another interesting point of view http://speirs.org/blog/2010/1/29/future-shock.html
2010/1/29 <[email protected]> > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:08:11PM -0500, Jeremy wrote: > > Andrew Oulton wrote: > > > Netbooks offer greater expansion and initial function than iPhone or > > > iPad. So with regards to the iPad, what functions set it apart from > > > my cell phone, and from my PC to warrant its existance and cost? Is > > > $500 USD to START (on a dead-end non-expandable device) worth this > > > difference? Who gets the most out of a device like it? How long till > > > those few points are better served by something else? > > I have owned an "ipad" for a few years now, it is called an Archos. > > Certainly did not take over the world, and it is more open by leaps and > > bounds than the ipad. Costs less, has an 80GB disk (smallest size they > > sell), touch interface, wifi, opera browser, removable battery, records > > mp4 from inputs, has USB host interface, same size screen, samba file > > sharing (which with a hack enables ssh access), has many hours battery > > life, and even has a stand on the back so you can put it on a table and > > watch it :) The new ones have 3g as well. > > > > It is funny how all the press seems to have never imagined something > > like this before. Go look at future shop. > > Apple has a large and dedicated following. THey will follow Apple > anywhere. The big advantages they have over the leading software > producer is that > (a) what they sell works out of the box > (b) keeps working > (c) looks good. > and most important, > (d) has a reputation of (a), (b), and (c) above. > > But I have so far not invested in an ipod or an iphone, and will > probably continue not doing so. I have an old Nokia cell phone that > pretty well is just a cell phone. I suppose I can play a game on it if > I want, but I > don't. > > I have a Nokis N800 that I also carry with me. That's for my > non-cellphone uses of almost-wearable electronics. I'd be happy to have > all of this in one device in my pocket, bot so far, I haven't found > anything that's enough of an advantage over what I've go now to be worth > spending money on. > > And the current crop of ebook readers, well, if it's going to be > DRM-crippled or a *third* thing to carry everywhere, well, I'm not > interested. I use my N800 to read in bed. That and paper books. The > big disadvantage of the N800 is a lack of publications in free form. I' > currently partway through a .pdf book on quantum gravity that I acquired > from the author's web site. It's too slow changing pages. By the time > you get to the second half of a sentence, you've forgotten the first. > > Please correct me if I'm wrong, and if there is something better I > should be looking at, but I haven't found it yet. > > -- hendrik. > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >
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