If I was Apple, I’d never release a production cycle that could hurt me. Look at what is happening to the wunderkiner Toyota today; no one wants to deal with thousands of recalled units. The economic and PR fallbacks of that minor fault will hurt the company for years.

That being said, if we strip away the fact that this is being done by a think-tank of the highest order and treat Apple as a singular entity and anthropomorphize it… acting boldly and trusting yourself is bold and beautiful. If you are as good as you can be, this is the only way to live. Being repressive when you’re sure you’ve reached your target is crippling and sad.

Slumdog Millionaire!… Is that your final answer? The tea-walah is tested and trusts his instincts.

I’ve generally been a late adopter of newish technology like this, preferring to let others deal with those bugs but this is part of what I was trying to get at in this post.. Now you’re a bit sour on the Nexus One which doesn’t do them any favours. You’ll move to a different platform but would it benefited you as a customer if they’d released a more complete product? It seems odd to me that with the multitude marketplace choices we have, we’re still oft willing to settle for mediocre products because all of the competing companies are releasing half-baked products.

To be fair, I suppose I can’t call the iPad half-baked; this device is really a giant iPod which is already proven technology but it begs the question, what happens when the competition try to catch up?

Some people will take some bugs for the “privilege” of being an early adopter. But others can get soured on the experience and have it reflect on the company as a whole.