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Agreed. They also provide a common platform for multiple accessories to be used to create engaging interaction. Again, chips are cheap. If I want to take a pic
by DanielBMarkham 10y ago
Agreed. They also provide a common platform for multiple accessories to be used to create engaging interaction.
Again, chips are cheap. If I want to take a picture I'll pick up a camera. If I really, really need to make myself look like a clown while I record a video to a social feed, I'll use a smartphone.
Guess which of those is more productive. (In general and over the entire population. Of course there are dozens of examples of these same ingredients being used in a productive manner, but even then, after a proof-of-concept, if it really has economic value I think I'd rather separate it from all of that other stuff)
- Retric 10y agoThere is a lot of utility with a basic camera. Taking a picture of a poster/whiteboard/whatever for example let's you capture that information without much effort or fear of writing the wrong thing down. I started doing this with my old flip phone with a terrible camera. Further, the form factor for a ultra tiny phone does not really work out. A cellphones the size of a pencil is easy to build, but they would be far less user friendly when making phone calls. Finally, you can get a smartphone for 60$ with all this stuff so I don't see the advantage to skipping it as you want something around that size anyway.