and 
bluetooth quality was an important feature for him, because he 
sometimes had to take board meeting conference calls while playing 
Segway polo with his friends. A unique insight into the truly rich 
and geeky.
	So, maybe you just aren't in the right segway polo clubs.

	Segways are awesome, I'd own one if they cost about 20% of 
their actual price. The wife and I went on a tourist segway tour of 
Paris, and it was great. Also, you didn't stand out so much as a 
gawking tourist when the Parisians are gawking at your segway. The 
best was the guy that watched us go past, and then said (in a very 
strong french accent) "thet is great. Walking ees fucking sheet".