I'm just not a gadget person

I have a work mobile for which I am allowed "reasonable" personal use, so it costs me nothing and there's no motivation to get anything else.

Posted By: yarmyyarmy on January 27th 2010 at 15:55:22

Message Thread

Apple's new tablet thingy, are we all wetting ourselves in anticipation? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 27, 15:38:11
- ... (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 16:13:36
  - Now that's just silly (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 27, 16:17:06
    - What the fuck did you expect? (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 16:26:12
      - ^^on tilt^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 27, 16:30:11
        
        No. Just being silly. (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 16:36:25
        
        So was I (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 27, 16:49:45
        
        I know. (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 17:01:36
- ... (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 27, 16:09:54
  - haha (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 27, 16:13:02
  - and the Onion equivalent (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jan 27, 16:12:20
    - genuine lol at The Suduko Killer. (n/m) (General Chat) - The Editor of Milk, Jan 27, 18:17:07
    - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jan 27, 16:17:42
- Geek. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 27, 16:03:56
- ,,, (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jan 27, 15:57:23
  - Neat (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 27, 16:01:49
- It will be interesting (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 27, 15:53:22
- Apple are worse than Microsoft with their revenue model. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 27, 15:50:33
  - in english? (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jan 27, 15:51:47
    - Right, so you buy an iPhone. Great bit of gear. Then, you (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 27, 16:03:30
      - but where Apple lead the rest will follow (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 27, 16:07:28
        
        Well, not sure that will last. Used to be the same with MS until people got sick of the (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 27, 16:09:42
      - so what you're saying is they know how to make money (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jan 27, 16:06:13
        
        Yes. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 27, 16:07:19
- Not really, I've got that much to watch/listen to/do with old technology (General Chat) - pants, Jan 27, 15:49:40
  - Maybe this'll let you do all those things much quicker than on your old technology? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 27, 15:50:55
    - eg? (don't understand) (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jan 27, 15:56:56
      - Oh, dunno (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 27, 15:59:45
        
        I bet it's amazing (General Chat) - pants, Jan 27, 16:02:58
    - and on the move (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 27, 15:54:01
      - and on one device instead of two or three (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 27, 15:57:27
        
        No, that I doubt. You'd still need an iPhone as well (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 27, 16:08:11
        
        But I want to hold a huge large laptop to my ear (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 27, 16:16:37
        
        That's the spirit! (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 27, 16:24:02
        
        There's that, but I'm really wary of breaking small gadgets that are worth a lot of money (General Chat) - pants, Jan 27, 16:02:07
      - You will look rather daft holding it up to your ear on the train though (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 27, 15:55:58
        
        screen for watching films on the move/playing games/reading books etc (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 27, 16:01:27
        
        Just like having a laptop then, but without the keyboard ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 27, 16:07:54
        
        ... (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 27, 16:12:46
        
        will it have a scroll wheel instead? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 27, 16:12:25
- Is it soluble? If not I'm out. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 15:44:21
- yes (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 27, 15:42:29
- Dunno (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 27, 15:41:07
- yup (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jan 27, 15:40:30
  - A giant iPhone then (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jan 27, 15:45:56
    - Games on phones used to be great on phones, until I worked out how to convert (General Chat) - pants, Jan 27, 15:51:09
      - I'm just not a gadget person (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jan 27, 15:55:22
        
        Converting 20 minute comedy shows to my mp3/mp4/xvid thing has been (General Chat) - pants, Jan 27, 16:00:38
        
        Good times. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 16:04:41

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