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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
Are you quite certain your moniker is PatNY and not Fun with Pointless Exceptions?
"The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence."
"No, it isn't. It's exactly the same color!
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Are you quite certain you understand it's against forum policy to make personal attacks? Are you quite certain you understand resorting to ad hominem attacks implies a lack of substance to one's argument?
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His identifying the Nexus 7 as the next stage of his conversion locates the timeframe so precisely that his book proves anachronistic to the alleged conversion no matter which Android phone he owned.
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Not in the linked article. He never identifies the actual point of conversion in terms of a device other than implying it was a 4G device. Which actually rules out the Nexus 7 because it doesn't have 4G.
Now perhaps in another article you've read he identifies exactly what device it was. If so, why don't you share it with others?
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Besides which, if the phone in question was owned right before the Nexus 7, then the SIII or SII are the likeliest (though not 100% certain) candidates, esp. since he happens to be a Samsung man.
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It could have been either the original S or the SII (or even another android 4G device), in which case your bashing him for writing the book before his adoption of a 4G android device is baseless.
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No amount of tap-dancing can erase the mercenary aspect of Kawasaki's advocacy, nor does his being mercenary mean G.K. is inherently evil, insincere, etc. It just means he isn't the white knight that zealous advocates of Android would like him to be.
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Perhaps he is a mercenary, but your criticism of him regarding the timing of his conversion was not supported by the linked article.
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Though you might find examples of proprietary cables in the short but dizzyingly diverse history of Android, Kawasaki's basic point -- that most Android devices simply require micro-to-USB and that this is an improvement for the user over Apple's connector glee = Zombie Consumer Sandtrap strategy -- still holds muster, Buster.
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Actually, both Asus and Samsung use proprietary cables for their tablets. They are two of the biggest tablet makers now, so you don't have to look very far or hard to find examples. Kawasaki also didn't say "most" in his statement. He simply implied you wouldn't need one at all with android. I was just pointing out in some cases you do.
And my name is "Pat"
--Pat