08-31-2009, 05:55 PM | #16 |
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08-31-2009, 05:59 PM | #17 |
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Oh, I'm a fan of thinkpads, because they're tanks that take a lot of abuse, and prefer trackpoints (nipplemouse, clitpointer, what ever you prefer to call them) to trackpads, so I'm always on the look out for them.
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08-31-2009, 06:00 PM | #18 | |
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I was actually referring to the way you used anymore. But it's all good! - Ahi |
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08-31-2009, 06:10 PM | #19 |
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Eh, I referred them as the official name the first time, just to not have any confusion, but I tend to call them nipplemice.
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08-31-2009, 06:20 PM | #20 | |
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08-31-2009, 06:33 PM | #21 |
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Manufacturer cost of a 6" display is in the $90 range. The prices on the 5" ones are really not too much different. So, for ones that are now in the $200 price level, it is just a bit under half the expense.
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08-31-2009, 07:39 PM | #22 | |
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But thinking about it, hinged lids, more wiring, more R&D. You'd be paying more for device that has a greater chance for something to malfunction. This for the ability to read 2 pages at once. When really, you can only read one page at a time anyway. The only thing this would allow would be for comics/magazines with a 2-page spread. |
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08-31-2009, 09:20 PM | #23 |
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The only time it would be handy, is multi page layouts, but, that kinda would get ruined by the gap in the middle.
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08-31-2009, 09:49 PM | #24 |
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08-31-2009, 10:00 PM | #25 |
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Surely the 2-page thing is the point of the PRS-2121, in landscape mode?
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08-31-2009, 10:00 PM | #26 |
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BOb, some of the buses I've been on would have be making uncommanded page changes if the lateral accelerometer controls the page flip. Taxis too.
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08-31-2009, 10:07 PM | #27 |
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If my rosy memories are correct, I liked Sony's buttons better than the Kindle's, and liked the touch swipe on the 700.
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08-31-2009, 10:31 PM | #28 |
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I want voice-activated page turning. Nothing better than getting to say "next page" every 45 seconds or so on the subway.
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09-01-2009, 12:28 AM | #29 | |
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09-01-2009, 12:53 AM | #30 |
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I read a book - can't quite remember which one, it was cyberpunk - in which the protagonist put a password on the (spoken) command "shutdown" on his main computing device. Seems during the last few days of the semester while people were trying to finish papers pranksters would run around the library yelling, "Shutdown! Shutdown!" causing people's devices to turn off, losing work. I won't go into more, because I think it was a major plot point.
Though one wonders why devices so advanced aren't set to auto-save every nanosecond or so, preventing data loss. |
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