We can strap a robot to a giant rocket, guide it with extreme accuracy across hundreds millions of miles of space, land it on another planet, then have a safe enough landing that we can drive it around the surface for years, but if I try to print a black and white document when I'm out of cyan ink....
I have some Plantronics that are pretty good. They can go a few hours before they have to be charged in a little pouch in my pocket (which is enough to keep them powered for like 14 hours). They aren't huge like the LG ones, which were weird to wear around. They're not perfect, but I like them.
When you look at the spectrum, you have cellphones at one end and laptops on the other. Phones are pretty good for simple things, like small games and basic communication, and great at portability. However, if you want to do anything productive, and don't care about carrying something around all day, you should bust out a laptop. It seems like there's a golden point in the middle, where there would be a device that was both small enough to take everywhere, but still powerful and useful enough to handle a respectable amount of workload.
Tablets were advertised to be this magical device. They were supposed to be portable, so they could be easily carried around without being cumbersome. At the same time, they were supposed to be powerful enough and have ample screen real estate to be able to do real work on them. However, they haven't really met that point.
When it comes to being small and compact, tablets are already good. Even a 10" isn't really burdening, because they are usually so light and thin. However, they fall short on actually doing things. Both Android and iOS can't compete with PC OSs when it comes to functionality and intuition. Apps always seem to fail to stand up to their desktop counterparts, and never deliver a full suite of features(Google Docs can't do headers on mobile, because fuck you) - except in the few cases where you have to pay an arm and a leg. At the same time, the UI doesn't handle power using well. Split screening isn't well implemented. Alt+tab with keyboards aren't great. Moving app to app makes things slow.
I've gone through 2 tablets now, and I will never buy one again.
Get a tablet that runs Windows 10. I got this thing for $500 (Canadian) on sale (45% off I think) about a month before the Surface Book was announced. It's not super powerful and the battery is only like 4-5hrs, but it's a legit laptop when you need one and a tablet when you want to go into a more relaxed mode, in bed etc.
Fax machines! They're antiquated technology that far too many business still rely on for core business functionality, and they are a nightmare to use every single time.
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For me it's the ability to easily print something onto paper. I don't need to do it often, but the times I do, it's a pain in the ass.
Next Apple product? iPrint?
We can strap a robot to a giant rocket, guide it with extreme accuracy across hundreds millions of miles of space, land it on another planet, then have a safe enough landing that we can drive it around the surface for years, but if I try to print a black and white document when I'm out of cyan ink....
For some reason bluetooth headphones always end up disappointing for me. I always think they will be so much better than wired headphones, but no.
I have some Plantronics that are pretty good. They can go a few hours before they have to be charged in a little pouch in my pocket (which is enough to keep them powered for like 14 hours). They aren't huge like the LG ones, which were weird to wear around. They're not perfect, but I like them.
Cancer treatment. Let's wipe this thing out already.
Tablets have always been a letdown for me.
When you look at the spectrum, you have cellphones at one end and laptops on the other. Phones are pretty good for simple things, like small games and basic communication, and great at portability. However, if you want to do anything productive, and don't care about carrying something around all day, you should bust out a laptop. It seems like there's a golden point in the middle, where there would be a device that was both small enough to take everywhere, but still powerful and useful enough to handle a respectable amount of workload.
Tablets were advertised to be this magical device. They were supposed to be portable, so they could be easily carried around without being cumbersome. At the same time, they were supposed to be powerful enough and have ample screen real estate to be able to do real work on them. However, they haven't really met that point.
When it comes to being small and compact, tablets are already good. Even a 10" isn't really burdening, because they are usually so light and thin. However, they fall short on actually doing things. Both Android and iOS can't compete with PC OSs when it comes to functionality and intuition. Apps always seem to fail to stand up to their desktop counterparts, and never deliver a full suite of features(Google Docs can't do headers on mobile, because fuck you) - except in the few cases where you have to pay an arm and a leg. At the same time, the UI doesn't handle power using well. Split screening isn't well implemented. Alt+tab with keyboards aren't great. Moving app to app makes things slow.
I've gone through 2 tablets now, and I will never buy one again.
Get a tablet that runs Windows 10. I got this thing for $500 (Canadian) on sale (45% off I think) about a month before the Surface Book was announced. It's not super powerful and the battery is only like 4-5hrs, but it's a legit laptop when you need one and a tablet when you want to go into a more relaxed mode, in bed etc.
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Fax machines! They're antiquated technology that far too many business still rely on for core business functionality, and they are a nightmare to use every single time.