Comments on: Early-Adopters Must Learn to Wait

By: seo service provider

seo service provider — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:58:00 +0000

nice technology and its gud

By: Revous

Revous — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:54:00 +0000

you mean hackers and home brewers like take advantage of the screw ups that sony makes i like how you dont mention that the psp 1001 had issues that would make your disc unreadable but that was fine because every one moded the system anyway.and the first bacth of ps3 have more issues then xbox and there red rings

By: Bigeasy2000

Bigeasy2000 — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:22:00 +0000

I may agree in some cases but with the Galaxy Nexus many stores already have them in hand. Whether or not this is a “hardware issue” there is not a snowballs chance in he’ll that all of those units are going to get shipped back. The wheels are already turning… just release the damn thing!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:24:00 +0000

This isn’t always true.
Early adapters sometimes benefit greatly. Take the PSP for an example. PSP-1001 was the most sought after purely for the fact that it was much easier to install custom firmware. Same goes for the fat PS3 60GB. It had hardware support for PS2 game support

By: Douglas

Douglas — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:16:00 +0000

Great article, and I couldn’t agree more. A few bugs and quirks can be lived with, and I think are expected from most early adopters. But that’s no excuse for it being unusable, or a seriously diminished feature-set.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:25:00 +0000

Beta-testers should be a selected exclusive group of people, that usually receive the product free or at a knock-down price and they should be exclusive.

By: Robin Ashe

Robin Ashe — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:44:00 +0000

In this case I don’t think it damages their reputation at all, in fact enhances it. They screwed up technologically, but dealt with it very well from a customer service standpoint.

By: Vincent Nguyen

Vincent Nguyen — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:18:00 +0000

Well, I’m a firm believer that in order to succeed, you must fail forward (fast). UP will be a success one day (just not anytime soon).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:14:00 +0000

Nice writeup agree 100%.

I’d say the battery issues with ios5 would be a better example of a failure at launch. For most average users, Siri has beat expectations. My mother, father, and uncle all report great things… But coming from android and blackberry their expectations were low. My thinking is that since Siri was released as a beta, you can’t complain much but should voice feedback to Apple forums, stores, and support. The battery troubles, different story entirely. The iPhone’s steady improvements (app store, for one) are a direct result of customer/developer feedback.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:13:00 +0000

I’m all for early adopters adopting as early as possible. They’re my beta testers.