[Slight OT] TDPL in Russia

Nick Sabalausky a at a.a
Mon Sep 6 13:49:46 PDT 2010


"Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote in message 
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> "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.
>

And domain-specific things, like various kinds of sensors for in-field 
scientific data gathering, or barcode scanning, for instance.




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