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Originally Posted by choyboy
Not sure what your point is, Jason. I could replace the words "Walt" and "Microsoft" with "Jason Dunn" and "Apple"/"Palm"/"RIM" and that would also ring true. So the pot is calling the kettle black, eh?
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I'd say the primary difference is that I'm clearly a Windows Mobile enthusiast - my site name says so. Walt is a journalist, and journalists are supposed to be unbiased - and Walt covers all technology, not just Apple products. So yes, I do have higher expecations for him to be unbiased - it's part of his job.
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Originally Posted by choyboy
really??? "tremendous mindshare" - hardly. Even the guy who tattooed the zune on his shoulder wants it taken off. The zune is the laughingstock of the world's media.
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Take a look at the online media coverage for every version of the Zune, including the Zune HD, and then compare that with the coverage of a new Windows Mobile phone, or even Windows Mobile itself as an operating system. You'll see a significant different - that's mindshare. Sure, the Zune gets made fun of on some TV shows, but that's still building mindshare. You may not think it's helpful, but I think the opposite - it gets the name of the brand out there, and when people look at the Zune in a store, they think "Oh, I've heard of that, I'll check it out.".
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Originally Posted by choyboy
It's fine to write a piece as a proud Windows Mobile supporter, but please PocketPC thoughts should be the *last* site who have the right to accuse others of bias. You have some good points, but panning Walt achieves nothing but cement the image of this site as apologists for windows mobile hardware.
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You'll notice the headline was about mindshare, not "Mossberg is Biased". You're focusing far too much on only a small part of what I said - and in fact, my only point regarding Mossberg and Windows Mobile is that he didn't mention it as being a compeditor in the marketplace, when it clearly is. If that doesn't show his personal bias, I don't know what does. I certainly have my own bias, but if I were writing an article about smartphones on the market today and didn't even MENTION the iPhone, that would be sheer lunacy, right? Yet that's exactly what Mossberg did - so why is it wrong for me to point that out?