How can you blame one thing on the slow sales when there are so many confounding factors? If a lack of in-store sales is the primary culprit that means that hu

How can you blame one thing on the slow sales when there are so many confounding factors? If a lack of in-store sales is the primary culprit that means that hundreds of thousands of people show up at the store having never heard of the iPhone/Droid/N1 and end up buying it. I highly doubt that's the case. People go to the store to try/buy a smartphone they've already heard of elsewhere. If Google had spent more money marketing the N1 their sales would've been better. Also, their timing was awful.