How about: the millions of people who bought it so far? Most people don't understand the difference between a-GPS or GPS, or what a smartphone is or should be able to do, which is why this phone is selling so well.
The general public hears GPS and automatically thinks they will be able to navigate turn by turn just because of those three letters. Anyone who KNOWS mobile phones realizes that those three letters are no guarantee by themselves, but the majority of iPhoners out there don't know phones and are upgrading from a hardly capable device to what's been touted as the newest, latest and greatest all in one device--and they EXPECT it to do everything and to do it perfectly.
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carlo2 @ Jul 16th 2008 8:37PM
How about: the millions of people who bought it so far? Most people don't understand the difference between a-GPS or GPS, or what a smartphone is or should be able to do, which is why this phone is selling so well.
The general public hears GPS and automatically thinks they will be able to navigate turn by turn just because of those three letters. Anyone who KNOWS mobile phones realizes that those three letters are no guarantee by themselves, but the majority of iPhoners out there don't know phones and are upgrading from a hardly capable device to what's been touted as the newest, latest and greatest all in one device--and they EXPECT it to do everything and to do it perfectly.