Asus just released the Eee PC 901A in blue and the 900A in gold. There is no other change mentioned aside from the color.
T-Mobile sold out of their entire pre-sale stock of the new Android phone.
All I have read about recently has been the T-Mobile phone. It’s like some sort of religion, with all the True Believers lined up for the fleecing, handing over their money during the pre-order stage.
All we need now is the announcement that there will be a new iPhone with a special puke green fragile plastic case (limited edition). The cash registers will break from wear (and fear).
What exactly is it about us that compels us to open our wallet, almost as if it leapt out of our pocket and handed a pile of cash over to the exclusive vendor of the latest Ultra-iWidget? We rush ahead, drooling, to get one of Them. Whatever Them is. We want one. We need it. Life as we know it may end if we do not get one of Them right now, or at least as soon as it’s released.
Maybe I’m missing something… maybe there are enough iWidgets for every person on (and off) the planet…. they just tell us that they’re sold out to make the product seem more valuable (Cabbage Patch Kids, anyone?).
Here are the facts on some recently-hyped tech gadgets:
- The iPhone doesn’t do anything significantly better than my Treo (except tilt)
- The Eee Pc is a really cute little toy but the processor is anemic, to be polite
- Nobody has touched a T-Mobile Android but they’re (pre)sold out via hype
I’d be tempted to say that as a society, we have more money than brains, but I sure as hell don’t.
People need to look at these gadgets like the IT industry looks at Microsoft products: wait until at least the first service pack before trying it.