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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
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> LOL! "Squirrel!"
>
I am going to ask one of my American colleagues about this. ;-)
> >> Otherwise, what sort of features are you looking for?
> >>
> >>
> > That is one of my problems. I dont know what a tablet can do. I
> use my
> > laptop for email, surfing the net and Poving. I dont suppose that I
> > could Pov on a tablet. I suppose that I am looking for a reason to spend
> > money. Okay I know that I could uses it as a e-reader but what else?
>
> The way I think of tablets and devices like that are as a 'media
> consumption device'. So listening to music, watching movies/videos, that
> sort of thing. Some have communications capabilities as well, but I see
> them as primarily for consumption of content.
>
That is what I've thought and what I said to my whife when she asked me why I
did not have one. Maybe I just want to spend some money.
(Quick! Call the men in white coates)
Stephen
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On Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:10:13 -0400, Stephen wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
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>> LOL! "Squirrel!"
>>
>>
> I am going to ask one of my American colleagues about this. ;-)
I'd happily tell you it's a quote from the film "Up". :)
> That is what I've thought and what I said to my whife when she asked me
> why I did not have one. Maybe I just want to spend some money. (Quick!
> Call the men in white coates)
There you go again, typical Brit, adding unnecessary letters into
words. ;)
Jim
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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
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> There you go again, typical Brit, adding unnecessary letters into
> words. ;)
>
Mock not the afflicted!
Besides that you lot add an "e" to whisky.
And we can afford to put a "u" in labour and colour. :-P
English. Run of course by an Indian (from India). Who, is an American citizen
(not to mention a great guy).
Good fun and lots of bonding.
Stephen
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On 9/1/2011 10:25, Stephen wrote:
> I don’t suppose that I could Pov on a tablet.
There are "tablets" like the ones that run Android, and then there are
"tablet PCs", which are normal PCs that have a touch-screen (usually
stylus-based). I think the media is now deciding to call tablets "tablet
PCs", so you ought be careful there and figure out which you want.
Tablet PCs are actually kind of on the way out, but useful if you want an
actual laptoppy computer.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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On 9/1/2011 18:10, Stephen wrote:
> I am going to ask one of my American colleagues about this. ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EkCdK6bUls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBWrMQVsuak
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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On 9/1/2011 8:57, Jim Henderson wrote:
> Apple's attempts to extort *30%* of content sales with apps distributed
> through the app store
That's pretty much industry standard for all the app stores, including
Microsoft and Android.
> - which has caused several to implement their 'in-
> app' store interfaces through the web browser instead rather than
> integrated into the app.
A big part of that is to prevent piracy from jailbroken iphones/ipads.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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On 9/1/2011 10:02, Jim Henderson wrote:
> Apple's approach to computing is different than everyone else's
Not really. Apple is a hardware company, not a software company. When you
realize that it's OK for the app store and itunes and such to break even as
long as it increases hardware sales, it makes more sense. They're not more
draconian than the phone companies are.
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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> That's a bit of a straw man argument. Many app developers for Android
> devices don't "target" anything other than the Android platform.
Most android apps are targeted at cellphones and do not take full
advantage of the resolution and screen size of a tablet, nor the
specialized hardware it might have.
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- Warp
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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> Of course Android has that same problem - Apple tightly controls their
> platforms. That can increase the quality of the products offered, but at
> the same time, their dev agreement allegedly is one of the more draconian
> agreements out there.
There are, roughly speaking, two possible at making hardware that can run
software: Either make it completely open for anybody to use in any way they
want, or keep it under tight control.
The former method is more liked by developers and many users, but it
inevitably causes efficiency and compatibility problems when random Chinese
companies start spewing their cheap low-quality clones and flooding the
market with them, not to talk about the low quality of the software, with
little to no quality control, and which may or may not work properly with
your particular brand of the hardware. While Android devices work acceptably
well for the most part, they often suffer from this problem.
The second method, used not only by Apple but also by most game console
manufacturers (especially the big ones, ie. Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony)
ensures that the device *will* be "plug-and-play" (or, in this case,
"install-program-and-play"). There will be no cheap low-quality clones,
there will be no software with little or no quality control. If you buy
the program, you will be able to run the program. No messing around, no
tuning parameters, drivers and whatnot, just install-and-play, and it will
just work. Most users appreciate this, even those who don't realize it
themselves.
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- Warp
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On 9/2/2011 4:45, Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson<nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> That's a bit of a straw man argument. Many app developers for Android
>> devices don't "target" anything other than the Android platform.
>
> Most android apps are targeted at cellphones and do not take full
> advantage of the resolution and screen size of a tablet, nor the
> specialized hardware it might have.
>
I'd guess that's because android tablets are much newer than ipads.
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