Comments on: Interview: James Dyson loves and hates on the iPhone, BlackBerry

By: watchdog

watchdog — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:59:34 +0000

Yeh.. he’s an idiot.. yeh.

So when can we buy shares in your company? Fuckwit.

By: watchdog

watchdog — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:58:41 +0000

Not to mention the fact that it is a spoken interview, which gives no indication of the rhythm and pauses of the conversation. People often talk in clipped, half-sentences, entirely different to how they would write the same thoughts on paper.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:54:51 +0000

Yes, and once you are labeled, you are through.

By: Carl

Carl — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:35:27 +0000

@ comctrl6

> I hope this guys engineering skills
> are better than his language skills.

Right, because how a person writes in English determines everything about them.

By: Brendan West

Brendan West — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:48:44 +0000

Dyson’s an idiot. He likes the Weather app? That is, by far, the most useless app on the phone. It tells you nothing. It doesn’t offer a forecast most specific than daily, you cannot select a day to go to the Web and see more detail/radar. The temperature does not include heat index or windchill, it has no way of providing an alert if your area is under a tornado or thunderstorm or flash flood watch/warning (how many lives or property could this save, Yahoo?).

Yahoo wrote this and left it to die. Even clicking on the Y! in the lower corner only takes you to Yahoo’s mobile Web site, not their weather site! I’m in a weather app, you idiots! I want more weather!)

By: Norbert Perkins

Norbert Perkins — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:44:43 +0000

Biggest complaint about the iPhone? Give us a keyboard in horizontal mode - PLEASE. We have fat fingers - and predictive text is great - but how much time do we spend correcting words? Or having to resend the message with the corrected words??? You have it in the browser…so why not on the device itself….?

By: Silly

Silly — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:04:36 +0000

I happen to love the suction power of his vacuums, but even a Dyson fanboy like me feels his vacuums are difficult to use for the masses. So, I think it’s kind of ironic that he publically criticizes the iPhone but doesn’t seem to realize how complicated he’s made the household vacuum!! LOL!!

By: RoadWarrior

RoadWarrior — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:57:18 +0000

I tried the Bold at a conference. The Bold is faster than the iPhone with new browser, faster processor and 3G network. The display is also much sharper resolution and the keyboard is the best Blackberry keyboard yet (really nice). I was typing faster than normal on it within the first minute. The 8700 is several years old (but they last a long time).

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:16:26 +0000

I have to agree about the looks of the 8700, though the newer BBs are very nice looking

By: Goiter X

Goiter X — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:17:18 +0000

How is the “Internet” not better on the Bold? 3G = faster. New browser, flash support… maybe the iPhone still has a leg up in the web experience department, but I’d say the Bold is still better than a 8700…

By: comctrl6

comctrl6 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:05:57 +0000

I hope this guys engineering skills are better than his language skills.

By: Adam Singer

Adam Singer — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:01:55 +0000

I disagree with Dyson - typing on it is pretty easy if you get used to it. He must not use it enough.