Great rant on The Register: How the mobile phone biz lost the plot

Matt Mizenko sent me a link to a great rant article (click here) on The Register about how the mobile industry lost its groove (it’s getting stale, but I only just read it).

There are some really good points made about how ‘in the old days’ the industry was a while lot better and simpler.

Quite:

The [Nokia} 3210 is the Model T Ford of mobile phones. By 2000, the phone was cheap enough that almost anyone could afford it. Yet despite its affordability, it was packed with features not yet seen in the mass market; most of them market firsts. Among other things, it introduced internal aerials, T9 predictive text input, downloadable ringtones, downloadable operator logos and a user interface as easy to use as a doorbell.

Sigh.

But, here’s a biting quote that brings a chuckle:

The N-series must surely take the cake as the world’s most ill-conceived range of phones, being slower than treacle, as reliable as Windows 3.1 and clearly designed by a committee of unloved marketing droids.

Go give this article a read and let’s all grumble together.

I suppose this article can be one we can point to when we get upset at the idiocy of the industry.