Samsung and Google pull Nexus Prime, Ice Cream Sandwich launch
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In an updated statement, the companies confirmed they were making the move out of respect for Jobs.
“We believe this is not the right time to announce a new product as the world expresses tribute to Steve Jobs’s passing,” the companies said.
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It's likely that the companies decided to postpone as a mark
of respect to rival Steve Jobs, who passed away earlier this
week.
EDIT: I think worth also noting that it's supposition that it's being delayed as a mark of respect, rather than anything Google or Samsung have said.
I also imagine there will be at least a few top level Google executives attending.
And I doubt Google is the only company doing this. Look, competitive as companies in the valley are, we are all still human beings, with a sense of respect for others in our industry, and when one so who has burned so brightly, dies so young, we take notice. The amount of cynicism displayed here is just sad.
... perhaps to console his broken heart ...
"Running this story in reverse it’s suddenly clear why Apple didn’t introduce the iPhone 5 this week. It would have been lost in the news of Jobs’s death, killing the marketing value he would have loved. I’m sure the phone will appear in a week or two with that appearance in part to encourage the recovery of Apple shares from what is sure to be a short-term decline."
Personally it doesn't make much sense (the 3GS is still on the plate). Then again, we have leaked case designs for the iPhone5 (or did we? https://twitter.com/#!/Cabel/status/121243424350412800 )
There's a time and place to talk about Apple's legal practices. But this thread is about Samsung and Google (potentially) behaving much more respectfully toward a competitor than you are. Which is commendable.
Google and Samsung did not comment by saying this is to pay respect to S.Jobs, because they wouldn't know what the reaction would be. Now that the reaction is positive, they might comment on it that way.
Otherwise, people would know and start saying "it's in fact because the news would be overshadowed by S.Jobs death, and it would also taint our product launch. It's an extraordinary event, Lets launch later".
There's nothing respectful in not launching a product, a week later. There has been many cool marks of respects instead, all over the worlda and the web, which mean a LOT more and make a LOT more sense than a product launch delay.
I know, unpopular opinions gotta be downvoted, and criticism bashed. Heh. That's pretty much against what S.Jobs believed in, ironically.
I'm no Apple fanboi, but there's a time and place for some things. This is not the time or place to be criticizing Jobs or those who grieve at the loss. I can see why people are sad; and that's fine with me. I may not agree with a lot of what SJ did, but this is not the time to bring out his failings. If you have nothing positive to say, just keep quiet; you aren't adding to the discourse by peeing in the punch.
If you had ill to say of the person, it would be polite and honest to say it when they were alive to defend themselves. The time after a person dies is a little soon as they have relatives and friends who need to work out their grief and not deal with a bunch of detractors.
I am sure Steve Jobs will be debated by historians and evaluated my the ever changing morals of the years to come.
Also, I don't need someone, like historians, to tell me how to think. Neither a global population's moral. I have my own though and my own morale. I know, again, that's not a common point of view. Much easier to go with the flow. And again, Mr Jobs would agree. If you want to honor his memory, maybe it's time to think different^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H on your own.
The historian comment was to show that the net effect of his life (or any other) will not truly be known until well after death. The morality part was my quick quip on what morals history's judgment will be based.
Its a free country, be rude and add all the pain to the world you want. I just tend to believe a little bit of thought and compassion for others would make it a nicer place.
But each time, I took a deep breath, and let people have their moment.
I agree with you that he wasn't perfect. But he was a remarkable human being, and I'm ok with a social convention that, at least for a short time after a person's death, focuses on the good parts of his life, and the lessons we can learn from them.
The rest of your comment is speculation on the motives of Samsung and Google. Anyone who says, "this one reason is not the reason, and this other reason is the real one" is wrong. Especially at the level of this kind of product launch that's a cooperation between two such huge companies, the decision is likely mind-bogglingly complex.
And, honestly, I think a product launch decision can actually have a real-world impact on sales, so it's potentially a lot more meaningful decision than tweeting #thankyoustevejobs.
Again, I'm sure the decision is a byzantine one. But the gggp comment appears to be advocating an antagonistic attitude toward the recently dead. That's simply and obviously disrespectful.