Dammit

[pointedview]

I'm beginning to fear that my likage curse is affecting tech. (The more I like something, the better the chance that it will fail/close/be taken off the menu/etc.)

• I loved the idea of the Palm Pre. Palm proceeded to fail epically at marketing, and the company was just bought out by HP (though I think that could potentially be a good marriage).
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[goodjoan]

I have this exact same effect on restaurants! Whenever Dan and I find a local restaurant that we adore, they end up going out of business. I'm not an early adopter when it comes to technology though, so I haven't had phones vaporizing out of my hands like you seem to keep experiencing! I tend to assume that the first release of any technology is nothing more than a giant beta test, so I wait a while for all the kinks to get worked out!

[pointedview]

*chuckles* I've had this issue with stores, menu items, television shows, you name it!

I agree about first releases. While I hate the fact that I've lost usable time by not having a smartphone, at least I have a better chance now of purchasing something that's been debugged by real world exposure. :)