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Originally Posted by ChrisC333
Darn it. It's back to the drawing board then... Just when I though I had my dream of spending the rest of my days 'Rich, Retired and Reading' in my grasp. 
Seriously though, I am sad to see the Courier and the HP Slate apparently killed off in fairly quick succession. They both looked potentially appealing. My fear is that the next designs might all swing too far from reading and academic/business use towards the market for all- singing, all-dancing, all-viewing entertainment devices (not that I mind those on the right occasions). I'd like to see a really good device that does reading books, writing, coping with technical PDFs, etc as a core feature rather than as a minor consideration.
But the tech game is always awash with rumours, so either or both might yet spring back from the dead, in some form or other, better than ever.
Cheers,
Chris |
To me it is a concern with new technology where everyone is trying to make every device multi purpose. I like my ereader, it does everything that I want and it does it well, it allows me to read ebooks. I don't want an ereader that surfs the net, checks email, watches videos. I want to watch videos, I have my TV, want to surf the net and check email, I have my laptop.
The last three mobile phones I have bought I have wondered into a shop and taken a good look at them. Now I want a phone, to sms and call, nothing else. Sales people trying to say "oh they play mp3s, has a camera, video calling, or if you go spend a fortune more you can get one with a touch screen and plays movies etc". Why can't I buy a standard non-fancy mobile phone? You can't, they all come with extras and you wind up paying for things you don't need. My last three phones have cameras in them, never used them, I have a proper good quality digital camera for taking photos.
Its funny, my attitude towards this gets me some funny looks at times from people. I come from an IT background, and the perception of someone like that is someone who has all the whizz bang gadgets that go beep, and here I am wanting to simplest and best tools available.