On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Peter Cushing < [email protected]> wrote:
> Ted Roche wrote: > >> http://recode.net/2014/02/06/our-love-affair-with-the-tablet-is-over >> > > Don't say that! I'm just researching buying my first tablet. Yeah I >> know, very late to the party but I don't like to rush into things ;-) >> > Just quoting the article. For personal use, especially those like me who think that smartphones are very very expensive toys, tablets might fill a niche. For many of the businesses we work with, tablets may or may not fit the needs of the business. I just got off the phone with a former and perhaps future client looking for a mobile solution and tablets were one possibility. I don't have a smartphone as I don't really think it is worth it for the > amount of times I would use the extra features. I can't actually see > myself taking the tablet anywhere out of the house. This might be one situation: phones as the mobile solution, tablets as the thing you keep next to the couch or bed. Similarly, tablets might be right to tote around inside a business, but not necessarily something you carry to client meetings off-site. If I go on holiday say I want to be exploring and enjoying the location, > not staring at a tablet. > Here we are showing our pre-electronics-era ethos: I shake my head at concerts where it's hard to see the performer for all the cell phones held aloft, or see anything but the top of everyone's head at a meeting as they all stare into their electronic toys. > I have a fairly new plasma TV but the only things I need it to do are > play/view files on a stick/External hard drive and connect to blu-ray > player and amp. Some of the features I have seen just seem to be gimicks. > I got a Chromecast when they came out and like the convenience of clicking a widget on my local device to play something on the big screen. Integrating a laptop or tablet as the smart controller for a TV with apps like Netflix or Hulu or Youtube is a pretty good model of digital convergence in my mind. That said, I generally find the tablet UX clunky, as my fat fingers stab at undersized buttons and get poor feedback. > > YMMV > > Peter > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Rajan Imports has changed - we are now Whispering Smith Ltd. For more > information see our website at www.whisperingsmith.com > > > Please update your address book with my new email address: > [email protected] > > . > > This communication is intended for the person or organisation to whom it > is addressed. The contents are confidential and may be protected in law. > Unauthorised use, copying or disclosure of any of it may be unlawful. If > you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by > telephone or email. > > www.whisperingsmith.com > > Whispering Smith Ltd > Head Office:61 Great Ducie Street, Manchester M3 1RR. Tel:0161 831 3700 > Fax:0161 831 3715 > London Office:17-19 Foley Street, London W1W 6DW Tel:0207 299 7960 > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4v-9pyFBTqQEt1LuRdVfnPM=-ofzn-cotoavqcqsgn...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
