Mobile phones & tablets thread

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by donKey jote

Why doesn't Samsung just ramp down it's apple chip factory? :confused:

---

Money. Apple is one of Samsung's biggest customers. Apple's contribution to Samsung's annual revenues is reportedly in the $7.5-$8.0 billion range for 2011. And though Apple would have to find another chip manufacturer, the mobile chip designs belong to ARM (and Apple). Samsung just licenses the technology from ARM Holdings. But I suspect that Apple will begin moving certain chip purchases away from Samsung. I'm not sure what they'll do with NAND flash purchases. But with almost $80 billion cash on hand, Apple could snap up a chip manufacturer and start supplying itself, as well as others. But the margins aren't very high in chips (or flash), so I don't think that will happen.

Samsung and Apple were once friends. Now they're frenemies (I've been wanting to use that word for the longest time!).

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Dave B

m.guardian.co.uk

More nerdery which probably only Daniel and I will find interesting.

---

That screwed with my head somewhat :p

Whilst I can see his logic, sadly logic doesn't seem to matter these days. iOS, in spite of being more difficult to program for still had craploads more apps than anyone else.

I still remember when the original iPhone launched and didn't even have 3g and both of us laughed at how Apple could launch such a product without such a vital feature and how it would fail..... Thing is there seem to be enough ignorant people to buy Apple products that it doesn't matter, they could take 3G out of their next iPhone and people would still buy it and then put it in on the next model and it would be hailed as a triumph.

If anyone else had made a phone which you could kill the 3g signal on by holding it in a particular manner then they'd be laughed out of business. Not Apple. As someone who enjoys technology and likes to see good implementation of technology, Apple stuff pisses me off because it's expensive and underfeatured. I'm not a gadget person like others on here. I simply don't see the point of technology for technology's sake and I really hate to see duplication of function across 2 or more devices. Why do I want a tablet when my phone can do all that crap and is infinitely more portable? You've got yet another device to lug about as well.

I really doubt I'll get a tablet ever tbh. It's too much like my phone yet doesn't provide all the functionality of a computer because you can't use a proper hardware keyboard. If there is a good quality convertible tablet that doubles as a laptop and is good at both tasks then I'd certainly consider that.

You can get Bluetooth keyboards for iPad and iPhone but I agree with your point a tablet which is just one half of a laptop.

Looks like ARM is going to take over the world then. Look what the humble BBC Micro has become :p

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Mark

Looks like ARM is going to take over the world then. Look what the humble BBC Micro has become :p

---

Hmmmmm I think we'll wait and see with that. The only thing that's certain about the processor world is that it doesn't stand still and no one ever stays on top forever. I think beefy processors running the x86-64 instruction set will be with us in our laptops and desktops for a good while longer :)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by gloomyDAY

My MacBook is from mid-2007 and is starting to give me some problems. There are blotches on my monitor, the optical drive is acting screwy, and my trackpad doesn't like to work 100% of the time. Not too back for 4 years, and definitely impressive with the way I treat my notebooks. I'm taking it into the Apple shop in 2 hours, so we'll see what they say.

---

Get a Dell! :p

Seriously though my 5 years old Dell laptop runs without any problems, and I used it daily all this time.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Mark

Looks like ARM is going to take over the world then. Look what the humble BBC Micro has become :p

---

Electron, surely? The BBC's used 6502s.</geek>

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Daniel

Oh my god! I've just found the other person who bought a Windows Phone and she works at the same place as me! :p

---

A match made in heaven! ;)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Daniel

DailyTech - Apple Looks to Kill Samsung's Android Tablets and Phones in Britain

Hmmmmmm any bets as to whether this backfires on Apple? :dozey: People are going to start getting annoyed at this anti-competitive behaviour just like they got annoyed at Microsoft in the past.

---

No. And you described the reason yourself:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Daniel

I still remember when the original iPhone launched and didn't even have 3g and both of us laughed at how Apple could launch such a product without such a vital feature and how it would fail..... Thing is there seem to be enough ignorant people to buy Apple products that it doesn't matter, they could take 3G out of their next iPhone and people would still buy it and then put it in on the next model and it would be hailed as a triumph.

If anyone else had made a phone which you could kill the 3g signal on by holding it in a particular manner then they'd be laughed out of business. Not Apple. As someone who enjoys technology and likes to see good implementation of technology, Apple stuff pisses me off because it's expensive and underfeatured. I'm not a gadget person like others on here. I simply don't see the point of technology for technology's sake and I really hate to see duplication of function across 2 or more devices. Why do I want a tablet when my phone can do all that crap and is infinitely more portable? You've got yet another device to lug about as well.

---

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ioan

Get a Dell! :p

Seriously though my 5 years old Dell laptop runs without any problems, and I used it daily all this time.

---

I'm quite liking HP's at the moment. At work I've got a HP Probook 4520s and other than the fact that my predecessor seems to have ****ed the machine over, it feels really nicely built.