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Originally Posted by bhartman36
Obviously, it's not all about specs, but look at the reviews I posted. He doesn't go into specs at all. If he did, he'd have to admit that the iPad was lacking in comparison to the Xoom. And he blatantly misrepresented the cost of the Xoom, without mentioning that the price he quoted was for an unlocked, 32MB Xoom.
Certainly.
I think you're a little confused as to what a reviewer does. A reviewer reviews a device, telling you all about it. The reviewer saying, "Well, I don't care about specs. If you do, go get a spec sheet." is not acceptable when you're writing a review, because without specs, you're not telling the whole story of a device, to allow people to make informed decisions.
That's the point. Readers/viewers can't make informed decisions if they don't get the whole story about a device's pluses and minuses, and when you spend half the review saying that one device is exactly like another device (which, by implication, you consider clearly superior), and then gloss over any differences (that might tend to make the device you're looking at more acceptable than your favorite device), that's not a fair review.
I can sum it up this way: Pogue spends a great deal of effort saying why Device X isn't as good as an iDevice, without really delving into the competing device sufficiently.
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Restaurant reviewers don't go into the kitchen and tell you what ingredients are in use and the cooking techniques in use.
They focus overarchingly on the final product.
Ditto with a reviewer. If a device is notably better because of some unique spec, they mention it. But if it's there and there is no difference in the outcome they might not. The Xoom was not measurably better because the spec sheet.
It had a SD slot too. mentionable?