Oversized phones now becomes default for tablets or laptops. I have both Ipad and macbook and hardly use them anymore....My Iphone is always my companion and does almost everything now.... maybe it’s just me
Some of us don't like huge phones or even walking along the street oblivious to anything apart from the latest tweet from some 'Z' list celeb (or worse). My phone is a primarily a phone. No social media but I do have a number of travel related apps that I use a lot.
IMHO, there are a lot of people addicted to Social Media and therefore their phones. This device won't help them kick that addiction, and may well make it worse. Is it just me?
No, not just you — there's always someone in threads like these giving heaps of self-praise for using their smartphone primarily as a phone and chiding everyone else for some perceived misuse of their personal devices.
"It's a new pocketable Surface device form factor that brings together innovative new hardware and software experiences to create a truly personal and versatile computing experience,"
What does this mean?
It means nothing. It is meaningless marketing jargon.
"It's a new pocketable Surface device form factor that brings together innovative new hardware and software experiences to create a truly personal and versatile computing experience,"
What is MS doing? Windows Phone(Windows 10 Mobile) ended up becoming a solid mobile OS, but it was too little too late. I'm not sure what a pocketable Surface would do in this space if they couldn't get a viable product to work already. It also seems like it recreates the same problems that plagued how MS approached Windows CE in the past. I assume it would just be Surface in name as a MS-branded product that isn't using Windows RT, but who the fuck knows with MS, especially when the mockup seems to be bringing back the old Courier design.
I feel pretty safe in saying that a small device with a folding screen whether it's a phone or a small pad, is DOA. So it makes sense that MS would go down this road.
They have no choice but to be experimental. Apple is the big company in the lead, which means they can afford to just be incremental every year, but if the smaller guys do the same they will just never catch up due to fewer resources (wow, can't believe I just referred to Microsoft as smaller).
So we shouldn't be surprised to see MS trying long shots and as tech fans should probably cheer them on rather than being partisan. If one of these products is a hit Apple will soon release an equivalent anyway (but with added privacy!).
"It's a new pocketable Surface device form factor that brings together innovative new hardware and software experiences to create a truly personal and versatile computing experience,"
What does this mean?
A smartphone. A tablet. A PC. These aren't 3 separate products. This is one product. smh
I feel pretty safe in saying that a small device with a folding screen whether it's a phone or a small pad, is DOA. So it makes sense that MS would go down this road.
I think it is a perfectly valid concept, and would love a large foldable and pocketable screen. But not likely from MS. I don't think it is a coincidence that Apple has a lot of patents in this field.
The comments here must be similar to the ones of the blackberry folks in their heyday and they heard about the iPhone and laughed. I really hope this smugness goes right to the top of Apple itself and some much needed hard humility comes. Windows phone as an os was excellent, it was rapid, live tiles were awesome, it couldn’t attract developers which was its downfall. This time they are going to use upwindows strength it’s win32 programmes that can run on a tablet that’s in your pocket. Having used windows 10 in tablet mode, it works very well, multitasks better than an ipad as well. This could be a very interesting convergence product.
The comments here must be similar to the ones of the blackberry folks in their heyday and they heard about the iPhone and laughed. I really hope this smugness goes right to the top of Apple itself and some much needed hard humility comes. Windows phone as an os was excellent, it was rapid, live tiles were awesome, it couldn’t attract developers which was its downfall. This time they are going to use upwindows strength it’s win32 programmes that can run on a tablet that’s in your pocket. Having used windows 10 in tablet mode, it works very well, multitasks better than an ipad as well. This could be a very interesting convergence product.
I raise you Ballmer's reaction to the iPhone, and regarding this particular product, the MS Courier was hyped all over the tech press and then fizzled into nothing nearly a decade ago. I thought at the time it looked an interesting product, but in typical MS fashion, all hype no substance.
BTW, we already have a forum troll dedicated to defending MS, he's on my block list he's so annoying (not sure why the forum rules even allow this kind of shit, I don't visit here so I can read people defend and promote MS/Samsung/Google while simultaneously trashing Apple and people who like Apple products).
Reading these comments -- pretty much all condemning a product on the basis that it isn't an Apple Product -- "If it's not Apple and especially if it's Microsoft, it garbage" seems to be the mantra.
Thankfully, Apple itself has never taken on that level of hubris. Steve knew the value of humility and that, despite his confidence in his organization, it's success and the failure of others was never a guarantee...
The great ones always respect their opponents and judge their products on their merits. Thankfully, Apple still seems to have carried on that tradition of humility.
The comments here must be similar to the ones of the blackberry folks in their heyday and they heard about the iPhone and laughed. I really hope this smugness goes right to the top of Apple itself and some much needed hard humility comes. Windows phone as an os was excellent, it was rapid, live tiles were awesome, it couldn’t attract developers which was its downfall. This time they are going to use upwindows strength it’s win32 programmes that can run on a tablet that’s in your pocket. Having used windows 10 in tablet mode, it works very well, multitasks better than an ipad as well. This could be a very interesting convergence product.
"It's a new pocketable Surface device form factor that brings together innovative new hardware and software experiences to create a truly personal and versatile computing experience,"
What does this mean?
It means nothing. It is meaningless marketing jargon.
Reading these comments -- pretty much all condemning a product on the basis that it isn't an Apple Product -- "If it's not Apple and especially if it's Microsoft, it garbage" seems to be the mantra.
Thankfully, Apple itself has never taken on that level of hubris. Steve knew the value of humility and that, despite his confidence in his organization, it's success and the failure of others was never a guarantee...
The great ones always respect their opponents and judge their products on their merits. Thankfully, Apple still seems to have carried on that tradition of humility.
You're ignoring the fact that has been pointed out multiple times, this seems to be by all measures a product MS already announced — the Courier — almost a decade ago and never shipped. Not to mention Ballmer's iPhone comments, the subsequent morbidly late and doomed release of Windows Phone, and their failure to capture much of the tablet market. But sure, let's wait and see!
The "Steve knew..." is getting dangerously close to a "If Steve were alive..."
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https://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet
This case is slightly different. The Surface Pro's problems are caused by mistakes made in design.
This looks more like errors at the concept stage.
BTW, we already have a forum troll dedicated to defending MS, he's on my block list he's so annoying (not sure why the forum rules even allow this kind of shit, I don't visit here so I can read people defend and promote MS/Samsung/Google while simultaneously trashing Apple and people who like Apple products).
The "Steve knew..." is getting dangerously close to a "If Steve were alive..."