Originally Posted by jonmorris:
“Such a shame given I've owned probably 95% of Sony Ericsson and Sony phones since 2002 (yes, most were given to me but the point is, I nearly always used them as my main phone because most of the phones were far beyond what the likes of Nokia or Motorola would make). Now Sony is just an 'also ran'.”
My first "smartphone" was the Sony Ericsson P900. I used it for years. It wasn't particularly good, and I still try to blame it for missing the mobile revolution before it started to happen.
I was in a meeting in Oxford years before the iPhone ever arrived with a US investor who told me to drop everything we were doing, build for mobile, because soon everything we were viewing from behind big, bulky computer screens would move to smaller mobile displays. I invested in ARM Holdings for a time because I somewhat wanted to believe him, and he was betting big on their designs going into everything, but I didn't hold onto those shares anywhere close to long enough.
Anyway as he told me all of this, I kept looking at my P900 thinking are you mad? This device is never going to replace the desktops and laptops we all know and use. Well I was half-right, unfortunately I didn't think long enough that the technology would evolve into something much more attractive and usable than that P900. Haha oops.
Originally Posted by jonmorris:
“It's worth mentioning there are many, many Sony fanboys that are in total denial and won't hear a bad word said about them. I think it's fair to say that these people do a lot of harm to manufacturers, because they keep saying great things and it paints a picture that is far from reality.”
Yes, many of them are on XperiaBlog.

The comments are funny on there.
Originally Posted by jonmorris:
“Tomorrow there will be LOADS of hype. Two of my friends are in business class on BA with Apple to San Francisco right now, and tomorrow there's going to be loads of positive press. But the whole industry is stagnating now, and I wonder if, beyond the initial surge in sales because this is a number increment release, Apple can buck the trend whereby people are keeping existing phones for longer.”
Yes well let's wait to see what Apple has to announce before completely writing them off. I'm optimistic Apple will continue driving forward enough innovation to keep customers engaged with buying the latest and greatest devices. Tim Cook is investing heavily in R&D, far more than Steve Jobs ever did before him. The rest of the industry will continue following Apple's lead for many years to come, I'm very confident of that.