[Reply] Hi all,
For those interested in all things "Google" ... check out Google Barcamp. http://groups.google.co.nz/group/nz-google-barcamp "..All things Google from Google Apps, GIS, search appliances, Wave, privacy, Android, SEO, Blogger, interoparbility, and anything else .." cheers Gary At 23:16 on 18/01/2010 you wrote >To : delphi@delphi.org.nz >CC : >From: John Bird, johnkb...@paradise.net.nz >Content Type: text/html >Attached: > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > > > > >myOffice Email MessageCheaper is mainly related to number being made. > >For years laptops were more expensive than desktops, as each manufacturer had >to customise their smaller size motherboards etc. Desktops used more mass >made mainstream off-the-shelf components (eg power supplies, memory chips, >video cards, cases, CD drives, HD etc) so were cheaper. This has now almost >disappeared as laptops are now outselling desktops - soon desktops actually >may become more expensive. > >Same happening for phones. Early adopters always pay more because: > >-new and cool adds to price >-hardware is new, so more expensive irrespective of whether its bigger or >smaller >-software is new -> manufacturers charge more of course. >-new infrastructure (3G) is expensive too >-In general making something a bit smaller than the industry standards always >raises the costs. > >A wag once said - A cell phone is the only thing where guys will sit around >boasting that theirs is smaller than everyone else's. > >Back to The Future of Delphi:--- >======================= >What I have been saying all along is that the market is however heading quite >fast now in this direction. This means programmers are going to be asked more >and more to make sure their apps can be used from smaller touch screens....I >reckon whether or not we see it coming the current software environment is >changing as surely as it did when Windows first came along, only this time >Windows may not be the platform... I can live with moving from Windows, but >would prefer to have Delphi move with me to the new platforms even if MS >doesn't... > >(I have used other OS's like Unix and Linux, they all have their good points >so don't be afraid of them. Same with other languages. Can live with cross >compiling from Windows to Android etc with emulators from Delphi. Would >prefer to not have to consider learning everything new again - new OS, new >IDE, new language.) > > > > > >John > > Smaller is obviously cheaper, in terms of materials but also because "small" > usually comes as the result of higher integration within the component parts, > reducing the number of components, which in turn increases reliability and > reduces servicing/maintenance costs. VLSI has perhaps been the single > greatest contribution to the commoditization of electronics. > > > > >_______________________________________________ >NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz >Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: >unsubscribe Ref#: 41006
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