iPad Mini reviews roll-in

AlmightyBender said:
Not gadgets, but exactly the same situation:
http://www.lazygamer.net/south-africa/on-press-and-pr/
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It's not exactly the same situation at all. The gaming media is significantly smaller and more vulnerable to intimidation by companies. Not only that but the problem has been well documented by whistleblowers in the gaming press who refuse to be pressured to write positive reviews. There is not such an equivalent in the tech media; your Josh Topolsky's and Anand Shimpi's and Arstechnica's would have taken a stand some time ago. Here's John Gruber, Apple's very own mouthpiece, on the iPad Mini:

“Wow, it feels like a Kindle.”

“Ew, the screen is terrible.”

That was my wife’s initial reaction when I handed her the iPad Mini to see what she, an avid daily user of an iPad 3, thought. Her initial reaction matched mine exactly, and perfectly encapsulates the experience. The iPad Mini is not a device you need to spend a lot of time with to understand. My snap reaction from a week ago remains unchanged after a week of daily use.
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cerebus said:
It's not exactly the same situation at all. The gaming media is significantly smaller and more vulnerable to intimidation by companies. Not only that but the problem has been well documented by whistleblowers in the gaming press who refuse to be pressured to write positive reviews. There is not such an equivalent in the tech media; your Josh Topolsky's and Anand Shimpi's and Arstechnica's would have taken a stand some time ago.
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It doesn't matter what is being reviewed. The situation is exactly the same because the same conflict of interest exists between the reviewer and the party supplying the goods who pay for the adverstizing (a.k.a. the bills and salary) of the reviewer. Unfortunately I don't have any linky to share to prove this but I think think you have to be pretty naive to believe that it doesn't exist in the tech reviews industry.
 
AlmightyBender said:
It doesn't matter what is being reviewed. The situation is exactly the same because the same conflict of interest exists between the reviewer and the party supplying the goods who pay for the adverstizing (a.k.a. the bills and salary) of the reviewer. Unfortunately I don't have any linky to share to prove this but I think think you have to be pretty naive to believe that it doesn't exist in the tech reviews industry.
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Rubbish. Prove it.
 
cerebus said:
What a pathetic kneejerk reaction that was. Yes hamster everyone in the tech media is sold out to Apple and devoid of objectivity. Every positive review that comes in can therefore be dismissed out of hand, unless it's for any non-Apple device in which case reviewers are finally starting to see sense.
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It doesn't only apply to Apple. And by money I meant the reviewing sites have a "business" to run and them slating the top players while others don't will have them miss out on future demo devices etc. Unlike some members here I don't wear a tin hat.
 
These days you never see a gadget review on the day its released.... it's usually first impressions which they get from press events, then a few weeks later is the full review with a rating and probably a shootout with other devices.
 
Hamster said:
It doesn't only apply to Apple. And by money I meant the reviewing sites have a "business" to run and them slating the top players while others don't will have them miss out on future demo devices etc. Unlike some members here I don't wear a tin hat.
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It does.not.happen. And even if you might think it happens in very mainstream blogs like Gizmodo, it certainly doesn't apply to the respected press; e.g. Anand, Ars, Verge. The integrity of those sites' reviews has more long-term monetary value to them than pleasing the manufacturers; and you can be quite certain they would kick up a MASSIVE stink if there was any hint of intimidation by Apple, Google, MS or any other company. So when the reviews of the respected press correlate with the reviews of the mainstream press, you can be fairly certain that they are trustworthy.
 
ISP cash cow said:
I take it you are on the red pills today
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He is always like this in Apple threads lol typical.

Ipad mini is designed very nice but yeah pity about the below average screen,very unlike Apple to ignore screen res needs.This is usually an area of theirs I admire.

Jola I was also wondering why the p6800 never quite made it big like the other samsung tablets,could price not have been a factor?a 7.7 inch SUPER AMOLED screen doesn't come cheap....would have certainly costed more than the ipad mini does no?And ALOT more than nexus 7.
 
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Fudzy said:
On paper specs don't always the better product make.
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Indeed. I'm starting to think with all of these reviews we need to split it into two or three separate sections:
1) Technical Specs
2) Build Quality/Aesthetics/Smugfactor
3) Software ecosystem

Then consumers can use reviews to get feedback on the aspects to owning phones and tablets that are important to them
 
AlmightyBender said:
Indeed. I'm starting to think with all of these reviews we need to split it into two or three separate sections:
1) Technical Specs
2) Build Quality/Aesthetics/Smugfactor
3) Software ecosystem

Then consumers can use reviews to get feedback on the aspects to owning phones and tablets that are important to them
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I prefer comparisons (shoot outs) to full reviews, they generally break it down section for section which they think is better.
 
cerebus said:
Blah blah.
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Pretty much sums up all your comments in every Apple thread doesn't it?

The Apple supporters used the retina display to "prove" why the iPads are better than the Android tablets. Now that Apple has shafted them with the mini's resolution, the tablets resolution is not important at all anymore.
 
Crowley said:
Pretty much sums up all your comments in every Apple thread doesn't it?

The Apple supporters used the retina display to "prove" why the iPads are better than the Android tablets. Now that Apple has shafted them with the mini's resolution, the tablets resolution is not important at all anymore.
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Who said anything about the resolution? I was talking exclusively about this wide-eyed 'everyone is bought by Apple' nonsense that's being spouted about on the thread. Personally I wouldn't get the iPad Mini purely because of the screen resolution being so poor. I don't know where you get this 'tablets(sic) resolution is not so important' thing from.
 
Crowley said:
Pretty much sums up all your comments in every Apple thread doesn't it?

The Apple supporters used the retina display to "prove" why the iPads are better than the Android tablets. Now that Apple has shafted them with the mini's resolution, the tablets resolution is not important at all anymore.
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Just like how now that the nexus 10 has a higher res than the iPad it's suddenly going to be become all important to the android fan boys.

And I don't remember anyone saying the iPad mini was impressive.
 
doobyscoo said:
Just like how now that the nexus 10 has a higher res than the iPad it's suddenly going to be become all important to the android fan boys.

And I don't remember anyone saying the iPad mini was impressive.
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I don't usually get involved but from what I read screen resolution seemed important to Android fans as well. Quite a few people were questioning why Samsung never brought out the Tab 2 with a better screen.

I am not a fan of a particular brand or os. I use Android because it suits my needs.
My girlfriend has an upgrade coming up and I recommended Apple to her. Different devices are good because everyone needs something that suits them.
As long as there is a choice, that suits me just fine.
 
droidx said:
I don't usually get involved but from what I read screen resolution seemed important to Android fans as well. Quite a few people were questioning why Samsung never brought out the Tab 2 with a better screen.

I am not a fan of a particular brand or os. I use Android because it suits my needs.
My girlfriend has an upgrade coming up and I recommended Apple to her. Different devices are good because everyone needs something that suits them.
As long as there is a choice, that suits me just fine.
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I was mostly just countering his argument with the same type of general accusation based on no facts what so ever.
 
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