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>> "I don't care." I realize that many people love their various apps and in some cases depend on them (I imagine any one using square) but all I want is a web

>> "I don't care." I realize that many people love their various apps and in some cases depend on them (I imagine any one using square) but all I want is a web browser, sms and if I have to: phone calls. Though I'm very much in the ~200$/3yr range for phones so I probably can't afford one anytime soon.

tfha 8y ago
Calendar, email, signal. And music to play in the car. I can live without the web browser.
jsilence 8y ago
maps and navigation?
- nikolaplejic 8y ago
  These all work fairly well in modern web browsers.
  - drdaeman 8y ago
    Navigation in a browser? Like, typing a destination and getting proper driving directions - like, a lane info, real-time route updates in case of known road accidents ahead, etc? I beg your pardon, but I think this is something yet non-existent with webapps - the best you can get is a prepared list of directions, and maybe you can set the tab to auto-update once in a while. And this is something any half-decent navigation app does.
- danShumway 8y ago
  I realize that I'm very much not typical here, but I use a dedicated GPS in my car back from before I had a smartphone. I like Garmin maps a lot better than I like Google Maps; their interface is more functional and their routing sends me down fewer side streets. For walking around, Google Maps works fairly well in a browser, and it will not take long for someone (possibly even me) to build a dedicated app. Worst case scenario, stick Google Maps inside Electron. Again, not arguing that would be sufficient for everyone. Just that it would be sufficient for me, and that's good enough. I don't need to care about a general solution if I'm buying a device for myself.
seba_dos1 8y ago
Decent, modern web browser and web apps that don't consume all of the device's RAM are the only things that I would need to make my Nokia N900 perfect again.

tfha 8y ago

Calendar, email, signal. And music to play in the car. I can live without the web browser.

jsilence 8y ago

maps and navigation?

nikolaplejic 8y ago
These all work fairly well in modern web browsers.
- drdaeman 8y ago
  Navigation in a browser? Like, typing a destination and getting proper driving directions - like, a lane info, real-time route updates in case of known road accidents ahead, etc? I beg your pardon, but I think this is something yet non-existent with webapps - the best you can get is a prepared list of directions, and maybe you can set the tab to auto-update once in a while. And this is something any half-decent navigation app does.
danShumway 8y ago
I realize that I'm very much not typical here, but I use a dedicated GPS in my car back from before I had a smartphone. I like Garmin maps a lot better than I like Google Maps; their interface is more functional and their routing sends me down fewer side streets. For walking around, Google Maps works fairly well in a browser, and it will not take long for someone (possibly even me) to build a dedicated app. Worst case scenario, stick Google Maps inside Electron. Again, not arguing that would be sufficient for everyone. Just that it would be sufficient for me, and that's good enough. I don't need to care about a general solution if I'm buying a device for myself.

seba_dos1 8y ago

Decent, modern web browser and web apps that don't consume all of the device's RAM are the only things that I would need to make my Nokia N900 perfect again.