[Slight OT] TDPL in Russia

[Nick Sabalausky]

"BCS" <none at anon.com> wrote in message 
news:a6268ff1b9068cd1bc36b696570 at news.digitalmars.com...
> Hello Nick,
>
>>>> In and of itself, maybe. But thinness typically necessitates other
>>>> design compromises, all for a "benefit" that is, as you say, petty.
>>>>
>>> What compromises?  What is it missing that could be there if it were
>>> thicker?
>>>
>> Compromises that often need to be made for ultra-thin devices:
>>
>> - Low storage space due to lack of room for hard drive.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=32+gb+micro+sd&x=0&y=0
>

Ugh, don't even get me started on MicroSD. Ordinary SD is already too small 
if you ask me, although I still put up with it anyway. Now MicroSD, well I 
can't say anything about it without raising my blood pressure...

Besides:
http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.phtml?N=4294966955+4294953566&sht=Any&prt=NewProduct&

>> - Reduced variety of i/o ports.
>
> In this day and age, you would be hard pressed to suggest a cell phone 
> needs more than a 1 maybe 2 USB ports.
>

I consider there to be a big difference between a cell phone and a smart 
phone. A cell phone is for making calls, and for those, I agree with you. 
But a smartphone is a PDA that also makes cell calls, and that changes 
things. Plus, I was kind of talking both smartphone and iPad-style stuff.

>> - Reduced or eliminated potential for expandability.
>
> Aside from a memeory card, name one things you've ever known someone else 
> to want to add to a phone?
>

- Headphone jack
- Audio line-input
- User's choice of portable Keyboard
- TV Out (for picture/video-viewing, and there's a million different kinds 
of TV-Out these days)
- GPS
- Back before built-in cameras became common, I could have said "camera".

All just off the top of my head, there's probably others.