I rekke never, whan that ben beryed, Though that her soules gon a blakeberyed.
Does this surprise anyone? New research shows that your choice of smartphone reflects your political persuasion: Left-wingers, it seems, favour the iPhone - while those on the Right prefer BlackBerrys.
Apart from one long-haired male model I can't think of any iPhone wielding person I trust to be right on the important things of life.
(Headline - Chaucer in the Pardoner's Tale)
Comments
Damn - perhaps I am a dastardly pinko without knowing it!
Posted by: knirirr | February 10, 2010 9:14 AM
Oh dear. I have two (one for China and one for the ROW). Maybe it's because libertarians reject the left/right analysis? Or maybe you shouldn't trust me.
Posted by: Tom Paine | February 10, 2010 9:32 AM
Well that's me buggered! Better see about getting a Blackberry or else voting Labour.
Posted by: Mark Sparrow | February 10, 2010 11:28 AM
What truely suprises me, is that someone wasted their time, effort and budget on yet another pointless research survey.
Posted by: Gareth | February 10, 2010 1:07 PM
I'm definitely an Apple fan and if anything, more libertarian than Chris Mounsey.
Posted by: David Gillies | February 10, 2010 4:11 PM
Makes sense. The BlackBerry was designed as a tool rather than a plaything.
That said, the Apple marketers would seem to have a better sense of human nature here; folks generally prefer to play with toys than work with tools, particularly in affluent Western societies.*
* In the rest of the world, there's not much option. It's either use tools - or die of starvation.
Posted by: JJM | February 10, 2010 4:36 PM
I have neither. Does that make me an anarchist?
Posted by: Colin Campbell | February 11, 2010 5:24 AM
Hmmm... strange. I carry an iPhone but work for the BlackBerry people (I do their text layout software, font rendering, etc.). There are few more libertarian than me, but I don't like the left-right distinction. I prefer thinking of my enemies as statists.
Posted by: Graham Asher | February 11, 2010 1:00 PM