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Dvorak Says gPhone is Doomed
drewmoney writes "Speaking with his usual frustrated crankiness John Dvorak rants his way through an article explaining why the gPhone will never work. 'First of all, it wants to put Google search on a phone. It wants to do this because it is obvious to the folks at Google that people need to do Web searches from their phone, so they can, uh, get directions to the restaurant? Of course, they can simply use the phone itself to call the restaurant and ask! I've actually used various phones with Web capability. They never work right. They take forever to navigate. It's hard to read the screens ... I also hope that people note the fact that the public has not been flocking to smartphones of any sort.' "
Dvorak's Law: If John C. Dvorak makes a prediction, expect the complete opposite.
"...today consumers have been conditioned to think of beer when they see a bullfrog..."
Dvorak has an atrocious, mind-boggling track record with regard to prediction. I wasn't sure about the gPhone platform, but now that I know Dvorak is against it I know it will meet some success.