None of us want to admit it, but chances are we’re all fanboys of something. Whether it’s a particular brand of software, gadget, or anything else, we often rally behind companies and ideologies without even realizing it. Here’s why we become fanboys and how to prevent it from happening to you.
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It doesn’t matter if you’re talking about the Xbox One versus the PlayStation 4. The 360 versus the PS3. Pitting Xbox Live against PlayStation Plus. Comparing Microsoft and Sony. Even including Windows Phone with the PSP. Whatever. Any argument between Xbox fanboys and PlayStation fanboys eventually reaches the point where they’re both so thankful that they’re not Nintendo fanboys. How about that 2DS guys!
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Even though we’re going to be whoa’d and inspired by the future that Google Glass and the Apple iWatch will bring, let’s not kid ourselves. The most realistic future is going to be the silly arguments we all get into about Google Glass and the Apple iWatch… which will only get more ridiculous after Apple releases its own glasses and Google makes a watch. It’s the next level of Android vs iPhone. The future is going to suck. At least we have Joy of Tech’s amusing comic to laugh at before it happens. [Joy of Tech] More »
In some ways, a person’s choice of phone might say a lot about them. In other ways, it doesn’t. And as much as you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, we’re all guilty of it from time to time. More »
The smartphone fanboy wars seem both ridiculous and eternal. It’s like everywhere you go on the Internet, a simple statement of preference—even one that isn’t pig-head and disparaging—can serve as the flash point for a fanboy skirmish. Isn’t it about time we signed a peace treaty? More »
Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology.
I think I figured out why we love to argue about technology. It came to me via the wisdom of my mom, not surprisingly.
It started last Sunday, when I was at her house to mooch some lunch while helping her get photos off of her digital camera and onto a sharing site so she could, ahem, share them. She was complaining that younger generations won’t have photo albums, those lovely, physical relics of days gone by that mother and son can pore over and share memories.
“But, we’ll have Facebook Timelines,” I replied, sheepishly.
She glared.
I glared back.
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Samsung isn’t taking the iPhone 5 launch lying down, and it shouldn’t surprise you to learn that nobody else is taking anything lying down either, ever. Not long after Samsung released its hackle-raising iPhone-basher, the ad was being flipped on its head by ardent Apple knights in iPhone armor. More »
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