That's what people usually think indeed. Until they actually use a big device for a few hours or days, and then most (not all) change their minds. The "must fit in my shirt pocket because I'm me and I express my being through random criteria" can easily be morphed into "must fit into my pants pocket" or "must be usable without hunching over" or "must be able to browse w/o panning and zooming constantly" or "must be able to double as my ebook reader", so random criteria don't *have* to be altogether lost in the process, they can be substituted.
OTOH, some people do use their phones mostly for phoning, and/or have eagle eyes, and/or are very fashion conscious.
"b) showing everyone that you've "given up" and just don't care what you wear anymore", nah, only judgmental assholes jump to that deductive a conclusion. And fashion victims (which are the same, mostly).
It's not an opinion, it's fact: a 6.1" screen has 232% the area of a 4"; a 23", 235% of a 15" (assuming both are the same ratio such as 16:9 or some such)
As for "carting" around, a 6 incher doesn't need carting either, it fits in my pockets.
Depends on your size. 6.3" is about the max size that will fit comfortably in my pockets. 7" will but it's a stretch (see what i did here ?), really, I tried, because I'd love it if I could carry around a 7" phone. Maybe when they do away with bezels... And I can handle my 6.1" Ascend Mate mostly one-handed, to call, scroll pages, even type with the "stuck to the side" mini keyboard.
I got laughed at for my humongous HTC HD2 (4.3"), then for my Samsung Galaxy Note (5.1")... Now I'm getting more interested looks about my 6.1" Mate.
I guess people are coming around to the fact that "smartphone" is a misnomer, and "minitablet" or "minireader" would be more apt: I use my phone to read/type on it 99% on the time vs 1% for calls. I'm not counting music, it's tucked in my pocket for that.
Anyway, it's just great to have a choice. I can understand people who prefer a mini-phone too...
Even at that price, I'd probably not buy a Surface-RT if my current Android broke. And looking around me, I find nobody I'd recommend it to: you have to - need Office - but no other Windows App because those don't run on RT (bneither does AD, Outlook... none of the "pro" stuff) - and no other serious App in general, because Win8-RT is still missing a *good* apps for the basics (RSS, dlna, multi-format video player, etc etc) - no games except a handful - not want 7", nor any weird stuff (phone with your 3G...) - be able to make do with a quite retarded OS. I've just finished setting up a "metro" Win8 desktop for the 'rents; Metro is a compendium of UI miscues, functionality holes, and bugs. Live tiles are semi-nice, until you realize there's about 8 of them, of which 4 are useless. Not even a *clock* for chrissake. - be able to cope not only with random featuritis (hey, let's make IE metro-like when it's the default browser, and not Metro-like when it isn't), but also random de-featuritis (hey, now that people have gotten used to Facebook photos on their screensaver, let's cut that !)
Last time I had to deal with MS in mobile, they explained to me nicely that no, my (just bought) HTC HD2 coudln't synch with my (just bought) Windows computer, that it was normal, and that there were no plans to make the 2 sync. I dropped them right there, and they're staying dropped until they come up with something Real Good. Win8, Win8 RT, and the Surfaces certainly aren't it. Even the Nokia cameras aren't.
OK. So there was 1 gun, 2 people. The kid with no gun was armed, and the guy with the gun in his hands (and that brought the gun to start with) was unarmed then ?
Actually the 99% are fighting scraps because the 1% have gotten most of everything. And not, that's not socialism. I think the US have reached the level of a kleptocracy.
Actually, no: a large plurality of Android apps are coded to Dalvik, which is basically (pun intended) java bytecode. Very few Android apps use the alternative (Native something something), which allows ASM or whatever, and then only for small snippets. That's why Android apps run indifferently on ARM, x86, and MIPS... various versions of those actually.
Optimization is another matter, but that's mostly fro GPU stuff.
I'm a IT dinosaur at 44, but I still remember when I was young and working for tech companies with an average age in the high, sometimes even the low, 20s. It creates a very specific mindset and atmosphere: - office drama, both romantic and tragic. I've seen a lot of love affairs, even more flings, and some suicides. All those do have an impact on business. - general lack of empathy (people at that age are still very self-centered), especially so towards the older generations to which many customers do belong. Apart from relational issues with customers (50 yo don't empathize with/trust 20 yo that much), it creates specific problems such as: YOU can understand / would use this, could/would your mom ? your grandma ? We have tech-aware hipsters building tech-hipster stuff for tech-aware hipsters, and a huge lack of stuff for the mature and senior markets.
I've done a bit of hiring on th e side for some of my companies. Ex-military is good for a whole hosts of reasons (thank for your service; courage; discipline; commitment, top gun..). That's your "in" right there, no need for more.
What you need on top of that is: - don't be a nut job. Quite a few ex-military I've come across had severe PTSD. Make sure you project "normality", with a dollop of humor and lay-backedness (not aloofness though: our business is not war, but it *is* important, too). Make sure you have a life goal and non-work projects to discuss (that'd be: kids:-p) - be up-to-date on your tech skills. While the army has good rep for giving organizational and personal skills, it also has a mild rep for being backwards and procedural
I've set one up for my parents, they like it well enough: - it is much more reliable than their Windows PC (which lost the 'net while I was away, so was useless for a couple of weeks) - it is easier to use, once you learn the 5 differences (single click to launch, right click = back, Home =... home,...) - it does what they need: mail, internet, Skype, and a few games. Oh, and picture frame:-p With widgets, they have mail + meteo + skype contacts and conversations right on the home screen. - plays games and films for the grandkids
1- you're incompetent.... what you want to do is networking 101 2- you're an idiot. your job is to help your users, not to piss them off 3- you fail to realize you're having a political/organizational problem, not a technical one 4- the solution you're contemplating is medieval
Honestly, you sound like a gleeful entitled bitch thay just stumbled.on some blackmail material.
I'm all for people spending their money and their lives any way they want... I don't feel a need to be informed about pointless and fairly fake endeavours though.
Fair warning: these people don't want to be taught about IT. They want a powerpoint presentation about why the choices they have made (ie, you have made for them) are the right ones (other hint: "our competition is doing that" is the best argument, by a mile). That's a good place to sneak in a few limitations you anticipate to cause issues too, so you have an "I told you so" fallback.
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That's what people usually think indeed. Until they actually use a big device for a few hours or days, and then most (not all) change their minds. The "must fit in my shirt pocket because I'm me and I express my being through random criteria" can easily be morphed into "must fit into my pants pocket" or "must be usable without hunching over" or "must be able to browse w/o panning and zooming constantly" or "must be able to double as my ebook reader", so random criteria don't *have* to be altogether lost in the process, they can be substituted.
OTOH, some people do use their phones mostly for phoning, and/or have eagle eyes, and/or are very fashion conscious.
"b) showing everyone that you've "given up" and just don't care what you wear anymore", nah, only judgmental assholes jump to that deductive a conclusion. And fashion victims (which are the same, mostly).
It's not an opinion, it's fact: a 6.1" screen has 232% the area of a 4"; a 23", 235% of a 15" (assuming both are the same ratio such as 16:9 or some such)
As for "carting" around, a 6 incher doesn't need carting either, it fits in my pockets.
Well... my 6.1" screen is to a 4" screen what a 23" is to a 15" on the desktop. Would you go back to a 15" on your desk ?
Depends on your size. 6.3" is about the max size that will fit comfortably in my pockets. 7" will but it's a stretch (see what i did here ?), really, I tried, because I'd love it if I could carry around a 7" phone. Maybe when they do away with bezels...
And I can handle my 6.1" Ascend Mate mostly one-handed, to call, scroll pages, even type with the "stuck to the side" mini keyboard.
I got laughed at for my humongous HTC HD2 (4.3"), then for my Samsung Galaxy Note (5.1")... Now I'm getting more interested looks about my 6.1" Mate.
I guess people are coming around to the fact that "smartphone" is a misnomer, and "minitablet" or "minireader" would be more apt: I use my phone to read/type on it 99% on the time vs 1% for calls. I'm not counting music, it's tucked in my pocket for that.
Anyway, it's just great to have a choice. I can understand people who prefer a mini-phone too...
Even at that price, I'd probably not buy a Surface-RT if my current Android broke. And looking around me, I find nobody I'd recommend it to: you have to
- need Office
- but no other Windows App because those don't run on RT (bneither does AD, Outlook... none of the "pro" stuff)
- and no other serious App in general, because Win8-RT is still missing a *good* apps for the basics (RSS, dlna, multi-format video player, etc etc)
- no games except a handful
- not want 7", nor any weird stuff (phone with your 3G...)
- be able to make do with a quite retarded OS. I've just finished setting up a "metro" Win8 desktop for the 'rents; Metro is a compendium of UI miscues, functionality holes, and bugs. Live tiles are semi-nice, until you realize there's about 8 of them, of which 4 are useless. Not even a *clock* for chrissake.
- be able to cope not only with random featuritis (hey, let's make IE metro-like when it's the default browser, and not Metro-like when it isn't), but also random de-featuritis (hey, now that people have gotten used to Facebook photos on their screensaver, let's cut that !)
Last time I had to deal with MS in mobile, they explained to me nicely that no, my (just bought) HTC HD2 coudln't synch with my (just bought) Windows computer, that it was normal, and that there were no plans to make the 2 sync. I dropped them right there, and they're staying dropped until they come up with something Real Good. Win8, Win8 RT, and the Surfaces certainly aren't it. Even the Nokia cameras aren't.
yep, about as much as if someone with a gun was following me at night when I'm getting back from shopping.
OK. So there was 1 gun, 2 people. The kid with no gun was armed, and the guy with the gun in his hands (and that brought the gun to start with) was unarmed then ?
But, wasn't, like, ...an unarmed kid shot and killed ?
Actually the 99% are fighting scraps because the 1% have gotten most of everything. And not, that's not socialism. I think the US have reached the level of a kleptocracy.
Actually, no: a large plurality of Android apps are coded to Dalvik, which is basically (pun intended) java bytecode. Very few Android apps use the alternative (Native something something), which allows ASM or whatever, and then only for small snippets. That's why Android apps run indifferently on ARM, x86, and MIPS... various versions of those actually.
Optimization is another matter, but that's mostly fro GPU stuff.
nice rant... didn't *the market* actually kill Alpha. And PA-Risc. And Itanium. And (mostly) POWER ?
I'm a IT dinosaur at 44, but I still remember when I was young and working for tech companies with an average age in the high, sometimes even the low, 20s. It creates a very specific mindset and atmosphere:
- office drama, both romantic and tragic. I've seen a lot of love affairs, even more flings, and some suicides. All those do have an impact on business.
- general lack of empathy (people at that age are still very self-centered), especially so towards the older generations to which many customers do belong. Apart from relational issues with customers (50 yo don't empathize with/trust 20 yo that much), it creates specific problems such as: YOU can understand / would use this, could/would your mom ? your grandma ? We have tech-aware hipsters building tech-hipster stuff for tech-aware hipsters, and a huge lack of stuff for the mature and senior markets.
Apple would have kiboshed that in the blink of an eye.
+R, then type "cmd" + .
Any other leet questions ?
I've done a bit of hiring on th e side for some of my companies. Ex-military is good for a whole hosts of reasons (thank for your service; courage; discipline; commitment, top gun..). That's your "in" right there, no need for more.
What you need on top of that is: :-p)
- don't be a nut job. Quite a few ex-military I've come across had severe PTSD. Make sure you project "normality", with a dollop of humor and lay-backedness (not aloofness though: our business is not war, but it *is* important, too). Make sure you have a life goal and non-work projects to discuss (that'd be: kids
- be up-to-date on your tech skills. While the army has good rep for giving organizational and personal skills, it also has a mild rep for being backwards and procedural
I've set one up for my parents, they like it well enough: ... home, ...) :-p With widgets, they have mail + meteo + skype contacts and conversations right on the home screen.
- it is much more reliable than their Windows PC (which lost the 'net while I was away, so was useless for a couple of weeks)
- it is easier to use, once you learn the 5 differences (single click to launch, right click = back, Home =
- it does what they need: mail, internet, Skype, and a few games. Oh, and picture frame
- plays games and films for the grandkids
For $45, a very good deal.
blew himself. How very timely !
(gotta go finish season 4)
1- you're incompetent.... what you want to do is networking 101
2- you're an idiot. your job is to help your users, not to piss them off
3- you fail to realize you're having a political/organizational problem, not a technical one
4- the solution you're contemplating is medieval
Honestly, you sound like a gleeful entitled bitch thay just stumbled.on some blackmail material.
I'm all for people spending their money and their lives any way they want... I don't feel a need to be informed about pointless and fairly fake endeavours though.
red and blue 3D glasses
2K-ish "monitor glasses
2010's 3D glasses
glasses in general, especially when young
everyones loves them so much ! why all the sudden, incomprehensible hate towards Google Glass ? I was SO looking forward to wearing glasses AT LAST !
Pareos are one-size, too.
are frustrated they can't play, watch videos, access their dlna servers, nor their web 2.0 sites... So let's all go Android ! :-p
you don't.
Fair warning: these people don't want to be taught about IT. They want a powerpoint presentation about why the choices they have made (ie, you have made for them) are the right ones (other hint: "our competition is doing that" is the best argument, by a mile). That's a good place to sneak in a few limitations you anticipate to cause issues too, so you have an "I told you so" fallback.
No problem. India and co will just drone them.
Oh wait, thats only OK one way, isn't it ?