Lenovo axes small Windows tablets in the US after struggling to compete with Apple's iPad mini [u]

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  • Reply 41 of 73
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    hmm wrote: »
    If you guys wanted to use Descartes memes, you could have gone with "Give her the iPad."

    I find the origin of that meme very interesting.
  • Reply 42 of 73
    Post-PC vs PC.
  • Reply 43 of 73
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Originally Posted by hmm View Post

    If you guys wanted to use Descartes memes, you could have gone with "Give her the iPad."

     

    This is the only computer-related use of that I’ve seen.

  • Reply 44 of 73
    hmmhmm Posts: 3,405member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

     

     

    This is the only computer-related use of that I’ve seen.


    That is just really great.

     

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    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post





    I find the origin of that meme very interesting.



    What's interesting about it? I just thought it was extremely funny that someone used the Descartes portrait as a porn site avatar.

  • Reply 45 of 73
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    hmm wrote: »
    What's interesting about it? I just thought it was extremely funny that someone used the Descartes portrait as a porn site avatar.

    I find it interesting that one would 1) use that as an avatar on a porn forum, and 2) that a simple throwaway comment would become a meme. How is that not interesting?
  • Reply 46 of 73
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post

    I find it interesting that one would 1) use that as an avatar on a porn forum, and 2) that a simple throwaway comment would become a meme. How is that not interesting?

     

    Maybe he finds the inherent humor of the juxtaposition of the face and comment to be an obvious source of memetic interest.

     

    You hear that, ladies? Intelligence from stupidity. Now how many of you want my D? 

     

    Still zero. As always.

  • Reply 47 of 73
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

     

     

    Maybe he finds the inherent humor of the juxtaposition of the face and comment to be an obvious source of memetic interest.

     

    You hear that, ladies? Intelligence from stupidity. Now how many of you want my D? 

     

    Still zero. As always.


     

    I'll go for a spin, my safe word is otorhinolaryngologist.

  • Reply 48 of 73
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    relic wrote: »
    I'll go for a spin, my safe word is otorhinolaryngologist.

    700


    [VIDEO]
  • Reply 49 of 73
    lorin schultzlorin schultz Posts: 2,771member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Relic View Post

     

    I'll go for a spin, my safe word is otorhinolaryngologist.


     

    My otorhinolaryngologist says my head isn't worth operating on.

  • Reply 50 of 73
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post





     

    Hahaha, Fluggaenkoecchicebolsen is actually an easy word to say. Here's a crazy German one, Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft

  • Reply 51 of 73
    lorin schultzlorin schultz Posts: 2,771member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Relic View Post

     

    Hahaha, but that's actually an easy word to say. Here's a crazy German one, Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft


     

    (In your best Beavis and Butthead:)

     

    "Heh heh heh… 'schaft!'" 

  • Reply 52 of 73
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    relic wrote: »
    Hahaha, but that's actually an easy word to say.

    Note that some aren't actual letters, at least not in German.
  • Reply 53 of 73
    hmmhmm Posts: 3,405member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post





    I find it interesting that one would 1) use that as an avatar on a porn forum, and 2) that a simple throwaway comment would become a meme. How is that not interesting?



    I guess so.

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

     

     

    Maybe he finds the inherent humor of the juxtaposition of the face and comment to be an obvious source of memetic interest.

     

    You hear that, ladies? Intelligence from stupidity. Now how many of you want my D? 

     

    Still zero. As always.


    That's basically it. The juxtaposition is so silly. I was unaware that it turned into a meme due to youtube prior to reading soli's link.

  • Reply 54 of 73
    jungmarkjungmark Posts: 6,927member
    relic wrote: »
    I'll go for a spin, my safe word is otorhinolaryngologist.

    "Tallest Relic" sounds kind of Phallic.
  • Reply 55 of 73
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post












     

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post





    Note that some aren't actual letters, at least not in German.

    No their letters, it's just the way some Dutch write, seen it before. Well I assume that's an E and not the symbol for the Euro but the accents are all correct. 

  • Reply 56 of 73
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jungmark View Post





    "Tallest Relic" sounds kind of Phallic.

    Sit on it and spin. :p

  • Reply 57 of 73
    MacProMacPro Posts: 19,822member
    gatorguy wrote: »
    This might be a "Windows thing" as Lenovo isn't cutting any of their small Android tablet offerings. From another Apple fan site:

    "...the company’s Android efforts will continue. The computer maker currently offers five Android-powered slates under 10 inches on its website and it’s possible that these numbers could go up once its deal with Google comes to a close. It’s too early to determine exactly how big of an impact Lenovo’s decision will have on the tablet market as a whole, but from the look of things, Microsoft’s loss will likely be Google’s gain."

    Yep there sure is a lot of fragmentation out there for that crappy Android OS, shame for Google no one seems to use them for e-commerce.
  • Reply 58 of 73
    MacProMacPro Posts: 19,822member
    relic wrote: »
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    Hahaha, Fluggaenkoecchicebolsen is actually an easy word to say. Here's a crazy German one, Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft

    Is that something rude about Donald Trump?
  • Reply 59 of 73
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member
    It looks like Lenovo [URL=http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1803]isn't discontinuing[/URL] 8 inch tablets after all.

    [B]Clarification on Lenovo Statement on Sales of Small Screen Windows-Based Tablets[/B]

    We will continue to bring new Windows devices to market across different screen sizes, including a new 8-inch tablet and 10-inch tablet coming this holiday. Our model mix changes as per customer demand, and although we are no longer selling ThinkPad 8 in the U.S., and we have sold out of Miix 8-inch, we are not getting out of the small-screen Windows tablet business as was reported by the media. In short, we will continue to sell both 8 and 10 inch Windows tablets in both the U.S. and non-U.S markets.

    Another example of the media jumping to conclusions.
  • Reply 60 of 73
    joshajosha Posts: 901member
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    Originally Posted by mpantone View Post

     

    The fact that the iPad mini existed first doesn't matter. Competition can come from a newcomer in the form of a new product that has significant differentiation than existing products. Just ask BlackBerry.

     

    In business, competitors can enter and exit at any time. It's not a track meet with starting blocks and a finish line.


    I have money available for a lovely iPad Mini. 

    As soon as my POS Blackberry Playbook fails I'm into an iPad Mini. Likely the cause of me dropping the BB PB, is that several no longer available media Apps start failing; there are no updates available. 

    New and updated  Apps have abandoned the BB PB.

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