All do respect I think the missing piece to the ecology is shit that works, apps that don't suck down gigs of space, and UI/UX fails (for example)-
Anaologe TVs while quaint, and neigh impossible to find now have one small advantage over digital: you plug them in, and they might Just Work. Untill that comes back tablet and phablet won't matter because the stuff is made from dodgy parts and failure prone. My Old Treos, for the most part, just worked and seemed more like a partner on my journies than phones i've used recently. The article failes to note that this is history repeating itself, back in the 90s I distintly recalll the pleasure of product testing for Skunk Works a device that was about the size of a 11year olds hand- and this energetic man (possible McNealy or someone from apple) saying "this is the future it doesn't do much now but your job is to find what it can do" sufficed to say it did basic calling (Radeo IIRC) and IIRC could plug into a frame so that it could take basic pictures, what was cool? That's all it did- in mobile mode, in desktop mode it did vastly more-- but it just fucking worked- and as far as I could tell was built like a tank, could talk to the lissa via a ADB cable IIRC and talk to a Densmore the elders Spark after we found a working doodad. it to was more of a partner on my young journies- As far as i'm conerned thatas what's missing from modern devices the sense there kind of like a partner on your journies. On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > Nifty predictions that tablet growth is different than phone, declining > dramatically over the next several years: > > http://www.iclarified.com/45614/tablet-growth-expected-to-slow-to-72-in-2014-alongside-first-year-of-ipad-decline-chart > > I think the missing link is the "ecology" of devices. If your phone > migrates to a phablet, then likely your tablet becomes a a different use > item. Ex: tablet becomes video device, helping people "cut the cable". > Basically I see the various market segments fighting amongst themselves. > > TV's are always lost in the ecology, but they are seriously integrated now > with most phones being able to replace TV/Tivo/DVR remotes with far more > value added. The seriously effective Internet/TV devices (Nook, aTV, > ChromeCast, etc) are making DVRs obsolete. I'm running out of HDMI > connectors on mine! And I love it when I get a phone call on my remote! > > Similarly, tablets are replacing low-end (MBAir, ChromeBook, Moz devices) > "laptops" for non-power users, i.e. web/mail/social. Phablets are still a > bit of an unknown, and being squeezed out of a market segment by phones > settling on a XXL size. And oddly enough, the phablets have better battery > life due to being large, so bigger battery. > > Interesting "cultural history" of the digital ecology! Wanna write a book? > :) > > -- Owen > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
