Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Nokia Lumia 900 is a fair comparison
Discussion Counterpoint. Colleague Tim Conneally and I got into
a heated debate about smartphone comparisons this morning. He
has the Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone for review (and I --
whaaaaa -- don't). I suggested Tim do a comparison with Google-
branded Galaxy Nexus, which we both have. He refused. Tim was
quite adamant about it, too. His out-and-out refusal clearly
taps into strong feelings about how products are compared.  We
bantered back and forth over group chat, with neither of our
positions changing. "Buyers make these product comparisons all
the time", I expressed late in our debate. "I can see we won't
agree. If I had the Lumia 900, I would compare them". But I
don't, and Tim won't. So I suggested: "Let's ask the
readers...something like: 'Would you like the Samsung Galaxy
Nexus and Nokia Lumia 900 compared?'"  I had planned on one
story with both our perspectives, but Tim smartly wrote
something longer -- hence we have a separate point