On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Gil Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Why do you not bat an eye at > > more shit rammed down your throat with every new cell phone that > > comes out? > > Actually, I have always found that each new cell phone I opted to purchase > yielded an advance that helped me. My first Blackberry was a tremendous > improvement over my previous cell phone as I could now store all my > contacts > and calendar events from Outlook on it, and the update process between the > phone and my PC worked very well. My 2nd Blackberry did all that, plus it > provided me Bluetooth so I was free of wires and could legally use my cell > phone while driving in NY. My 3rd Blackberry had all that, plus it now > has > Voice Dialing that really works, and a camera that I use to document > equipment rooms, cabling, etc. at client locations. I also figure if I > happen onto an accident I can now record the scene quickly - hopefully it > will not be an accident I am involved in <g>. So, in my case the Use > Value > has always notched up a step or more. Otherwise I would not have switched > out my phones (my first phone was a Motorola Bag Phone in 1993/1994 or so. > Hot shit for back then, antique now. > > Compare that to the more recent M$ experience where the new OS releases > serve M$'s own revenue enhancement purposes, with no tangible benefit that > could not have realized had they just kept enhancing a great core product. > Kind of like new brains for the cell phones instead of new models > (actually, > fairly impractical for phones with phsyical constraints, but possible with > OSes). > ---------------------------------- We as developers just haven't gotten to write the new tools to put onto Vista yet. Vista is very RICH for consumption of all that cool new stuff. It's just that we haven't gotten our creative minds around it yet to actually make the end user products yet. Give it time and you will be blown away. Just like it took a while for sw to get to WIN98 from Win3.n look, feel, usability. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.
