Thread: iPAD vs Tablet PC: Forget the iPAD

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by FailSafe

A phone with a better interface might change your mind.

Nope. When I'm at my desk, I can work. When I'm out with the family work can get fucked.

not everone has the option of walking away from a desk and their job ends there. If I operated like that I would soon be replaced.

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by FailSafe

A phone with a better interface might change your mind.

Nope. When I'm at my desk, I can work. When I'm out with the family work can get fucked.

not everone has the option of walking away from a desk and their job ends there. If I operated like that I would soon be replaced.

Of course, but I was talking about my situation, not 6 billion other people's.

There are two reasons why these folk don't have a smartphone.

Either:
(1) Too expensive (Either they haven't got the money, or they'd rather buy Chang at the supermarket and sip it through a straw at the local park than have to go somewhere where a tip might be involved);

or

(2) The technology is too baffling for them, and they are afraid to admit it.

I agree, I don't see people with smart phones complaining about people that don't have them do you ?

Sent from I pad

Originally Posted by Rigger

I agree, I don't see people with smart phones complaining about people that don't have them do you ?

True, but they do sneer at them at Starbucks.

Originally Posted by FailSafe

Originally Posted by Rigger

I agree, I don't see people with smart phones complaining about people that don't have them do you ?

True, but they do sneer at them at Starbucks.

I sneer at anyone who's dumb enough to go to Starbucks.

You don't need an iPad to look like a tool there.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

You don't need an iPad to look like a tool there.

No- you need an iPad to look cool there.

And god help you if you show up with a Kindle- you'll be considered so uncool you'll have to drink your double-mocha-half-caf outside.

Actually Starbucks are very similar to Apple. They've both made fortunes selling over-priced but ordinary shit dressed up as something special.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

The company offered me a top of the range blackberry, and after a few days of it vibrating in my pocket every time I got an email, I gave it back.

Interesting, I just switched off the email alerting. If I was bothered I could have set up different behaviour for different times of day.

Originally Posted by BigRed

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

The company offered me a top of the range blackberry, and after a few days of it vibrating in my pocket every time I got an email, I gave it back.

Interesting, I just switched off the email alerting. If I was bothered I could have set up different behaviour for different times of day.

No, I can genuinely say that Interesting is not the word that sprang to mind.

Originally Posted by Sailing into trouble

Most of us surround ourselves with stuff we do not need ! I use apple since I misplaced my stone axe. Think last time I saw it, it was embedded in my old PC, which I donated to The Ark.

Apple have developed markets better than their competition. As soon as someone else comes up with a better product I will jump ship, I have no shares in MAc.

Oh gawd, another fanboi. But one that thinks "Apple make all the programs for the mac" so this shouldn't take long.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

The technology is too baffling for them, and they are afraid to admit it.

You sure about that, harry? I don't have a smartphone but I do have a switch in front of me that, if flicked, will fuck up internet access for over three-quarters of the smart-phones in Thailand Another switch, across the way, will take Thailand completely off the net. Heh, the kind of things they let us techno-ignoramuses do

Yeah right Bob, I surely believe that.

^whatever, harry. I can't prove what I do and you can't prove you're anything other than an idiot. I guess we'll both have to live with that.

Whatever you say, DrBob. You're the man!

Just been watching Apocalypse Now again. It occurred to me that the modern equivalent of the start of the movie, with Willard drunkenly doing his martial arts maneuvers, punching the mirror, and pouring whiskey down his throat would be sitting down at at a desk, downloading amputee porn, masturbating until you couldn't get a hard-on anymore, and sending crazed SMS messages to everybody in your address book. And then sending tweets to say you'd just done all that. How blessed we are to live in this age of wonders

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Just been watching Apocalypse Now again. It occurred to me that the modern equivalent of the start of the movie, with Willard drunkenly doing his martial arts maneuvers, punching the mirror, and pouring whiskey down his throat would be sitting down at at a desk, downloading amputee porn, masturbating until you couldn't get a hard-on anymore, and sending crazed SMS messages to everybody in your address book. And then sending tweets to say you'd just done all that. How blessed we are to live in this age of wonders

couldn't agree more,

which version is it ? Director Cut ? might need to watch those scenes again, never gets old

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

There are two reasons why these folk don't have a smartphone.

Either:
(1) Too expensive (Either they haven't got the money, or they'd rather buy Chang at the supermarket and sip it through a straw at the local park than have to go somewhere where a tip might be involved);

or

(2) The technology is too baffling for them, and they are afraid to admit it.

It is very ironic that those two reasons seem to be the same as those who actually own a few of these devices as well.

Most smartphone owners own them because of

1. They are expensive and it helps people with ego issues not feel they have been outdone by others.
2. They want to appear to have a solid grip on modern technology (thought they are afraid to admit they don't know how to use it) i.e. not knowing how to kill alerts or schedule phone behaviors as to not interfere with life.

So many people have bought a smartphone and haven't the slightest clue how to use it, and in most cases the most advanced things they have figured out is the fact that you can send an email from the damned thing. Which brings to the fore the biggest complaint, that of making yourself available 24 hours. Don't wanna be available 24 hours you can try these simple 6 steps...

1. Do not post in your signature that you responded via your Android, Iphone or Blackberry - clear sign you will be available 24 hours.
2. Do not respond to emails from your device at 3am - another clear sign.
3. Quit showing off your device to everyone - hence informing them you are available 24 hours.
4. Don't work for a company or employ staff that can't get through their head you are not available 24 hours.
5. Setup your profiles so the phone does not disturb you when you are not working.
6. If all the above fails because you can't figure out how to do any of the above you can go the route my dad has to take and simply power off the device after working hours.

If you can't figure it out with steps 1-4, perhaps you should reconsider why you bought a smartphone and immediately downgrade to a Nokia 3310 utilizing steps 5 and 6 in the meantime. Let's be honest, not everyone is meant to use a device like this and most who do use a device like this do not even have a clue how to do anything other than add a contact and dial out. I guess it begs the question, why purchase in the first place?

I guess it begs the question, why purchase in the first place?

And the man with the answer is off work sick.

And how perfectly timed, presumably because they want to announce it while he's still with us:

It's the most eagerly awaited technology product of the year.

Apple is expected to launch its new iPad next week, contrary to speculation of a delay of the latest version of the popular tablet computer.

It is thought the California-based company will unveil the iPad2 at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, its preferred venue, on March 2.

Recent speculation about a delay until June was 'simply not true', an Apple insider said, as the firm wants a launch at the same time of year as the first iPad, which went on sale in April 2010.

No release date or price has been set yet.

Talk of the timing of the iPad unveiling comes as reports detailing the faltering health of its iconic chief executive, Steve Jobs, emerged.

Tim Cook, chief operating officer of Apple, is expected to take the stage at the annual shareholders meeting later today in the 55-year-old's place.

Mr Jobs, who underwent a liver transplant in 2009, took his third medical leave in seven years last month.

The iPad was the hottest technology device of 2010, selling nearly 15million units and sparking a slew of copycat devices from rivals.

More than 50million tablets are expected to be sold this year, with Apple capturing the bulk of the demand.

Shares of Apple fell 3 per cent after a Taiwanese brokerage firm said the iPad2 will be delayed as maker Hon Hai faces production bottlenecks due to the device's new design.

But analysts quickly downplayed the report, noting that Apple has been reliable when it comes to its release schedule.

'Apple has a very consistent track record,' said Hudson Square Research analyst Daniel Ernst.

Yuanta Securities had said in a note the iPad2 would come out two months later in the seasonal schedule this year than the first version, which launched in April last year.

According to the note, component makers had to change their production processes after Apple made design changes to the iPad2 before the Lunar New Year at the beginning of February.

Hon Hai declined to comment.

Morgan Keegan analyst Tavis McCourt said investors were overreacting to Yuanta's note, adding that even if a late launch hurts second-quarter sales, he is not changing his expectation for full year sales of 27million iPads.

Manufacturing sources have previously said the new model would have cameras on the front and back of the device and would be slimmer, lighter and have a better resolution display than the first iPad.

The March 2 unveiling was originally reported in an All Things Digital blog report.

Apple declined to comment.

AMD making their own netbooks and tablets now?

AMD looks to tablets

• Published: 24/02/2011 at 12:00 AM
• Newspaper section: Business

AMD, the US-based processor maker, is expanding into the media tablet and netbook market.
The company is also preparing to launch an entry-price notebook product for the first time, starting from US$200.
Bob Grim, director for client product marketing of AMD, said the company would introduce a new-generation processor, called AMD Fusion Family. The product combines processing capability with graphics in the same chip, called Accelerated Processing Units (APU). It is designed for media tablets, netbooks, notebooks and desktop computers.
The processor will also offer a sleeker design, longer battery life for up to 10 hours and higher definition for desktop and mobile devices all at a lower price than its rivals, he said.
Previously, AMD made processors mainly for notebooks, priced at about $300, and desktop computers. "We are now moving into the tablet and netbook market for the first time, with prices raging from $220-500 a unit."About 35 brands use its processors, including Acer, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, MSI, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba.
Chukkrit Watcharasaksilp, country manager of AMD Thailand, said Thailand's internet penetration was around 26%, though PC penetration is only 14%.

Still waiting for my Asus EP121- they might ship on March 7th (then it will have to be shipped from NY to Thailand).

Originally Posted by FailSafe

Still waiting for my Asus EP121- they might ship on March 7th (then it will have to be shipped from NY to Thailand).

Hope it's worth the wait