Just a quick thought on the latest from Gruber regarding doing it first, vs. doing it right.
For a bit of context, he states:
Do you include the half-baked stuff, or hold it until it’s fully-baked? Apple wasn’t going to include a front-facing camera until they had software that made it useful in an iPhone-caliber way. HTC is happy to include a front-facing camera and leave its utility (and user experience) in the hands of third-party developers.
And from here – he carries on to state the following:
Android and iPhone fans will read the preceding paragraph very differently. Android fans will read it and say, “Exactly — give us the hardware and let developers figure out what to do with it.” iPhone fans will read it and say, “I can’t wait to get an iPhone 4.”
My first thought, reading the above paragraph wasn’t “I can’t wait to get an iPhone 4″, but rather “Thank you for saving me from having to deal with mediocre implementations of video calling that will no doubt increase my blood pressure and shorten my life. Thank you that I don’t have to give a flying crap what Qik or Fring are. I can’t wait to get an iPhone 4.”
Ahmen….. some the horror stories about some of the Android stuff makes me just fine with my “inferior” and late to market iPhone