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Required reading if your dealing with people who are telling you Android wear is a flop


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Required reading if your dealing with people who are telling you Android wear is a flop

 

Originally shared by Marlon Thompson

 

THIS

 

I was going to write these points in a post but Kevin Tofel  did it so much better than me 

 

https://gigaom.com/2015/02/12/why-android-wear-shipments-arent-surprising-or-disappointing/

https://gigaom.com/2015/02/12/why-android-wear-shipments-arent-surprising-or-disappointing

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Love my Moto 360.

 

I find it funny when guests on TWiT start gushing about how they've heard from their sources that the Apple Watch revolutionises life by letting you just glance at your wrist to get a notification, and Leo Laporte? tells them "you're right, but I've been able to do that with Android Wear for months!" and the guests typically dismiss him because Apple.

 

Shouldn't journalists actually be curious about all (okay, both, or three if you count Pebble) of the major platforms so they can make informed commentary instead of just knee-jerk gushing over what Apple hasn't even shipped yet?

 

Luckily we're in AAA land where the hosts and guests are informed :)

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Journalists especially tech journalists are hardly ever accountable to anyone except tech bloggers because the typical groups that hold mainstream journalists to account ignore these niches unless some big sorry bubbles up like the Foxconn stories. Apple has power over consumers, journalists need access and Apple is quick to close the curtain if these guys get out of line so they consciously or unconsciously perpetuate the reality distortion field. Every other tech company needs the media but the media needs Apple.

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