And no, RumoredNow, this thread is not about you! Though with the right permutations of fate, maybe it could be. 
So after much deliberation, and a lot of thought into which thread to jack with my rantful hyperbole, I arrived at the decency of a conclusion to correct my winsome erring ways, and make a sad little sorry thread about my little prattle myself anyways. And I hate making or populating new threads. I would know about it.
Anyways, so the trawler I am - not troller, I'm being serious here - I just spent the night trawling through Elite X3 reviews and the random interwebs, and I came upon two interesting tidbits of note. Since its the wee hours of morning, and the perfect moment to put my hallucinatory thoughts to the world out there, here goes nothing - at the risk of putting my journalistic integrity at risk here ofcourse, and believe me when I tell you I know what that feels like being any journalist/editor of note, or worth your salt. I'm sure Dan would understand this here, especially where I'm coming from.
But... enough preamble. So the first and the more immediate note here was a comment a poster made under a review of the device itself, in response to an inquiry about the lapdock. The poster noted that on his last visit to his friendly neighborhood MS store to 'fondle' the device, the good folks at the floor told him that they had docks coming in and the story policy was to give them away to people purchasing the Elite X3 device - especially over the initial period of the sales' lifetime - as a promotory vehicle. Now I dont know if this was a certain store only promo, or a MS store promotion being run in store for the initial wave of devices and sales, but I think its a very tempting and legitimate reason to draw people into the store to check out the device - and possibly sell a purchase. Because, really. Lets be honest here. At 799 bucks a pop with that lapdock, it suddenly becomes a no brainer and an actual legitimate 3 in 1 purchase that starts making some economic sense too. Now, it is very likely that the good man was confusing the continuum dock with the lapdock, but we would all like to hope not. And plus, at this point, the lapdock giveaway would basically become a loss leading tactic for MS to push the platform and the device purchases, which would be a healthy indicator of MS's trust and investment into the platform. Sadly, this is all hyperbole right now. But if true, could be a game changer, in the same way a small nudge tipping the coffee over onto a pretty lady's blouse can be a game changer. Okay, I admit, the analogy made no sense at all, but I really wanted to have said/use it, once. At least. But I really mean a small positive quantum of change and shift in focus and momentum, that is meaningful for us all. And would push to get this into alot, and I mean alot, of consumer's hands. I mean, you'd finally have a real reason you can make sense of to your wife for such an exorbitant, whimsical, and useless/pointless purchase. Ofcourse her 900 dollar iPhone or 800 dollar S7 edge definitely do not fall into that category. I know, I exaggerate just a small 'mite' amount.
And with that, I move onto my second point of note here. The other review I was reading, again from a reputable site, had some thing really interesting to say too that none of the commenters cared to make note of or pick up on - because they were all too busy in a dissing match (I would really like to replace the 'd' with a 'p' in there but I'm not sure if it would impeach on the rules of social propriety or the forum on here) as is the norm in todays interwebs' world. Talk about feeling smart all of a sudden! but hey, at least this time it wasnt some random gentleman posting a comment in a story that I'm basing a whole thread out of! So anyways, towards the end, the review noted in its conclusion that it was the enterprise that would have zero qualms about going for the device, whilst the consumers would have so and so hangups - namely sound, sunlight readability, and the camera. However, noting the interest in the device and the buzz being generated around the device already, in both the consumer and enterprise circles already - and the relatively exceeding consumer demand for the device - consumers need not worry or show concern at these relative short comings of the device. HP was already working on a second one, possibly more consumer oriented. Now this, if true, could perhaps be the biggest Windows Mobile news for the remainder of the year, sans Alcatel's so-far vaporware, and Cerulean's smack talk - which, until theres something hitting the ground running, is all it really is. This, simply because it represents a significant change and influx/injection into the ecosystem, for us all alike. And a definitive repose-ment of faith into us as users, and the platform as a viable vehicle of change in the current scenario, by a big vendor - that can actually have a chance of mattering, and making a difference. Might even make all the hasty folks pipe down about the Surface phone for a while. But anyways, significant quantum of change is exactly what it would be.
Now ofcourse, there's no sources - to me atleast - to back this, or the other tidbit up. But boy, would an affirmative or a positive feedback on either make us all heave a collective sigh of relief and pleasant surprise! Whew. And anyone here is welcome to positively reinforce me on this, and I'd really like to say I'm looking at you here Dan - with all your 'sauce' magicking. But really, whats the point. Its more likely to be untrue, or just that, hyperbole and wishful thinking indeed.
And with that, rant over folks. ^_^ Cheers y'all!
-- Werentuckl
So after much deliberation, and a lot of thought into which thread to jack with my rantful hyperbole, I arrived at the decency of a conclusion to correct my winsome erring ways, and make a sad little sorry thread about my little prattle myself anyways. And I hate making or populating new threads. I would know about it.Anyways, so the trawler I am - not troller, I'm being serious here - I just spent the night trawling through Elite X3 reviews and the random interwebs, and I came upon two interesting tidbits of note. Since its the wee hours of morning, and the perfect moment to put my hallucinatory thoughts to the world out there, here goes nothing - at the risk of putting my journalistic integrity at risk here ofcourse, and believe me when I tell you I know what that feels like being any journalist/editor of note, or worth your salt. I'm sure Dan would understand this here, especially where I'm coming from.
But... enough preamble. So the first and the more immediate note here was a comment a poster made under a review of the device itself, in response to an inquiry about the lapdock. The poster noted that on his last visit to his friendly neighborhood MS store to 'fondle' the device, the good folks at the floor told him that they had docks coming in and the story policy was to give them away to people purchasing the Elite X3 device - especially over the initial period of the sales' lifetime - as a promotory vehicle. Now I dont know if this was a certain store only promo, or a MS store promotion being run in store for the initial wave of devices and sales, but I think its a very tempting and legitimate reason to draw people into the store to check out the device - and possibly sell a purchase. Because, really. Lets be honest here. At 799 bucks a pop with that lapdock, it suddenly becomes a no brainer and an actual legitimate 3 in 1 purchase that starts making some economic sense too. Now, it is very likely that the good man was confusing the continuum dock with the lapdock, but we would all like to hope not. And plus, at this point, the lapdock giveaway would basically become a loss leading tactic for MS to push the platform and the device purchases, which would be a healthy indicator of MS's trust and investment into the platform. Sadly, this is all hyperbole right now. But if true, could be a game changer, in the same way a small nudge tipping the coffee over onto a pretty lady's blouse can be a game changer. Okay, I admit, the analogy made no sense at all, but I really wanted to have said/use it, once. At least. But I really mean a small positive quantum of change and shift in focus and momentum, that is meaningful for us all. And would push to get this into alot, and I mean alot, of consumer's hands. I mean, you'd finally have a real reason you can make sense of to your wife for such an exorbitant, whimsical, and useless/pointless purchase. Ofcourse her 900 dollar iPhone or 800 dollar S7 edge definitely do not fall into that category. I know, I exaggerate just a small 'mite' amount.
And with that, I move onto my second point of note here. The other review I was reading, again from a reputable site, had some thing really interesting to say too that none of the commenters cared to make note of or pick up on - because they were all too busy in a dissing match (I would really like to replace the 'd' with a 'p' in there but I'm not sure if it would impeach on the rules of social propriety or the forum on here) as is the norm in todays interwebs' world. Talk about feeling smart all of a sudden!
but hey, at least this time it wasnt some random gentleman posting a comment in a story that I'm basing a whole thread out of! So anyways, towards the end, the review noted in its conclusion that it was the enterprise that would have zero qualms about going for the device, whilst the consumers would have so and so hangups - namely sound, sunlight readability, and the camera. However, noting the interest in the device and the buzz being generated around the device already, in both the consumer and enterprise circles already - and the relatively exceeding consumer demand for the device - consumers need not worry or show concern at these relative short comings of the device. HP was already working on a second one, possibly more consumer oriented. Now this, if true, could perhaps be the biggest Windows Mobile news for the remainder of the year, sans Alcatel's so-far vaporware, and Cerulean's smack talk - which, until theres something hitting the ground running, is all it really is. This, simply because it represents a significant change and influx/injection into the ecosystem, for us all alike. And a definitive repose-ment of faith into us as users, and the platform as a viable vehicle of change in the current scenario, by a big vendor - that can actually have a chance of mattering, and making a difference. Might even make all the hasty folks pipe down about the Surface phone for a while. But anyways, significant quantum of change is exactly what it would be.Now ofcourse, there's no sources - to me atleast - to back this, or the other tidbit up. But boy, would an affirmative or a positive feedback on either make us all heave a collective sigh of relief and pleasant surprise! Whew. And anyone here is welcome to positively reinforce me on this, and I'd really like to say I'm looking at you here Dan - with all your 'sauce' magicking. But really, whats the point. Its more likely to be untrue, or just that, hyperbole and wishful thinking indeed.
And with that, rant over folks.
^_^ Cheers y'all!-- Werentuckl
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