[Swordmaker]

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[dennisw]

He was making a point about how Apple’s biggest secrets to success lie in the company’s ability to simply deliver the best customer experience of any corporation on the planet.

"Best customer experience of any corporation" ---  What heady BS talk. A few decades ago a guy would have been embarrassed to talk like that. You simply bought something and if you liked it, you liked it. A guy might have gotten effusive about his new Corvette but he would never have said, "Chevy gave me the best customer experience on the planet"

I am making a comment about the denegation of the English language

[Salo]

I have an android, and I love it. I set up a friend’s iPhone (and I use both macs and windows pcs at home and work) and I was very impressed.

Instead of saying Android hurts Google, I would make a case that AT+T kills Apple. My droid uses Verizon and it’s great - I have access to everything Google at good speed with no disconnections. If anything, the Droid/Verizon makes Google look good.

My iPhone friends all hate AT+T because of the poor 3g access and constant disconnections, but love the phone.

Best of both worlds would be an iPhone on Verizon’s network, but Verizon seems to have thrown its lot in with Google.

[TheBattman]

My Step-Father contacted me a few days ago, with a list of questions - basically, “will the iPhone do this?”. The list was pretty extensive, and several of the items on the list, I don’t have experience with (though a subsequent investigation showed that, yes - though some require apps). He had made the decision to step up to a smartphone and had narrowed the search down to:

Apple iPhone
or
Samsung Captivate (Android-based)

He finally decided on the Samsung. I am anxious for the opportunity to compare side-by-side. I handled a Captivate at the AT&T store while waiting for my iPhone 4 this past Saturday. Nice screen, nice size, and the phone was very responsive-— BUT -—My biggest concern - all plastic - and the screen material - if I didn’t know any better, I would say it will catch scratches like a tomcat’s favorite clawing post...

Should be interesting. So far, I am happy with my iPhone 4.