http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2012/10/24/apple-in-miniature/ Where media and technology meet Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:23:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2012/10/24/apple-in-miniature/comment-page-1/#comment-432511 tangogo68 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:03:15 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=35952#comment-432511 Are we sure that with the mobile market moving inexorably towards maturity and saturation we will continue to expect companies to have deep bags of tricks ? -- most phone users, most tablet users, and most computer users are not heavily into gaming, and do not feel pressured to always be racing after tech pecs -- if a device has a high quality screen that is easy on the eyes, and a fast processor that is quick to perform tasks, then wouldn't the dominant concerns and enduring desires be around build quality and platform stability, and privacy and security ? -- I admit I am an old man (approaching mid-40s) and an old Mac user (since the 1980s), and I 'suffer' with an old iPhone 4 and iPad 1, but I care less and less about pixels and gigahertz, and just get on with using my devices as tools (work) and toys (play) -- I'm impressed with the directions Microsoft is moving in, and think their new OS and tablet look stable and strong and quite appealing, but I am glad I am not in the Android world where a new bit of kit arrives every other minute, almost as fast as the malware afflicting it. Are we sure that with the mobile market moving inexorably towards maturity and saturation we will continue to expect companies to have deep bags of tricks ? — most phone users, most tablet users, and most computer users are not heavily into gaming, and do not feel pressured to always be racing after tech pecs — if a device has a high quality screen that is easy on the eyes, and a fast processor that is quick to perform tasks, then wouldn’t the dominant concerns and enduring desires be around build quality and platform stability, and privacy and security ? — I admit I am an old man (approaching mid-40s) and an old Mac user (since the 1980s), and I ‘suffer’ with an old iPhone 4 and iPad 1, but I care less and less about pixels and gigahertz, and just get on with using my devices as tools (work) and toys (play) — I’m impressed with the directions Microsoft is moving in, and think their new OS and tablet look stable and strong and quite appealing, but I am glad I am not in the Android world where a new bit of kit arrives every other minute, almost as fast as the malware afflicting it.

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