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| From | Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets |
| Date | 2016-02-02 03:15 -0500 |
| Organization | National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Message-ID | <alpine.LNX.2.02.1602020308220.24578@darkstar.example.org> (permalink) |
| References | <n8o383$s8c$1@solani.org> <dhalv1F323mU1@mid.individual.net> <n8p8gl$61f$1@dont-email.me> |
On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Rich wrote: > Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote: >> On 2/02/2016 4:05 AM, RS Wood wrote: >>> ... Both Apple and Google are really trying to posit their >>> platforms for work (iPad Pro, Pixel C), but just as Microsoft is >>> having a hard time scaling Windows down for consumption, Apple and >>> Google are having trouble scaling their operating systems up for >>> work. ... > >> No real surprises there. The human physical interface is just too >> much of a pain to use. > > Tablets are intended to be _consumption_ devices, not creation devices. > Simple as that. And it is not the OS that they are having trouble > "scaling up", it is the physical design and physical form factor that > are the limiting issues. > > Yes. I got a netbook in 2009, thinking that was the way to go. Or rather, I looked at what else there was for portable stuff, and that seemed it. PDAs had mostly disappeared, either low end or high end remaining. I thought of getting an iPod, they had advanced by then, but didn't like Apple's control over things. But the netbook didn't work out so well, I remember using wifi on a street corner and while it could sit on the palm of my hand, it was hard to type then. I got a Blackberry Playbook tablet in 2012, thinking that if I was going to get an ebook reader, might as well spend a bit more and get a full blown tablet. That was fine for using wifi at the mall, yes for consuming information. They are fine so long as you don't have to type much. Then 2014, I won a Microsoft Surface 2, which is somewhat larger, and definitely zippier. I haven't taken it out of the house. I didn't get DSL until October of 2012, but once I got that (and wifi), a tablet is incredibly useful, take it to where you need the information, rather than having to go to the desk to check something. I even found a bluetooth keyboard in the garbage when the students moved out, intended for an iPad but it works fine. But I've never bothered with it, if I am typing (like now to Usenet) it is time to go to the desktop. The Surface 2 has been abandoned more or less. So I can see a point in the future where it will have to be replaced, prematurely. But I can't imagine living without a tablet. High speed internet makes things like ebook delivery and newspapers practical, and tablets make those things viable. I like being able to curl up with the tablet to read. But I sure won't live without a desktop. Michael
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Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-02-01 17:05 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-02-02 14:26 +1100
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-02-02 03:41 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-02-02 06:36 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-02-02 09:24 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2016-02-02 09:33 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-02-02 12:55 +0100
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-02-02 11:34 +0100
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2016-02-03 09:38 +0300
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-02-03 11:59 +0100
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-02-03 11:38 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-03 12:55 -0500
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Andy Burns <usenet.jan2016@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2016-02-03 18:02 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-03 15:42 -0500
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-02-03 21:02 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Andy Burns <usenet.jan2016@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2016-02-03 14:26 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-02-03 19:46 +0300
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-02-03 16:51 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-03 13:01 -0500
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-02-03 19:19 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-03 12:59 -0500
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Andy Burns <usenet.jan2016@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2016-02-03 17:57 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets "Andy K." <andy.k466@gmail.com> - 2016-02-04 08:37 +0100
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-04 11:29 -0500
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-02-02 11:03 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-02-02 13:11 +0200
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-02-06 00:57 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-02-06 01:19 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-02-06 03:23 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-02-06 11:21 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-02-06 14:31 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-02-06 16:54 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-02-06 14:16 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-02-05 18:36 -0800
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-02-06 03:24 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-02-05 21:56 -0800
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-02-06 08:41 +0200
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-02-06 14:34 +0000
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-02 03:15 -0500
Re: Report suggests users averse to doing "real work" on tablets Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-02-02 11:39 +0100
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