Jon Rettinger (@Jon4Lakers) is a big influencer when it comes to shopping for tech gadgets in general and phones in particular. He reaches a wide audience mainly through his YouTube channel (53,072 subscribers, 1,460,696 channel views) where he provides up-to-date video reviews.
The new Motorola Droid, Android 2.0 Phone
Now that Motorola have rolled out their Droid phone which is meant to go head to head and compete with Apple’s iPhone 3GS, everyone seem to be curious to know more about the new Motorola phone and form an idea of whether the phone is good enough or not. Thanks to Jon Rettinger, a decision of purchase becomes easier after watching his video review comparing the two phones.
In his review, Jon compares the two phones from different aspects, following is a simple summary of the main points, and below it you can watch the full review:
Browser Speed – Wi Fi: Droid loads web pages faster
Browser Speed – 3G: iPhone loads web pages faster thanks to AT&T.
Multi-touch Capabilities: iPhone makes life easier with its multi-touch gestures, unfortunately Droid lacks in this area.
Text Entry: Text entry is done only one way on the iPhone through the virtual keyboard. Motorola Droid offers both a virtual keyboard and a full slide out qwerty keyboard.
Customization: The iPhone is known for being closed-source and not offering many of customization, while Droid offers high-level and more freedom for customization.
Maps: Droid’s - thanks to Android 2.0 – offers free turn by turn instructions.
Apps: There are more apps in Apple App store, but more free Apps for Droid.
Motorola Droid VS iPhone 3GS
So, are things clearer to you after watching the review? Which do you think is better? Are you going to buy Motorola Droid or iPhone 3GS, or neither? Let us know your thoughts.
An interesting white paper published at OneRiot’s blog claims that 40% of users’ search queries across major search engines including Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask are best satisfied by real-time search results. That is, indeed, quite an impressive number that shows the huge potential market for real-time search engines. It also – somehow – explains the huge buzz around Twitter and the continuous talk about the potential threat it poses to other traditional search engines, especially Google.
Real-time search engines fail to gain market share
Aside from Twitter, other – recently emerged – real-time search engines are finding a hard time proving their business model and gaining market share, in spite of the potential huge market. We, here at Thoughtpick, have been monitoring this market since our coverage of 9 real-time search engines a few months ago. Unfortunately, according to compete stats, there has been no major gains in the last 3 months, on the contrary, most services showed a decline in numbers of visitors. In fact, OneRiot which is the most successful in this category, with 150k more visitors than its second competitor Twingly, shows a drop of 100k visitors in the last 3 months.
Oneriot, Twingly, Collecta, Socialmention and Scoopler traffic
“Research has found that items which become popular first will tend to be more popular than other items with similar appeal.” was a comment left on the previous social media wars article.
Based on the above opinion statement, do you think social media is becoming the main driving force behind purchasing trendy, fashionable and tech products these days?How much actual power does social media have on our purchasing decisions? Is it fair to solely depend on web marketing and social media channels (such as Youtube, Twitter and Facebook) in order to decide whether to purchase a certain brand or its competitor?
Just as I did in the previous social media wars episodes (Blackberry Storm Vs. iPhone 3G) and (Dell vs. Toshiba), this post will entail a detailed study of the use of social media to promote Mac’s Snow Leopard and Microsoft’s Windows 7, followed by a brief discussion on problems and solutions with the current used social media methodologies.
Microsoft Windows 7 vs Mac Snow Leopard
Introduction Brief…
In one of the comments on a previous social media wars episode, a reader said, and I quote: “I buy things based on need, not based on if they look cool or if advertising tells me that its what I need“. But is this statement 100% true? I highly doubt it!
Product and service competitions existed long before the emergence of social media, yet they were not this fierce and “bloody”! Furthermore, many products and services were customized according to customer needs rather than being designed in order to over shine a certain competitive product or service!
Now, when it comes to Apple and Microsoft’s ongoing competition, and although Apple has gained a lot of market share from “the perception that Vista sucks” in addition to its “ability to manipulate the perceptions of both Microsoft’s and its own offerings“, it seems that the table might turn and Windows 7 might actually win the race!
What Role Does Social media Play in this Equation?
Apparently, the perception of quality and value have shifted into a different direction since the people started heavily relying on social media to make their product or service comparisons and purchasing decisions. Whether it be the Facebook fan page or group, the Twitter account or the Youtube clip views, other factors have now become filtering agents in the decision making process. [read full article >>]
How is Web 2.0 helping everyone stay connected in the business world? What are social website platforms, who are their main users and how do they promote business endeavors and initiatives? How can you find the best website to help you attain the reach and success you aim for?
Thoughtpick always thinks of you when researching a certain topic. Keeping your interest at the top of our mind’s list, we have prepared for you a seemingly “endless” table to help make your online research experience a tad smoother and more informative!
In a nutshell, there are many platforms out there to help a business build a social website. By a social website, we are referring to the ability of having a two-way conversation with your clients, and clients being able to talk to one another thus forming a community around your business.
This following carefully crafted table will discuss and cover the main issues related to social website platforms in terms of their target audience, effort needed to start using them, their interface, business value, limitations and further advices to help optimize your benefit from them. We also added a list of further reading and examples to help you better grasp what we are talking about throughout the table.
We can find a community almost everywhere! Nature is a great example of a wide range of different communities; take beehives as one example and a herd of sheep as another… But what factors transform a community into a social network?
While pondering on the idea of social networking, over and over again, I found this thought to be interesting: Animal shelters and how similar they are to our social networking environments, especially when comparing it to Facebook!
The following table explains it all!
Animal Shelter
Facebook
Animals hunted and captured by Animal Control
Users hunted and captured by peer pressure and the desire to “fit in”.
Animals stay because they are trapped in a cage and need to find a home & to be fed
People stay because they are trapped in the metaphorical cage of needing to find love, friendships & entertainment
The cleanliness of the shelter is necessary for the well being of the animals
The user-friendly platform is necessary to attract people to subscribe to the network & use it constantly
One size fits all cage, made from the same material to retain all animals
Customized “cages” depending on what the user chooses his/her privacy settings to be! Example: Facebook and limited profile.
Building uncommon relationships between animals of different breeds. Example: Youtube clip
Initiating unusual relationships through networks such as dating sites, crossing geographical and ethnic boundaries
Can animal shelters reserve animal rights and not be regarded as property, or used as food, clothing, research subjects, or entertainment?
Will the future give us more examples to how some social networking sites treat us merely as page views and marketing sheep (maaaa)?
There are many type of shelters such as Open door centers, animal sanctuaries and such.
Many different social networking sites are available such as dating websites, Facebook, LinkedIn etc.
The sad element is when no one claims or tries to adopt the animals
The sad element is when people lose hope when they finally realize that most of their online relationships are of weak ties (on thin ice), and very few are of real value!
Animals are injured, diseased or even die sometimes from overpopulation
Will greed or overpopulation end the era of Facebook?
So, did Facebook really become a prison/cage? And are single users able to break this chain by simply deciding to not use Facebook? Can peer-pressure keep playing its role in trapping users into Facebook’s social maze?
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