How to sell a product, but not fully thought through...

Back to the 3Store (not literally, I'm sure the phones are fine!)...

I couldn't help but notice the guy that served me was doing a mighty fine impression of  Flavor Flav (OT but anyway... someone I know was recently in an elevator with Mr Flav and asked him what time was it.  Probably not the first time he'd heard it but it sure made me chuckle!)

So, why did the shop assistant look like a flamboyant rapper?  Because he was wearing an LG Viewty around his neck, that's why!  To be fair, he didn't look that bling or anything but it got my attention and that was the idea - it wasn't a personal phone.  Within moments of enquiring about it I was asked if I wanted to play with it.  If you've read even a few of my posts you probably know the answer!

Indeed it seemed like an excellent phone and the assistant reminded me about the excellent video quality (what with support for ridiculously high frame rates and high resolution) and I was told how to find and check out the videos on it.  The only problem was there were only videos in low quality, shot on the device itself and in 3gp format.  To really show of the device they could've done with some video demos off of the likes of Apple's, Microsoft or Divx's websites.

From what I saw it seemed like a nice phone.  For various reasons I'm sticking to Nokia.  However, if I were I was held at gunpoint and forced to choose between a Viewty or an iPhone I know which one I'd plump for, the Viewty!  IMHO the only things the iPhone excels at are the things the far cheaper Ipod Touch does.