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let it mellow
Jun 1, 2000

Dinosaur Gum
it's true, blackberry actually had the best exchange integration and security controls all along but they hosed it all up

rip rim

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Big Bowie Bonanza
Dec 30, 2007

please tell me where i can date this cute boy
ballmer should have followed his own advice

[app] developers [app] developers [app] developers

bigzak
Aug 15, 2003
i have an android tablet and i use it as a tv controller with netflix/chromecast and all that poo poo. pretty much does exactly what i bought it for

ItBurns
Jul 24, 2007

naem posted:

EVERYBODY uses windows, right? And every corporate IT department issues blackberries for years.

Why didn't Microsoft buy blackberry and make a touch screen Windows phone, with a full app store, that was corporate IT friendly with blackberry's strong encryption, and market it by saying IPHONE AND ANDROID ARE FUN TOYS, HERE'S THE GROWN UP VERSION and then have people playing angry birds or watching Netflix in a suit as a wacky OUR PHONE DOES THE SAME poo poo tie in ad.

lmbo look at this loving idiot that thinks businesses want a practical mobile option that meshes with existing systems and not a completely new OS that hinges on tiny squares that spin around and show what temperature it is outside.

Big Bowie Bonanza
Dec 30, 2007

please tell me where i can date this cute boy
does windows phone still have no way to back up contacts at all without plugging the phone into the computer

that was my favorite feature

ItBurns
Jul 24, 2007

FordPRefectLL posted:

does windows phone still have no way to back up contacts at all without plugging the phone into the computer

that was my favorite feature

install twitter and it will back up your contacts to their servers





problem solved

Big Bowie Bonanza
Dec 30, 2007

please tell me where i can date this cute boy
i'll say

naem
May 29, 2011

ItBurns posted:

lmbo look at this loving idiot that thinks businesses want a practical mobile option that meshes with existing systems and not a completely new OS that hinges on tiny squares that spin around and show what temperature it is outside.

It's like Microsoft beat out apple to become "the standard" pc company with Windows, a bland but functional imitation of Macintosh's graphic user interface.

Then they made windows into the corporate IT, thing, of choice, and absorbed 90% of the pc market.

They then decided not to do the exact same thing with smartphones because ????????!

Big Bowie Bonanza
Dec 30, 2007

please tell me where i can date this cute boy
because gently caress you dad this aint your grandpa's operating system this is the slick hip new windows phone WWEEOWWW RADICAL

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

I loving love my ipad

It's a luxury item 100%, there's nothing you can't do better on a comparable specs laptop

But goddamn is it awesome for toilet reading comics and table games and general loving around, and sometimes it's even useful and portable

It's 100% a luxury item unless you're a pilot or something

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

Kelfeftaf posted:

also books, but who gives a poo poo about that

There is no difference between the man who cannot read and the man who does not read

Both faggots
- Abraham "Abe" Lincoln

Big Bowie Bonanza
Dec 30, 2007

please tell me where i can date this cute boy
oh yeah that reminds me literally the only thing my dad uses his ipad for is foreflight

Gutcruncher
Apr 16, 2005

Go home and be a family man!
The Surface Pro 3 has an amazing kickstand. It doesn't have clicks, just loads of resistance. It goes anywhere from nearly standing vertical to nearly laying flat. Also it's screen is way larger than te Surface Pro 1 but it's way thinner and way lighter.

Edit: Also the stylus has a clickypen-like button whose sole purpose is to open up Onenote. At any time just click and doodle some dicks.

TontoCorazon posted:

The pen feels real nice too when using it. Also pressing the pens button to open onenote is a pretty cool idea.

I know, right? You dont even need to unlock the tablet, just click and it opens up a blank sheet which you can worry about organizing later.

Also doubleclicking takes a screencap and lets you select chunks of the screen to paste into Onenote! WOW

Gutcruncher fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Sep 7, 2014

TontoCorazon
Aug 18, 2007


LifeSizePotato posted:

yeah, sp1 was a decent idea but not that great as a product. they've really got something with the 3 though. keyboard/trackpad are way better also

somewhat unrelated emptyquote:

The pen feels real nice too when using it. Also pressing the pens button to open onenote is a pretty cool idea.

TontoCorazon fucked around with this message at 05:07 on Sep 7, 2014

Guy Fleegman
Jul 8, 2009

by XyloJW

Kelfeftaf posted:

No. It's great for reading books.

Know what else is great for reading books? Books.

Tokaii
Mar 8, 2004

Oldest Goon
July 29, 1942
Love my iPad Mini for the internets and ebooks.

you were warned
Jul 12, 2006

(the S is for skeleton)

Don Tacorleone posted:

It's a luxury item 100%, there's nothing you can't do better on a comparable specs laptop

But goddamn is it awesome for toilet reading comics and table games and general loving around, and sometimes it's even useful and portable

This

When I got mine as a gift, I also had an iPhone 4. Started using the iPad and couldn't believe I'd spent so much time staring at such a tiny screen. I have screwed-up vision and I tend to hold my phone way too loving close to my face, which gives me double vision. I'm not an old, but I might as well be. So for stupid iOS games and general dicking around online, the bigger screen is really nice. But it's really not anything I couldn't do on a computer. It was really nice to have when my old laptop was making GBS threads itself and dying for like the last year that I had it (RIP white macbook that I had for five years), but the money spent on it would really have been better put toward an actual laptop. But now that I have a good laptop again and an android phone with a bigger screen, it's just kind of because? I'm using it to write this and I don't even know why :shrug:

It's just a neat shiny overpriced toy :) I might sell it if I need the money and probably wouldn't miss it that much, but

Verisimilidude
Dec 20, 2006

Strike quick and hurry at him,
not caring to hit or miss.
So that you dishonor him before the judges



I think less of companies that use Windows tablets to handle their transactions rather than an iPad.

Over There
Jun 28, 2013

by Azathoth

THS posted:

i have a chromebook

Me too but I regret it

the black husserl
Feb 25, 2005

they are very good at being cash registers. i saw a band play in a shack and you could pay for the keg beers w/ debit cause they had an ipad

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
Cause microsoftccant taint their company by making actual hardware obviously

newreply.php
Dec 24, 2009

Pillbug

Over There posted:

Me too but I regret it

p sure that is implied whenever someone says they own a chromebook

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

my chromebook owns its the new dell one with 4gb memory and has decent speakers

gr8 for surfing the internet or watchin movies at night in my bed :3:

FedEx Mercury
Jan 7, 2004

Me bad posting? That's unpossible!
Lipstick Apathy
It's pretty great when you don't need to be productive. A lot lighter and easier to carry then a laptop. Phones are too small.

limeincoke
Jul 3, 2005

Heroes of the Storm
Goon Tournament Champion
I hate how Apple products purposely use a different USB size than every other electronic device in the world. Like, loving knock it off. It's so annoying asking a friend to use their charger and then finding out they have a Apple product with a USB size 5 times bigger than everyone else just so they can be special.

Sixfools
Aug 27, 2005

You be the Moon,
I'll be the Earth
And when we burst
Start over, oh, darling

FordPRefectLL posted:

because microsoft is dumb and run by idiots
Same with RIM

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

simosimo posted:

Turns screen orange make eyes not burn

lol

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

limeincoke posted:

I hate how Apple products purposely use a different USB size than every other electronic device in the world. Like, loving knock it off. It's so annoying asking a friend to use their charger and then finding out they have a Apple product with a USB size 5 times bigger than everyone else just so they can be special.

that's everything usb ever tho so companies can sell you $30 cables and chineses can sell you $5 ones

kode54
Nov 26, 2007

aka kuroshi
Fun Shoe
Careful with those cheap knockoff Chinese chargers, though. They could overpower and burn something out. Or even cause the battery to asplode while it's in your pocket.

ColdReaches
Oct 12, 2013

Place : Detroit
Date : 4031 A.D.

Lichy posted:

do you regret your purchase? is there any good reason to own an ipad? do you ever use it for anything productive/work? or is it just an expensive outlet for your blatant and mindless consumerism so you can play candy crush?

tia

Stay safe poverty liver failure ghost

poopzilla
Nov 23, 2004

my wife won a iPad mini from our dentist for referring someone. its good for watching netflix and HBO Go in bed, but that's about it

Spatial
Nov 15, 2007

kode54 posted:

Careful with those cheap knockoff Chinese chargers, though. They could overpower and burn something out. Or even cause the battery to asplode while it's in your pocket.
One of my friends used to work as a compliance testing engineer and tested some of these for fun. The worst hazards aren't just localised to the thing charging: there can be extreme interference with other equipment, to the point of malfunction of anything on the same circuit, and the risk of mains power direct to your hand if it short circuits inside. Which is quite easy because there can be less than a millimetre between the DC and mains power sections of the board in the particularly poo poo ones.

ColdReaches
Oct 12, 2013

Place : Detroit
Date : 4031 A.D.
i am the non hashes 8 password codes

poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004



poopzilla posted:

my wife won a iPad mini from our dentist for referring someone. its good for watching netflix and HBO Go in bed, but that's about it

it amazes me how many people who have ipads somehow don't have a better screen in the bedroom for watching hbo go and netflix

who the gently caress wants to watch anything on this tiny little screen with mediocre sound at home, thats like the dumbest thing to do with your ipad unless you're an insomniac sharing a dorm room or something

Stumiester
Dec 3, 2004

"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."
I'm a musician and use it for sheet music. Its invaluable. hth

Chuck Tanner
Nov 10, 2012

by Lowtax

newreply.php posted:

i use my ipadden for any computer stuff i can do without an actual computer, like streaming video, drawing UML, reading stuff. ipadden own a lot and its cool to have both a mini and a regular sized one.

why do you keep misspelling ipad?

Quinch
Oct 21, 2008

I use my iPad for music making apps that I stumble through like the musically illiterate retard that I am, hope that answers your question op

Quinch
Oct 21, 2008

A surface 3 would be cool as well to use ableton live on. What's the battery life like on them?

poopzilla
Nov 23, 2004

gggiiimmmppp posted:

it amazes me how many people who have ipads somehow don't have a better screen in the bedroom for watching hbo go and netflix

who the gently caress wants to watch anything on this tiny little screen with mediocre sound at home, thats like the dumbest thing to do with your ipad unless you're an insomniac sharing a dorm room or something

cuz we dont usually like watching TV in bed and only have an old 13" crt thing to check the news in the morning

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Light Gun Man
Oct 17, 2009

toEjaM iS oN
vaCatioN




Lipstick Apathy
Did anyone say porn in bed yet. Because Porn in Bed.

Also it's good for reading comic books and the Awful app. Again, in bed, or also on the toilet if you have wifi in your bathroom.

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