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Apple vs. Microsoft: a Tale of Two Mobile Updates
snydeq writes "The latest mobile updates from Apple and Microsoft provide a stark contrast, one emblematic of the differences between the two companies, InfoWorld's Ted Samson writes. Militantly on time, Apple's iOS 4.3 update offers significant new functionality, total disregard for what Apple considers outdated systems, and mandated silencing of user complaints. Microsoft, meanwhile, has finally managed to push out an alleged February update to a subset of users, along with a lamentation about having to deal with handset and carrier fragmentation."
It's easy to explain.
A person spends 600 dollars on a phone worth 200, to be cool, as the phone has a carefully crafted 'cool' image.
Being cool, however, requires never showing that you're consciously trying to be cool. That's lame.
Thus, that person now has to justify that extra 400 dollars. So he attacks other phones from any angle he can, hoping he can nickel and dime his way into another 400 bucks of 'added value'.
There are *a lot* of such persons frequenting this website.