wraggster
February 18th, 2011, 22:59
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Take one dose of improper generalization, mix it in with a heaping of condescension, and then add a pinch of good old sexism. What do you get? This quote, coming from Frank Meehan, CEO of the Android handset (http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/10/inq-cloud-touch-preview/)-making INQ (http://www.engadget.com/all/inq):
"If you go to a nightclub in any city in the world, the pretty girl has an iPhone or a BlackBerry. She doesn't have an Android phone. She has no emotional attachment to an Android phone. It's too complicated. It's a geek device, it's all wrong."
Now, before you go emailing him photos of the Android tattoo girl (http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/04/android-tattoo-girl/), there is undeniably some smidgen of truth to the man's words. Android is a geek's dream ecosystem and it's not necessarily the most accessible platform in the world, but to completely write it off for the nightclub-going lady demographic doesn't strike us -- or Justin Timberlake (http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/18/celebity-nerds-justin-timberlake-secret-android-lover/), or Chad Ochocinco (http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/01/motorola-xoom-lands-in-chad-ochocincos-safe-hands-is-pretty-a/) -- as the most astute idea in the world.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/18/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-inq-chief-says-android-is-too-geeky-for-pr/
Take one dose of improper generalization, mix it in with a heaping of condescension, and then add a pinch of good old sexism. What do you get? This quote, coming from Frank Meehan, CEO of the Android handset (http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/10/inq-cloud-touch-preview/)-making INQ (http://www.engadget.com/all/inq):
"If you go to a nightclub in any city in the world, the pretty girl has an iPhone or a BlackBerry. She doesn't have an Android phone. She has no emotional attachment to an Android phone. It's too complicated. It's a geek device, it's all wrong."
Now, before you go emailing him photos of the Android tattoo girl (http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/04/android-tattoo-girl/), there is undeniably some smidgen of truth to the man's words. Android is a geek's dream ecosystem and it's not necessarily the most accessible platform in the world, but to completely write it off for the nightclub-going lady demographic doesn't strike us -- or Justin Timberlake (http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/18/celebity-nerds-justin-timberlake-secret-android-lover/), or Chad Ochocinco (http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/01/motorola-xoom-lands-in-chad-ochocincos-safe-hands-is-pretty-a/) -- as the most astute idea in the world.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/18/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-inq-chief-says-android-is-too-geeky-for-pr/