Tuesday, August 30, 2011

I don't get some of them

10 Things Apple Could Change Now That Steve is Gone [Mac|Life]

I disagree some of those. No budget Mac. I agree there will be some price drop. But the thing is because of tablets and smartphones a lot of people will no longer need "full-fledged" computers like PC and Mac. Those will remain only at work places to create something or for people creates something at home. So, what you will have is either mobile devices only or mobile devices + computers.

And no BluRay and no Flash. This could be just me, but you don't have to watch anything if something only available in those formats. There are way too many things available out there paid or free. If you desperately want to watch BluRay, get a player and a TV. If you want to watch Flash, do it in a PC/Mac. One device shouldn't be able to do too many things.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

HP! You Do It Again!

HP kills tablets, confirms PC spin-off plans [Computerworld] -- Ha! I knew you would do that, HP! It is not the first time. You raped and murdered iPAQ. And now webOS. You are like a sexual serial killer. Did you enjoy that? You must have. You were on probation on my list. I was hoping you would redeem yourself. And you miserably failed in the second chance. As I promised, I will never, ever buy your products. And it doesn't hurt at all, because your iPAQ was the only thing I have ever purchased. And I don't need a PC either. Ah! You are dumping PC too!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Microsoft drops Reader after Amazon, Apple take over

[electronista] -- It's a shame, but I knew this day was coming. I used to be a long time MS Reader/LIT user with my Pocket PC's. Since I started using it ten years ago, I have only bought a few books (except text/reference books.) It is not an exaggeration that it started my dropping physical media. I now do not buy not only books but also newspaper, CD, DVD and Blu-ray. I just don't buy any material if it's not available in an electronic format.

Years have gone by and I now use an iPhone. Before my transition from Pocket PC to iPhone, I made it sure that anything I was doing in Pocket PC could be done in iPhone. MS Reader was taken over by Stanza, and then iBooks. I have had no reason to go back to Pocket PC.

Again, it's a shame that yet another Microsoft's half-hearted effort is killing their great product. Those might have just been produced too early for a mass to accept. But that's the problem of Microsoft. They may be innovative, but cannot feel the air in the public. They may have had an acceptable OS at a time by luck, but do not know how to sustain it by leaving it. They had a key to solve the current issue of theirs right in Pocket PC and Windows CE ten years ago. But it has been lost forever.