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12-27-2012, 04:17 PM | #137 |
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I personally haven't done it myself, so I'm not sure how easy it would be to update the OS on a device when the device in question no longer seems to be supported for automatic updates. Does Joe/Jane Average want to figure it out?
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12-27-2012, 04:32 PM | #138 | ||
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12-28-2012, 09:36 AM | #139 |
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I predict tablets and eReaders get more thin.
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12-28-2012, 12:57 PM | #140 |
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12-28-2012, 01:30 PM | #141 |
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Can't be too rich or too thin. \\\ Actually thinking about it, that sounds like something Apple would say. Last edited by SeaKing; 12-28-2012 at 01:34 PM. |
12-28-2012, 01:54 PM | #142 |
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12-28-2012, 06:06 PM | #143 |
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12-28-2012, 06:50 PM | #144 |
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12-29-2012, 07:43 AM | #145 | |
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At first I wanted to jump up and down and holler, "Don't you guys try and tell me about women!" Upon further reflection though, I realized that what I know about women which could take up a small city's library space is dwarfed by what I don't know about women, which would approach the Smithsonian's size for storage. Further, remember the statement was by a woman, not a man. Anyway, the real question here is whether tablets and phones and laptops can be too thin when they only have 3 to 10 hours of real usable battery life? And please don't add in so called standby. I think that too much emphasis has been made on thin, and I think Apple is the main driver of that. Also Apple is the main beneficiary of this false "virtue." I would like to see all devices with 24 solid hours of batter life. That would be three 8 hour days. If you look at the size of the battery in these devices, you realize that by adding 5 to 10mm to total thickness, you could achieve that. I am ok with that. Last edited by SeaKing; 12-29-2012 at 07:50 AM. |
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12-29-2012, 05:15 PM | #148 | |
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New battery double power would spread across entire tablet add only .1 inch and add .4 pound so even heavy thrive at 1.6# would weight 2# total, ipad3 would be 1.44# +.4 # for 1.84# total and .37" +.1+ for .47" or about 12 mm thick. config of all tablet would change so shape of battery would differ and decrease above calculated thickness. wgt might decrease with combined battery case |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant as well as the digitizing of books on CD-Roms and reading on comuters. Plus Science Fiction must be given credit for many of the ideas like eReaders, tricorders, sonic screwdrivers and the like! |
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