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O2 Xda Atom Exec Review
An anonymous reader writes "CNET has posted a full review of the new O2 Xda Atom Exec smartphone device. They were very impressed with the handheld, giving it their 'Editor's Choice' award. From the article: 'On its own, the Exec is a highly impressive, push e-mail enabled smart phone, but if you already own the first Atom, its upgrade worthiness is questionable.'"
I don't understand how they missed this.
Sixth Cunt!
I've got to get one of these. It can store data in ROM! Windows Mobile must be pure magic...
I know. My mistake. I actually read the article. I'm sorry....
CNet isn't a partial review website, they are corporate puppets that will hand out "editor's choice" to any product in which they have received a large enough cash donation (i.e. bribe). Their reviewers are completely off the mark most of the times which suggests that they are writing against their own personal feelings about the product, instead trying to cater to what the cNet management wants them to write. They are so inconsistent in how they review products, like they will say one laptop is too expensive, but then claim another laptop with the same features and being more expensive as being a better value (i.e. the other laptop makers just paid them more money).
CNet is a glorified advertising website, promoting products whenever they get enough investment from corporations looking to inflate the buzz about their products. Their "reviews" are anything but neutral and independent of bias. I stopped reading CNet as a source of reviews and information long ago, and I tire when they are used as a source for reviews.
The C stands for crap, there are much better and more partial review websites out their like Anandtech and Tom's Hardware, etc, which are not afraid of telling you like it is because they are not taking corporate bribes to lie about their products, which is how CNet claims that something is an incremental upgrade, over priced, yet claims it is an editors top pick!