On Apr 30, 2010, at 04:34 , paul stenquist wrote:
On Apr 30, 2010, at 4:30 AM, eckinator wrote:
2010/4/30 Graydon <gray...@marost.ca>:
As a camera company, the only thing Pentax has to sell is a
particular
aesthetic. (The "good small primes" thing is a part of the
aesthetic.
So are the specifics of the in-camera image rendering.)
Apple was at this point as a computer maker several times throughout
their company history after they'd run out of killer apps. They
made a
monster comeback and have been responsible for some of the most
annoying trends in the world such as making rich idiots buy janitor
mobile colored Ferraris and the like plus everyone thinks having
their
products is exclusive and so on and so fort... may Pentax should look
to them for lessons to be learned
Cheers
Ecke
I believe their comeback began with the return of Jobs and the fruity
colored transparent iMac blobs, did it not? Now those have
transmogrified into the sleek iMac flat-screened beauties (like that
which adorns my desktop) that Apple has paid good money to be in
almost every scene on every prime time TV show. Most seem to be the
newest MacBooks, Apple logo brightly back-lit. If they don't pay
enough, the MacBook/iMac is still there, but with some sort of sticker
covering the logo.
And what exactly is a "janitor mobile colored Ferrari"?
Of course Apple did it with innovation as well. The first practical
GUI interface, a music player that actually worked and a library to
go with it, and a phone that was truly smarter than the herd.
Exclusivity and product appeal aren't enough. There has to be
something real behind the veneer
Joseph McAllister
Pentaxian
http://gallery.me.com/jomac
http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html
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