Comments on: Introducing the O2 Cocoon http://www.laurenceborel.com/2007/09/11/338/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:18:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A cutie with an impressive spec… by the way, I am talking about the Xda Orbit 2 « Blog Till you Drop! http://www.laurenceborel.com/2007/09/11/338/comment-page-1/#comment-1487 A cutie with an impressive spec… by the way, I am talking about the Xda Orbit 2 « Blog Till you Drop! Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:19:14 +0000 http://blogtillyoudrop.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/338/#comment-1487 [...] Xda Orbit 2 is now available in the UK, and Steve at VCCP, the advertising agency behind the Cocoon seeding programme, asked me a couple of weeks ago if I was interested in reviewing the device… and I simply [...] [...] Xda Orbit 2 is now available in the UK, and Steve at VCCP, the advertising agency behind the Cocoon seeding programme, asked me a couple of weeks ago if I was interested in reviewing the device… and I simply [...]

]]> By: Lolly http://www.laurenceborel.com/2007/09/11/338/comment-page-1/#comment-1483 Lolly Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:12:07 +0000 http://blogtillyoudrop.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/338/#comment-1483 Jason - Your country is so big that you are just a number - it's harder to get away with this on this side of the world. Why bother reading a blog when there are so many out there? If you don't blog about the company pitching somebody else will! Phil - I couldn't agree more. Look at the ipod! Interestingly a friend of mine compared the Cocoon to the ipod... Jason – Your country is so big that you are just a number – it’s harder to get away with this on this side of the world. Why bother reading a blog when there are so many out there? If you don’t blog about the company pitching somebody else will!

Phil – I couldn’t agree more. Look at the ipod! Interestingly a friend of mine compared the Cocoon to the ipod…

]]> By: Phil Barrett http://www.laurenceborel.com/2007/09/11/338/comment-page-1/#comment-1486 Phil Barrett Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:16:39 +0000 http://blogtillyoudrop.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/338/#comment-1486 It's always a good idea to get actual user input as long as it leads to great usability. Usability / design will trump technology every time. Steve Jobs keeps proving this with the launch of each new product. If it's too hard to use, or doesn't look like a cool device...it will never take off! It’s always a good idea to get actual user input as long as it leads to great usability.

Usability / design will trump technology every time. Steve Jobs keeps proving this with the launch of each new product. If it’s too hard to use, or doesn’t look like a cool device…it will never take off!

]]> By: Jason Falls http://www.laurenceborel.com/2007/09/11/338/comment-page-1/#comment-1485 Jason Falls Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:45:46 +0000 http://blogtillyoudrop.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/338/#comment-1485 It sounds like the states could use a bit of O2's approach. Nokia has done a similar thing, asking 50 or so of the top bloggers in the electronics genre to test drive their new phones. They mostly got good response, too, so it worked out for them and the bloggers who got free phones. Alas, that's the limits in the USA. I'd love to see something like O2's approach here. It sounds like the states could use a bit of O2′s approach. Nokia has done a similar thing, asking 50 or so of the top bloggers in the electronics genre to test drive their new phones. They mostly got good response, too, so it worked out for them and the bloggers who got free phones.

Alas, that’s the limits in the USA. I’d love to see something like O2′s approach here.

]]> By: Starting conversations « Plan B http://www.laurenceborel.com/2007/09/11/338/comment-page-1/#comment-1484 Starting conversations « Plan B Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:23:27 +0000 http://blogtillyoudrop.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/338/#comment-1484 [...] feedback on the O2 Cocoon programme have been raised by, Neville Hobson , Phllip Young and Laurence Borel [...] [...] feedback on the O2 Cocoon programme have been raised by, Neville Hobson , Phllip Young and Laurence Borel [...]

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