The Android Bazzar: Toshiba Tablet 10" WIFI sneak peak

[Dylrob]

Originally Posted by Sil_liS

Do you?

Do I what?

[Sil_liS]

Originally Posted by Dylrob

In my experience the average consumer has no idea what a GHz actually is or what RAM does. They tend to just look for bigger numbers, though they are also often swayed by fancy terminology.

Do you have any idea of what a GHz actually is or what a RAM does, or do you just look for the bigger numbers and are often swayed by fancy terminology?

Also, considering your reply, are you 10 years old?

P.S. I initially wanter to write: are you 10, but my guess is that you would have asked 10 what?

[Dylrob]

Originally Posted by Sil_liS

Do you have any idea of what a GHz actually is or what a RAM does, or do you just look for the bigger numbers and are often swayed by fancy terminology?

Also, considering your reply, are you 10 years old?

P.S. I initially wanter to write: are you 10, but my guess is that you would have asked 10 what?

Of course I know what they mean. I'm the one who is always trying to explain these things to blank faced patrons in the computer aisle.

Uh no... I'm 25 years old. I was just asking for clarification. No need to get stuck up about it.

[Sil_liS]

Originally Posted by Dylrob

Of course I know what they mean. I'm the one who is always trying to explain these things to blank faced patrons in the computer aisle.

GHz and RAM are simple to explain and if you do it right you could educate those less fortunate.

Originally Posted by Dylrob

Uh no... I'm 25 years old. I was just asking for clarification. No need to get stuck up about it.

I didn't think that it needed clarification. If you say (or write) something that goes: "the average consumer [...]" and someone asks "do you?", this can only mean "do you [...]?". As this is a concept that is usually explained in primary schools, I could only assume that you haven't finished that level of education.

P. S. And yes, now I'm being stuck up about it.

[Dylrob]

Originally Posted by Sil_liS

GHz and RAM are simple to explain and if you do it right you could educate those less fortunate.

You underestimate the average consumers' level of ignorance.

Originally Posted by Sil_liS

I didn't think that it needed clarification. If you say (or write) something that goes: "the average consumer [...]" and someone asks "do you?", this can only mean "do you [...]?". As this is a concept that is usually explained in primary schools, I could only assume that you haven't finished that level of education.

P. S. And yes, now I'm being stuck up about it.

If I was one of those people who didn't know what these terms meant, logically I would have started the next sentence with "we" instead of "they".

I am a high school graduate who is now attending college, TYVM.

[Steven Lake]

Originally Posted by SensualPoet

My husband and I had a very poor experience with a Toshiba Satellite laptop. I'd be cautious with a tablet from them. I'd expect a higher price than from some manufacturers and wonder about how nimble they might be as they do not have phone experience. This is the added value Samsung brings to tablets and why I'd be looking to them first.

I have to say I've had a great experience with my Toshiba Satellite and so have all my friends. The only thing I don't like about them is that they utterly despise Linux users. Lots of guys in the FOSS community have complained about how hard Toshiba has worked to prevent anyone from using Linux on their laptops. Aside from that I haven't had any physical issues with their systems at all.

Originally Posted by Kris777

Toshiba people on CES told to PCMagazine the price will be $499
for 16G model. You can see full video review here

Wow, Android 2.2!? Dude, I'll pass. Unless it's got 3.0 on it, I ain't tak'in it. :P

Originally Posted by Clancy_s

I've been very happy with my Toshiba satellite - one would need a much wider survey to know whether I was lucky or Sensual Poet unlucky.

I'm gonna vote "unlucky" given that the majority of experiences I've heard have been nothing but good.

[Sil_liS]

Originally Posted by Dylrob

If I was one of those people who didn't know what these terms meant, logically I would have started the next sentence with "we" instead of "they".

No, logic only shows that you don't consider yourself an average consumer. It doesn't reflect the extent of your knowledge.

Originally Posted by Dylrob

I am a high school graduate who is now attending college, TYVM.

Congratulations. Can you tell me what else my "do you?" question could have referred to?

[Dylrob]

Originally Posted by Sil_liS

No, logic only shows that you don't consider yourself an average consumer. It doesn't reflect the extent of your knowledge

Why would I indicate these are something an particular group is ignorant to and then make it clear I was not part of that group if In fact I had the same ignorances?

Originally Posted by Sil_liS

Congratulations. Can you tell me what else my "do you?" question could have referred to?

Do I look for bigger numbers? Am I swayed by fancy terminology? Do I know what your vague sentence fragment is Is supposed to be referring to?

[Sil_liS]

Originally Posted by Dylrob

Why would I indicate these are something an particular group is ignorant to and then make it clear I was not part of that group if In fact I had the same ignorances?

When you say "average consumer" it is actually the opposite of referring to a particular group. And as I said, your statement didn't explain the extent of your knowledge, as there are many possibilities between technological genius and "have no idea what RAM is".

Originally Posted by Dylrob

Do I look for bigger numbers? Am I swayed by fancy terminology? Do I know what your vague sentence fragment is Is supposed to be referring to?

Those are from your second sentence which was a direct result of the first. So there are 2 possibilities:
1. I'm asking about your level of knowledge.
2. I must have ignored your first sentence along with common sense, considered you to be an average consumer, and was asking whether you look for big numbers or are swayed by fancy terminology as if your disdain wouldn't have been clear.

A simple "I know what they mean, I work at the computer isle" would have cleared both, regardless of what you consider to be my level of intelligence.

And by the way, "do you?" has a subject and predicate, and therefore it qualifies as a full sentence. And as I said, what it means when somebody asks you that should have been made clear to you in primary school.

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[RockdaMan]

Originally Posted by elcreative

ost people, I know want to use a computer to do useful things not computer geekery... they care less about the hardware than about being able to do what they want.

And this drives the 'specs' geeks mad. But specs have no bearing on whether a device can be useful.

[RockdaMan]

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[HansTWN]

Originally Posted by RockdaMan

And this drives the 'specs' geeks mad. But specs have no bearing on whether a device can be useful.

That isn't true, specs can tell you a lot about how a device will perform, how it can or cannot handle certain tasks, what browsing experience to expect, how smoothly everything will run, etc.

When you buy a car, do you never check engine size, gearbox, number of doors, size of the trunk, and number of seats?

[Dylrob]

Originally Posted by HansTWN

That isn't true, specs can tell you a lot about how a device will perform, how it can or cannot handle certain tasks, what browsing experience to expect, how smoothly everything will run, etc.

When you buy a car, do you never check engine size, gearbox, number of doors, size of the trunk, and number of seats?

Err... well, I check the trunk. Ok, I admit that when it comes to cars I am not very knowledgeable. I just tend to focus on average fuel economy and price.

Anyway, he was talking about usefulness. Even a low end tablet can be useful to someone depending on their particular needs.

[toronado]

Apparently, Toshiba is going to call this tablet "Thrive". People are already "reviewing" it on Amazon. Toshiba is calling the display "wideview", though the there is no viewing angle spec. Also unknown is which version of Android it will ship with.