iPhone syndrome

[andy]

I recently saw an article about it which contains some prize quotes

Apple iPhone users could be suffering a form of Stockholm Syndrome, according to telecoms consultant Strand Consult.

A report by the company said iPhone users’ loyalty to the device, despite its shortcomings, is akin to that shown by hostages towards their captors – a term dubbed ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ by psychologists



John Strand, head of Strand Consult, said: ‘iPhone customers are so loyal that I don’t think there is another product or manufacturer that has such loyal customers as Apple – apart from maybe the local drug dealer.’

His report prompted hundreds of emails, many from outraged iPhone users, defending the device, ‘which again proves my point’, Strand said.



• The first iPhone was not a 3G phone: ‘What do you need 3G for? You can easily use the iPhone without using a 3G network and anyway, 3G is not particularly widespread so this is not a problem.’

• The iPhone is a low technology phone packaged in a sleek design: ‘Apple has taken the combination of the design and user interface to the next level; therefore the technological specifications don’t really matter.’



Happy Christmas, whether you have or want an iPhone or not

[petkow]

So true!! I once heard someone tell a bragging iPhone owner:
"Remember you only own one... you didn't invent it!"

[dg7feq]

lol. its amazing how much people spend for "Apps" that do things that are factory default for many cheap nokia or other brands cellphones or which can be downloaded as opensource/freeware....

[andy]

Traffic reports for the wrong country? There's an iPhone app for that ? The Register

It's central London and it's time to go home. So you just fire up Navigon MobileNavigator before you go, to check Traffic Live for potential bottlenecks. Hmm, looks like there's congestion around the port of Dunkerque, so we'd best rule out that short cut to Hackney via Dover and Lille.
[...]

This, presumably, is an unexpected feature of Navigon's registration process, triggered by an unusual - but not impossible - set of circumstances.

- which he goes on to explain

[PhotoJim]

I like my iPhone. I need to get it unlocked so that I can use it in San Diego in February without going broke, but I find it to be indispensible. It's changed how I use a cell phone.

I had a Treo 680 before, so I wasn't exactly in the stone age with phones.

Rogers (my provider) allows iPhone tethering, though, so that is one thing that makes using the iPhone here a lot more pleasant than it would be in the US.

[inquisitor]

As someone, who considers Apple products as overpriced, trendy, and overall gay accessories, I had to guffaw when reading the - completley true - article about the Stockholm Syndrome. Actually now that I understand the unfortunate psychologial phenomenon behind iphone owners' euphoric, childish behaviour when they demonstrate it publicly to their fellows, the embarrassment I felt for them now turned into pity.
But now I have to pay the wages of sin for my laughter, since I got an ipod nano for Christmas
Actually it's not that bad - when you shake it, it starts playing a random track and when you strike it with a hammer, it mutes. Unfortunately I haven't found out how to unmute it. Any hints?

[andy]

An insurer reveals that iPhone damage claims rise about 50% when a new model comes out, and they consider about 40% of the claims suspicious, due to the owners deliberately destroying the phone to get an upgrade as they can't stand not having the latest model

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Bus...01002215548757

[djmonsi]

Iphon for social amateurs, blackberry for professional laggards for geeks its always nokia YouTube - Nokia Morph Concept (long)

[Stu]

It sounds like Microsoft may have gotten Windows Mobile 7 right in Barcelona today. As anyone seen a good review of Symbian 3.0?

[Sophia]

A report by the company said iPhone users’ loyalty to the device, despite its shortcomings, is akin to that shown by hostages towards their captors – a term dubbed ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ by psychologists

Haha so true! In a forum somebody recently said "multitasking is sooooo 1980's, it is stupid and confusing, Apple is soooo good to finally get rid of that, blah blah blablabla" (defend brag more silly reasoning)

It took one reply to point out that in the 1980's, multitasking had not even been INVENTED yet on our old DOS clunkers, and Windows was still an object that allowed you to look from inside your house towards the outside (and the other way around but that is generally considered rude)