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I have no desire for a tablet so I guess I'll be in that 'indistinguishable' market. My friend will also be in that category. Probably my sister, too. So they can say whatever they want. I won't believe it until I see it. It's easy to make predictions, not so easy to be right.
Teawench wrote: "I have no desire for a tablet so I guess I'll be in that 'indistinguishable' market. My friend will also be in that category. Probably my sister, too. So they can say whatever they want. I won't be..."I agree
I'm with Teawench, I have no desire for a tablet, either. Call me indistinguishable.
My husband and I have this discussion all the time. Between the Ipad, netbooks and tablets and smartphones, the market isn't really sure which way it wants to go or what customers really want in one product. So we've decided to wait and just use our smartphones for now. Our phones do everything our computers do, just on a smaller scale. We have the internet, GPS, a ok camera and sometimes we even use it to make a call. Plus, my husband says he likes the smarphones because it fits in his pocket and easier to carry around.
Scott wrote: "How is a MP3 player replaced by a phone? I don't even know what the difference between a netbook and a tablet are (or even what they are)..."My a phone can play and store music I can also read from my Nook and Kindle apps.
That's a good question, Scott. I'll check and let you know.
I still own a record player, a cassette tape player, a VHS, DVD, CD/stero, desk PC, digital camera, a handheld GPS, and a "stupid" phone- no apps, no GPS functions, no surfing the web, but I can take pictures with it....I don't care if other consider things obsolete, I still use them and like them....
Besides- in the current state of the economy and how things are looking for even the next 10 years- I still won't be able to afford most of the new crap. I just yesterday finally got an E reader- and that's because it was given as a gift to me- I still couldn't afford even $79
Alana wrote: "I still own a record player, a cassette tape player, a VHS, DVD, CD/stero, desk PC, digital camera, a handheld GPS, and a "stupid" phone- no apps, no GPS functions, no surfing the web, but I can ta..."I own a lot of that stuff, too. My husband keeps trying to get me to get rid of the vinyl, cassettes and VHS tapes (Fantastic Planet on DVD is SOOO expensive!) but he can bite me.
As long as they work and are being used, who cares how old they are?
I wish I still had my record player and my album collection. Augh! Years of scouring thrift stores and flea markets for all my favorite albums. I own most on CD now, but I still miss the scratchy sound of a record playing. Don't ask me why; I don't know. I just don't like perfection, I guess.Alana, that's true about a lot of people not being able to afford the newer technology in this economy. I like new technology, but I don't have to run out and buy what's new when the earlier version I own is still meeting all my needs. I still have a dumb phone, an early digital camera with a crack across the lens, and an older Kindle. I'm happy with them all.
I'm the same with my phone, Scott. I occasionally take pictures, but I have a pay-as-you-go plan and it costs $.25 to send a picture. So I don't use that feature often. I have it for when I'm lost or meeting someone.
See, I use my cell as my home phone too- my husband and I have one, we can call each other for free, can text/send 500 pictures a month each- all included in our monthly plan. We pay more than a home phone would cost, but by not having the home phone I think it evens out...
When we moved we thought about paying for a plan and getting rid of our landline. But I think it would be more than a basic landline phone package and the $20 I pay to buy phone mins. every three months. But maybe one day it will be a better financial deal to just have cell phones.
We have cordless phones at the house, but also a wall phone for when the power goes out. And that's often here!I also don't like talking on a little phone the size of a deck of cards.
See, my landline sucked... only bill collectors called on it, it was cheaper to use my cell for long distance... and the last time we tried to do a landline, a $15/month thing turned into a $50/month thing- when I had not even used it for anything except like 6 local calls in one month- for me, cell has been good to me. But maybe my area has better coverage or something than some other places...
Scott wrote: "How much storage does it have? Can you plug it into a stereo system?"What I found out is my phone has 8GB of memory and a std card that you can buy that holds more memory. You can also hook up the phone to your stereo using a stereo mini
plug with a RCA plug. Hope this answers your question.
I saw a little bit about this and if I remember correctly, they said that the tablet will take care of the e-reader, but I don't want a tablet! I can't justify spending the money on a tablet and my e-reader serves all the purpose it needs to.
I thought most people didn't like reading books on a tablet. Or are those going to shrink? Technology intimidates me.
Same here! Of all the tablets I've ever seen sold @ Best Buy, not one person ever says they're buying it for reading. I finally got to handle one of the newer tablets (I think it was the Thrive) and it was much bulkier than I realized and way too large. Technology is very unnerving at times.
Scott wrote: "Not near enough to hold my music collection. I have about 90GB (currently on a 120GB Zune)."You're right my phone probably wouldn't be big enough to hold all your music. I guess if I really wanted to I could buy a larger STD card to hold more memory.
And if you're happy with what you use, why change things.
I'm hoping the car will be an obsolete gadget by 2020 and we will all be using our teleportation devices! I just hope the ape take-over doesn't get in the way of that progress.
I will eventually replace my e-reader.....as most everyone will....when it no longer works. At that point who knows what I will replace it with. I guess it will depend on what's avalible and how much I have to spend at the time of purchase.
I can see myself sticking with an e-reader and a netbook. I only like tablets because they look pretty, not for the function.However, as I work for a stand-alone GPS company, looks like I won't be able to afford a tablet anyway!
Those big, clunky GPS devices are going the way of dinosaurs. I bought one last year and it kept falling off my window. I don't even know where it is now. I have a dumb phone, so if I were to go on a trip by myself I'd probably dig it out and take it. But my husband can use GPS on his phone.
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