Comments on: Power to the People http://mobilitysite.com/2008/06/power-to-the-people/ Mobility News, Reviews, and Views Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:41:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Ken G http://mobilitysite.com/2008/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-5974 Ken G Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:24:15 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2008/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-5974 Size does matter when you are trying to get the job done. I want a device that is web enabled and has an MP3 player, camera, GPS and phone. It would be nice if it was a reasonable price when compared to other devices. The iPhone is very close to meeting this goal, but could be a lot better, if certain aspects of it were bigger! I think Jim Lynch is right, because the size of the things he's complaining about aren't adequate to get the job done. I want to hold all my MP3 files, a lot of camera shots, and other extraneous data on my new iPhone. This requires a lot of memory, which the iPhone almost meets. The camera's megapixels almost meet what would be good in a small camera, I was hoping for 3-5+MP. GPS seems adequate for my needs, talking would be a bonus. 3G seems about perfect for me, faster might not be possible at this time. So, in my view, more memory and more megapixels would make the iPhone more suitable to the tasks at hand.

Size does matter when you are trying to get the job done. I want a device that is web enabled and has an MP3 player, camera, GPS and phone. It would be nice if it was a reasonable price when compared to other devices. The iPhone is very close to meeting this goal, but could be a lot better, if certain aspects of it were bigger!

I think Jim Lynch is right, because the size of the things he’s complaining about aren’t adequate to get the job done.

I want to hold all my MP3 files, a lot of camera shots, and other extraneous data on my new iPhone. This requires a lot of memory, which the iPhone almost meets.

The camera’s megapixels almost meet what would be good in a small camera, I was hoping for 3-5+MP.

GPS seems adequate for my needs, talking would be a bonus.

3G seems about perfect for me, faster might not be possible at this time.

So, in my view, more memory and more megapixels would make the iPhone more suitable to the tasks at hand.

]]> By: Zealot http://mobilitysite.com/2008/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-5957 Zealot Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:12:51 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2008/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-5957 *nods..I agree more and more with the concept of choosing the right OS for the equipment and the task. I run Windows XP on my main laptop since it serves my business needs, my leisure needs and it is what works most easily on my corporate LAN. My Thinkpad runs it well, and I have very few complaints. I run Vista at home on a Toshiba laptop and again, it suits what I use it for, mainly media and entertainment. When I ordered my Eee, I had the option of XP or Linux. Putting XP on a system like that made no sense to me, so I opted for Linux even though I have no experience with it whatsoever. I am looking forward to playing with it on a small, agile machine like an Eee which I intend to use for email, blogging and general messing about. Choose the tool for the task and you can't go wrong. *nods..I agree more and more with the concept of choosing the right OS for the equipment and the task.

I run Windows XP on my main laptop since it serves my business needs, my leisure needs and it is what works most easily on my corporate LAN. My Thinkpad runs it well, and I have very few complaints. I run Vista at home on a Toshiba laptop and again, it suits what I use it for, mainly media and entertainment.

When I ordered my Eee, I had the option of XP or Linux. Putting XP on a system like that made no sense to me, so I opted for Linux even though I have no experience with it whatsoever. I am looking forward to playing with it on a small, agile machine like an Eee which I intend to use for email, blogging and general messing about.

Choose the tool for the task and you can’t go wrong.

]]> By: breley http://mobilitysite.com/2008/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-5956 breley Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:06:38 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2008/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-5956 Right, kind of distinction between the notion power consumed and power in terms of perceived useful output, with the latter concept being a function of how capable the end user is. You can go out and buy a Falcon Northwest gaming system, a "powerful" system, but if you only use it for email, IM, and editing digital camera pics, the unit's full capabilities, it's "power", is being squandered. OTOH, you can take an older system, throw something like Puppy Linux on it (88MB ISO) and the old system can become a more useful, thus "powerful", system...geneb's demonstrating geneb's "less is more" comment. Right, kind of distinction between the notion power consumed and power in terms of perceived useful output, with the latter concept being a function of how capable the end user is. You can go out and buy a Falcon Northwest gaming system, a “powerful” system, but if you only use it for email, IM, and editing digital camera pics, the unit’s full capabilities, it’s “power”, is being squandered. OTOH, you can take an older system, throw something like Puppy Linux on it (88MB ISO) and the old system can become a more useful, thus “powerful”, system…geneb’s demonstrating geneb’s “less is more” comment.

]]> By: geneb http://mobilitysite.com/2008/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-5954 geneb Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:14:14 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2008/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-5954 As it is in Linux, less is more. As it is in Linux, less is more.

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