Comments on: A Reader Buying an iPhone for the Right Reasons http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/03/01/a-reader-buying-an-iphone-for-the-right-reasons/ Articles on game theory and personal finance Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:43:59 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Presh Talwalkar http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/03/01/a-reader-buying-an-iphone-for-the-right-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-1027 Presh Talwalkar Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:41:00 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/03/01/a-reader-buying-an-iphone-for-the-right-reasons/#comment-1027 @Mahesh: Shakespeare was well ahead of his times :) @Mahesh: Shakespeare was well ahead of his times :)

]]> By: Mahesh http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/03/01/a-reader-buying-an-iphone-for-the-right-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 Mahesh Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:49:56 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/03/01/a-reader-buying-an-iphone-for-the-right-reasons/#comment-1026 A snipper from Shakespeare's sonnet CXXV "Have I not seen dwellers on form and favour Lose all and more by paying too much rent?" quoted in the Appendix of "The Intelligent Investor". A snipper from Shakespeare’s sonnet CXXV

“Have I not seen dwellers on form and favour
Lose all and more by paying too much rent?”
quoted in the Appendix of “The Intelligent Investor”.

]]> By: RohoMech http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/03/01/a-reader-buying-an-iphone-for-the-right-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 RohoMech Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:47:37 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/03/01/a-reader-buying-an-iphone-for-the-right-reasons/#comment-1025 @Mike - True, browsing on the 'pods is pretty neat, so yea, I guess its harder to price that feature, especially since the hype would be, you're taking the internet around with you. HD-content is slowly becoming common-place, now that Blu-ray won, you've got a 70-80% chance that any new movie is going to have a high-def version along with the DVD. I'd argue that HD increases the enjoyment of what you're watching much in the same way screen-size / sound-system does: immersion. If you see a movie in a theater, the huge screen and great sound can really pull you into the experience. But those things aren't going to make a bad movie easier to watch. Likewise, even on a small black&white mono TV, something really engaging is still going to pull you in. @Mike – True, browsing on the ‘pods is pretty neat, so yea, I guess its harder to price that feature, especially since the hype would be, you’re taking the internet around with you.

HD-content is slowly becoming common-place, now that Blu-ray won, you’ve got a 70-80% chance that any new movie is going to have a high-def version along with the DVD.

I’d argue that HD increases the enjoyment of what you’re watching much in the same way screen-size / sound-system does: immersion. If you see a movie in a theater, the huge screen and great sound can really pull you into the experience. But those things aren’t going to make a bad movie easier to watch. Likewise, even on a small black&white mono TV, something really engaging is still going to pull you in.

]]> By: Mike http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/03/01/a-reader-buying-an-iphone-for-the-right-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Mike Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:32:02 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/03/01/a-reader-buying-an-iphone-for-the-right-reasons/#comment-1024 Yes, @RohoMech, media devices have been fairly common. However, I haven't seen any portable device with web browsing even approach the usability of the iPhone/Pod. I haven't purchased a HDTV system yet either, @Presh. The decision of whether to buy one of those seem pretty straightforward, since it is just a quality improvement of an existing service, and doesn't provide any thing new to the experience other than crispness. Yes, @RohoMech, media devices have been fairly common. However, I haven’t seen any portable device with web browsing even approach the usability of the iPhone/Pod.

I haven’t purchased a HDTV system yet either, @Presh. The decision of whether to buy one of those seem pretty straightforward, since it is just a quality improvement of an existing service, and doesn’t provide any thing new to the experience other than crispness.

]]> By: RohoMech http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/03/01/a-reader-buying-an-iphone-for-the-right-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 RohoMech Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:53:29 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/03/01/a-reader-buying-an-iphone-for-the-right-reasons/#comment-1023 @Mike - While Apple introduced a device that presents its media functions in a very seamless way, its far from being the first hand-held media device, as Archos, Creative and a few others have been making portable media players for years beforehand, so you could easily compare the ipod touch to them. Granted, that doesn't change the fact that a portable media device is something new to you personally, thus making it hard to personally price it. @Mike – While Apple introduced a device that presents its media functions in a very seamless way, its far from being the first hand-held media device, as Archos, Creative and a few others have been making portable media players for years beforehand, so you could easily compare the ipod touch to them.

Granted, that doesn’t change the fact that a portable media device is something new to you personally, thus making it hard to personally price it.

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