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> I don't want to wait several minutes to check the news. I would rather not use it at all. It's interesting that Apple has tried to make their low-powered dev
by 10ren 18y ago
> I don't want to wait several minutes to check the news. I would rather not use it at all.
It's interesting that Apple has tried to make their low-powered device more usable by paring down usages that it can't cope with well, such a Flash video and therefore youtube. But we can increase usability further by paring it down one step further and not using it at all.
I've just bought an LCD HD monitor, and although it's very cool, it's a lot less usable than my tiny old CRT, in terms of eye strain (brightness, viewing angle) and adjustment (menu navigation instead of knobs).
But both the iPhone and LCD HD are disruptive technologies, emphasising a different set of benefits, and will only improve with time.
- berlinbrown 18y agoOn the 3g internet usage, Apple didn't invent that with the iPhone. Or improve on the experience that much. What are the benefits of the iPhone, say over a laptop, over the blackberry? Or the other phones from Japan, Korea.
- 10ren 18y agoOver a laptop, it's smaller (pocket-sized) and has better battery life. (A netbook is also smaller than a laptop, but the iPhone is dramatically smaller). It's also easier to start using (you just take it out of your pocker). This convenience means you can use it when you couldn't be bothered using a laptop. I don't know the reasons people prefer the iPhone over similar class of devices (blackberry, other phones), but they do. It reminds me of Alan Kay's "Of course, you can do all those things on the mainframe, but [the minicomputer/microcomputer] is for all the extra things you can do that you wouldn't think of doing on the mainframe." http://ecotopia.com/webpress/futures.htm http://ecotopia.com/webpress/futures.htm