On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 at 13:45, Stefan Skoglund <stefan.skogl...@agj.net> wrote: > > The economist wrote about this ( > https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/06/08/how-the-pursuit-of-leisure-drives-internet-use > ) > > The current situation is this: > it is much more important for Apple and Samsung to sell overpriced > things to consumers which then basically only will be used to play > games, look on sport games and youtube films.
Fair point. And in the tropics, it is more important than ever that a device is sealed, waterproof, has no moving parts, etc. -- to keep it tough. Cheap & replaceable are more important than convenient and repairable. > What you used the Psion for will only sell about 4 percent of apples > volumes last year.... > The screen of the machine i write this on, stands on a sun sparcstation > 10. > If i had that machine running well i would be as productive writing > reports on that one as on the asus tower which i now uses. I know what you mean, and I agree. I just wish a few more companies thought like Planet Computers and tried to make devices for rich niches, rather than the cheap mass market... https://planetcom.squarespace.com/ -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven - Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 - ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053