I have never seen mass licensed OEM manufacturers add much in value to the software of the hardware they're selling. Mostly the exact opposite. Whether it be computers or phones. Most pre-Smartphone phone software imo sucks, as does most of the hardware interface.
This has been the bane of Windows for years. I never understood why Acer sells computers with bloatware as that shit just hogs the hell out of the CPU and HDD and must have just given them a bad name more than anything.
This lack of stupid shit is what makes Apple's more pleasant to use out of the box and a strong argument to retain control of the environment -- the fact that Google is now doing this is basically a submission that Apple was correct in this regard.
(P.S. I'm just speaking of this specific aspect of OEM crapware and don't approve all of Apple's practice's across the board.)
They're probably doing this via copyright, "If you make changes we don't approve, you won't get to stamp it with android nor use any android copyrighted artwork in your derivative OS." Or something like that.
Yeah, but I think it must be explained why they would fade. I don't see that forthcoming from people who make these pronouncements.
There are fads that fade because they're stupid to begin with. The pet rock. There are fads that fade because it's a fashion item or just a sign of the times.
While I'm sure a lot of Apple haters will latch onto the fashion accessory thing, I read somewhere that 70% of the people who bought iPad2 on opening day were iPad1 owners. I don't think people who rebuy a fad that's useless. Imo, it filled a need better than existing tech and will continue to do so until something better will show up.
But what's better right now? Turning to a laptop or netbook?
I wouldn't trust Microsoft to understand the portable market anyway. I haven't tried the latest Windows 7 phones, but years ago I did get to try several Windows phones and they had a start button on the bottom left for christ's sake. That was their mentality throughout the 00s with tablets and everything up to the Zune, to try and kludge in a desktop metaphor and GUI where it didn't belong.
I'm pretty sure they could have owned the smartphone market if they let go the premise that it had to look like and run windows-like programs and start the GUI from scratch. That's usually what kills these giants, refusing to innovate the obvious in front of them based on considerations of exisiting business.
I though Gates was pushing tablets for over a decade now.
I think the big fad that is fading the last few years is netbooks, and theyre being done in by iPad and smartphones. My local Walmart used to have 3 on display last year and now it's back down to 1. (I'm not saying they'll disappear entirely though.)
when people talk about the success of Apple, where they always focus on singular Apple products and techgeeks especially zoom in on specs and the like.
It means a lot to be able to walk into a store and have people actually help you. The trend is usually towards superstores where there is a million and one products which nobody knows anything about anything. Even in Best Buy, where I usually avoid/ignore the sale's people, when I do take advantage of their nagging "Can I help you", the inevitably don't know anything about the products they're selling, even in their department, and read to you from the box as if you're illiterate. (I asked a salesperson in that department if a specific computer case fit ATX sized boards because it looked a bit small. Total deer in the headlights look. Box didn't say anything.)
The closest I've come irl people knowing, is at microcenter, although mine the salespeople are so pushy it's uncomfortable. But it can be a powerful thing for a brand. I know Sony has stores and Gateway tried them the last decade, but not sure what became of them.
Considering that I don't have a text message plan (having to pay a ridiculous $0.05 a message to and fro), I'm pretty sure someone will be in hot shit over this, espcially if the guy has a ton of contacts. I would also be hesitant to put the legitimate app on my phone because of this.
I still don't understand why something like the Tesla gets government funding, but not something like the Aptera.
The Tesla is not exactly new thinking, it's just a sportcar with massive amount of power and batteries to boot, plus it costs, what, 100K? Does it even get that much better equivalent mileage compare to other electrics?
OTOH, Aptera is a new way of thinking, would have been perfectly fines as a hybrid with tiny motor charging a battery that drives the wheels, and would have had a smaller footprint all around, and could have come in the 19-29K range which is in reach of most people.
Tesla was just sexier in all the wrong ways. Might as well take a Lamborghini, make it a hybrid, and pretend that's environmentally sustainable.
Well, maybe your post would be more powerful if you actually listed the number of tablets sold instead of leaving us googling for it, wondering if it was lower or higher and by how much. Yeah, I googled for it, took a few minutes since I needed the correct terms to hit upon it. 20 million tablets sold in 2010.
My point is that staying dominant in a market is easier than becoming dominant. All you basically have if anything vaguely becomes a threat is to copy what makes the up and comers popular if nothing else.
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Cheap computers are affordable. But also cheap.
Costs can rack up once you build it yourself and want better components in some areas.
I have never seen mass licensed OEM manufacturers add much in value to the software of the hardware they're selling. Mostly the exact opposite. Whether it be computers or phones. Most pre-Smartphone phone software imo sucks, as does most of the hardware interface.
Manufactures don't make good designers imo.
This has been the bane of Windows for years. I never understood why Acer sells computers with bloatware as that shit just hogs the hell out of the CPU and HDD and must have just given them a bad name more than anything.
This lack of stupid shit is what makes Apple's more pleasant to use out of the box and a strong argument to retain control of the environment -- the fact that Google is now doing this is basically a submission that Apple was correct in this regard.
(P.S. I'm just speaking of this specific aspect of OEM crapware and don't approve all of Apple's practice's across the board.)
They're probably doing this via copyright, "If you make changes we don't approve, you won't get to stamp it with android nor use any android copyrighted artwork in your derivative OS." Or something like that.
And algebra II isn't already required? 0_o
Perhaps my kids will get a better schooling at Khan Academy afterall.
that can produce melamine in the milk by themselves?
Yeah, but I think it must be explained why they would fade. I don't see that forthcoming from people who make these pronouncements.
There are fads that fade because they're stupid to begin with. The pet rock. There are fads that fade because it's a fashion item or just a sign of the times.
While I'm sure a lot of Apple haters will latch onto the fashion accessory thing, I read somewhere that 70% of the people who bought iPad2 on opening day were iPad1 owners. I don't think people who rebuy a fad that's useless. Imo, it filled a need better than existing tech and will continue to do so until something better will show up.
But what's better right now? Turning to a laptop or netbook?
Well, there is your problem. Of your 3 tasks listed, only 1 of them is something that a normal person is only likely ever to do.
iPhone likely went down more because there was a lack of carrier options.
iPad doesn't have that problem. It's sim unlocked and no carrier by default. Plus Verizon compatible versions right at launch.
Apple was kind of stupid releasing a Verizon compatible iPhone halfway to the next iPhone as well.
I wouldn't trust Microsoft to understand the portable market anyway. I haven't tried the latest Windows 7 phones, but years ago I did get to try several Windows phones and they had a start button on the bottom left for christ's sake. That was their mentality throughout the 00s with tablets and everything up to the Zune, to try and kludge in a desktop metaphor and GUI where it didn't belong.
I'm pretty sure they could have owned the smartphone market if they let go the premise that it had to look like and run windows-like programs and start the GUI from scratch. That's usually what kills these giants, refusing to innovate the obvious in front of them based on considerations of exisiting business.
Which Microsoft guy?
I though Gates was pushing tablets for over a decade now.
I think the big fad that is fading the last few years is netbooks, and theyre being done in by iPad and smartphones. My local Walmart used to have 3 on display last year and now it's back down to 1. (I'm not saying they'll disappear entirely though.)
when people talk about the success of Apple, where they always focus on singular Apple products and techgeeks especially zoom in on specs and the like.
It means a lot to be able to walk into a store and have people actually help you. The trend is usually towards superstores where there is a million and one products which nobody knows anything about anything. Even in Best Buy, where I usually avoid/ignore the sale's people, when I do take advantage of their nagging "Can I help you", the inevitably don't know anything about the products they're selling, even in their department, and read to you from the box as if you're illiterate. (I asked a salesperson in that department if a specific computer case fit ATX sized boards because it looked a bit small. Total deer in the headlights look. Box didn't say anything.)
The closest I've come irl people knowing, is at microcenter, although mine the salespeople are so pushy it's uncomfortable. But it can be a powerful thing for a brand. I know Sony has stores and Gateway tried them the last decade, but not sure what became of them.
What about parrots, peg legs, and eye patches? Where can I get those?
Considering that I don't have a text message plan (having to pay a ridiculous $0.05 a message to and fro), I'm pretty sure someone will be in hot shit over this, espcially if the guy has a ton of contacts. I would also be hesitant to put the legitimate app on my phone because of this.
I have to disagree.
I was once asked by a more religious person, "How does one go about becoming an atheist?"
"Read the bible," I replied.
Backup Day should come once a week.
And even that might be too little.
He shut up about that pretty quickly after he lost linux kernel 3.0 years back.
I think he was being generous.
In other words "99.95% of twitterers are twits."
Sounds about right.
I still don't understand why something like the Tesla gets government funding, but not something like the Aptera.
The Tesla is not exactly new thinking, it's just a sportcar with massive amount of power and batteries to boot, plus it costs, what, 100K? Does it even get that much better equivalent mileage compare to other electrics?
OTOH, Aptera is a new way of thinking, would have been perfectly fines as a hybrid with tiny motor charging a battery that drives the wheels, and would have had a smaller footprint all around, and could have come in the 19-29K range which is in reach of most people.
Tesla was just sexier in all the wrong ways. Might as well take a Lamborghini, make it a hybrid, and pretend that's environmentally sustainable.
Well, yeah, a scandalous book might sell more, but does Paul Allen really need the money?
Well, maybe your post would be more powerful if you actually listed the number of tablets sold instead of leaving us googling for it, wondering if it was lower or higher and by how much. Yeah, I googled for it, took a few minutes since I needed the correct terms to hit upon it. 20 million tablets sold in 2010.
My point is that staying dominant in a market is easier than becoming dominant. All you basically have if anything vaguely becomes a threat is to copy what makes the up and comers popular if nothing else.
Well, with fpv/rpv, it's possible now to go past the 6 mile range and perhap the ceiling (?).
First person view has made leaps and bounds the last 20 years in RC planes.
Why will Facebook decline?
Ebay is still the top auction site (in general) after a decade.