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moevillini said:
no offense Salty, but this reminds me of the folks who reply to D-Will's facebook updates with a comment of "first" because they want to be sure everyone knows they were the first to respond, LOL!
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I'm just pointing out that I'm no rookie in this game. I was using smartphones on this site before an iPhone even existed. I have seen the progression and know what to expect going forward.

But I know, that doesn't mean as much as someone who just barely got his first cell phone a couple months ago, or has never even used a smartphone, or recently got a smartphone and only uses it for talking and texting. Well, as long as they have a funny (or not) one liner about me, or they have some pathetic attempt to form an online clique of fellow BYU fans and unite against the Ute fan. Yeah, all of that trumps my years of experience dating back to before any of them had even heard of a smartphone.

And again, I am not "predicting" where the industry is going with anybody's current smartphone. I am predicting where the industry will be in 4 years.

4 years ago there was no such thing as an iPhone. Look at the stuff available today. And the market is growing and advancing faster now than it was back then, and we're "starting" with way better technology than we had 4 years ago.


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LOL, guess we'll just have to see in four years.


Hopefully there won't be another Jazzfanz implosion before that time.




....unless you're right :wink:
 
moevillini said:
As KEK pointed out, all the docking equipment doesn't appear to be something you can easily pack up and carry from room to room, or to the library, or wherever. Unless you're predicting that libraries, coffee shops, etc will all have an ample supply of these gadgets so people can dock their smart phones to do the work they normally do on a laptop. But that goes back to my point about corporate investment, or lack thereof.
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You might want to read more of KEK's posts in this thread and my replies. You'll see that he actually didn't know what he was talking about. The dock did such a good job replacing a laptop that he actually thought it was a laptop. His posts saying it wouldn't replace a laptop were based on him thinking the dock they were using was an actual laptop.


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SaltyDawg said:
You might want to read more of KEK's posts in this thread and my replies. You'll see that he actually didn't know what he was talking about. The dock did such a good job replacing a laptop that he actually thought it was a laptop. His posts saying it wouldn't replace a laptop were based on him thinking the dock they were using was an actual laptop.


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Salty, I read his posts and I understood them without your help. Please stop being so patronizing. It's insulting.

And telll me, just how easy will it be to cart that equipment from room to room or to your local library?

and also, what's your prediction on when tapatalk will add moderator functions to their interface?
 
Moe, is a tablet like the ipad (:vomit:) or one of the superior equivalents, not more like a smartphone than a laptop.

The netbook was killing the laptop and now the tablet is killing the netbook. If you're going to define that as a pc fine...but to me thats the nextgen smart phone and its here.
 
moevillini said:
Salty, I read his posts and I understood them without your help. Please stop being so patronizing. It's insulting.

And telll me, just how easy will it be to cart that equipment from room to room or to your local library?

and also, what's your prediction on when tapatalk will add moderator functions to their interface?
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No offense, but if you read his posts and understood them (along with my responses) then why are you asking the same questions that were already addressed?

Again, the "dock" he was talking about when he raised those concerns wasn't a dock at all. He had been thinking the actual dock was a laptop. So the answer to your question is, people will easily be able to use it the same way they use their laptops right now, and even the most vocal critics are having trouble finding a notable difference between a laptop and the "laptop dock" in the first post.

As for tapatalk, I don't have a prediction about moderator functions. Adding things like that (compatible with all the common forum software) add bloat to the app and experience. The idea is to keep it fast and light. Kind of like adding a lift and 4 wheel drive to a Camaro.


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TheItinerantSon said:
Moe, is a tablet like the ipad (:vomit:) or one of the superior equivalents, not more like a smartphone than a laptop.

The netbook was killing the laptop and now the tablet is killing the netbook. If you're going to define that as a pc fine...but to me thats the nextgen smart phone and its here.
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I could not have said this any better. 100% spot on.


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TheItinerantSon said:
Moe, is a tablet like the ipad (:vomit:) or one of the superior equivalents, not more like a smartphone than a laptop.

The netbook was killing the laptop and now the tablet is killing the netbook. If you're going to define that as a pc fine...but to me thats the nextgen smart phone and its here.
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https://techcrunch.com/2010/06/17/forrester-tablets-outsell-netbooks/#

As a percentage of overall PC sales, tablets will grow from 6 percent this year to 18 percent in 2012 (when netbooks are estimated to account for 17 percent of sales. The next year, in 2013, tablet sales are projected to outstrip desktop unit sales, 21 percent to 20 percent. By 2015, tablets will make up 23 percent of PC sales in the U.S., while desktops will be 18 percent and netbooks will be 17 percent. Only laptops will sell more in the U.S., with a 42 percent market share.
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No mention of smartphones. 42% of the market going to laptops hardly represents the laptop being "killed". Although the netbook is definitely dropping off, and desktop market share will decrease. The one thing not discussed is what the market outlook is. Is 10% of the market in 2015 equal to 10% of the market today?
 
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