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Originally Posted by slender View Post
No. Wrong. Only way to measure if product has failed is to see it sales and feedback from device owners. Only one who sees these statistics is the seller itself. So you can only make vagues guesses how well something has succeed. And of course the problem itself is that how to measure and what is the scale itself.

If you try to make statement about failure then you need shitload of references and statistics from 3rd party sellers. Without those you are just yelling fool who can wear clown suit (like most of tech. bloggers and commentators in blogs, just bunch of fools who think that their opinion without arguments or references is worth something) :|

Only thing you can say is that device has failed FOR YOU. Big difference!
The difference is - and I think you missed my point - is that we should care. I think N900 is a great device. My wife, however, do not know how to use N900 (when she borrows mine). For her it is a disappointment and she is not going to change her mind if I tell her all the technicals specs. What I can do is to listen to her and try to make N900 more usable to her. And if not else, I should listen to her opinion when suggesting new phone to her. From the user point of view it is his or her experience which is relevant. And service providers and manufacturers need to listen these experiences otherwise it is hard to improve their products.

Even it would be developer or arrogant blogger; feedback is always important and worth of studying.