01-13-2013, 09:57 AM | #46 |
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I'm not cool anymore either, and I've managed to survive. It's been rough, though, I won't kid you.
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01-13-2013, 10:27 AM | #47 | |
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That's the way it works in my house, at least - the kids and the wife use windows while I mainly use Macs. /JB |
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01-13-2013, 10:47 AM | #48 | |
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It could be that all his friends use Win laptops, which may also have influenced his choice. Last edited by xendula; 01-13-2013 at 10:52 AM. |
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01-13-2013, 10:50 AM | #49 |
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I don't like Apple per se, just the iPad from the 1st gen on and the iPod Touch, and I am getting bored with the interface. They have to get rid of those screens upon screens of square app graphics with rounded corners at some point, no?
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01-13-2013, 11:07 AM | #50 |
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I think apples actually been uncool now for a couple of years (in the uk at least) I'd agree with people calling it stale/boring and it really doesn't help running around claiming they invented everything when we all know they didn't and suing competitors just to try and limit choice if you ask me that's a strategy that's backfiring on them big.
I was an Apple user myself and spent a fortune on iTunes but I'm using a Samsung now and I'm actually a lot happier with it and I've definitely made it my own and personalised it far more than I ever could with Apple. |
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01-13-2013, 12:56 PM | #51 | |
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When I bought my iPad mini in the run up to Christmas the crowds in the Apple store were rather middle aged. Why did I buy an iPad? - because I wanted to move my newspaper subscription to digital and my favourite paper (Frankfurter Allgemeine) only offers an iPad app + my wife has about a gazillion apps for her iPad, so it makes sense to share the account. How "cool" is stuff that's being bought my fortysomething corporate drones like me in order to read a conservative establishment newspaper? Samsung and HTC certainly seem to dominate the market for teenagers as far as I can see. I am happy with the functionality, the ecosystem and the hardware design yet the operating system with its war-cemetary-like icon graveyard does start to look rather staid. The design may also be too reduced and too predictable to appeal to teenagers by now. |
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01-13-2013, 01:26 PM | #52 |
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01-13-2013, 01:29 PM | #53 |
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Well at least geeks are the ones who are cool now according to The Guild.
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01-13-2013, 02:20 PM | #54 | |
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In a similar vein:
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01-13-2013, 03:24 PM | #55 |
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01-13-2013, 03:24 PM | #56 |
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OK, I'm curious. What are the advanced features of Android vs. iPhone? What are regular people using on their Android phones that is so exciting? I'm a Mac user - have been since the 80s - so please let me know what I'm missing.
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01-13-2013, 03:27 PM | #57 |
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The Samsung phones are bigger and flatter. They just fit in a pocket or purse and have a very large play area. People like that. At this time, I think, except for airplay, people are pretty much doing the same things on phones.
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01-13-2013, 03:53 PM | #58 | |
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- I can just mount the Android phone as an external drive and dump files into a folder I create. I can then access the files on the phone and specify which program to use for them. No need to use an excrescence called iTunes to load the files and to attach them to some specific app. - I can just attach an USB stick to my phone and open documents or watch films right from the stick. Obviously Apple can't allow that to happen as they would lose control and couldn't charge outrageous prices for additional memory. You shouldn't discount Windows either. The Lumia 920 is a very attractive phone and I would prefer it over an iPhone. Last edited by CommonReader; 01-13-2013 at 04:00 PM. |
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01-13-2013, 05:14 PM | #59 | |
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http://gizmodo.com/5973073/ Last edited by djulian; 01-13-2013 at 09:29 PM. |
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01-13-2013, 06:30 PM | #60 |
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