<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">If this is primarily a developer platform, why are there so
many intense opinions about such superficial things as color and marketing
anyways?<br></font></span></div></div></blockquote><div><br>In today's world, there is *very* little daylight between marketing and engineering. They are of a piece. The product design, the feature set, and yes even the physical form factor are all both engineering issues as well as marketing issues. Apple is a prime example of this. The beauty of the design of their products is all about marketing, but could not be achieved without incredible engineering on the electrical, software, and mechanical engineering fronts. So I don't think, particularly for a phone, you can separate these issues.<br>
<br>Hank <br></div></div><br>-- <br>blog: <a href="http://whydoeseverythingsuck.com">whydoeseverythingsuck.com</a>