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From: Woody on 28 Jan 2010 06:02 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-01-28, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >> I was thinking about the lack of camera aspect, and I think they may be > >> right. Video chatting sounds good, but you'd have to hold it at a > >> _very_ precise angle to keep yourself in view. That would become > >> tiresome, I think. > > > > Not if you see yourself in the own window. For their intended audience > > of people who don't need a computer, I think video chatting is very > > important. > > Hmmm. Could be. I guess it's not that important to me as I've only had about > 5 video chats in my life. Same here - a video chat is the worst of all forms of communications as far as I see, but for a lot of people they seem very important, espcially the target audience of this device. -- Woody
From: James Jolley on 28 Jan 2010 06:05 On 2010-01-28 11:02:55 +0000, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) said: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-01-28, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>> I was thinking about the lack of camera aspect, and I think they may be >>>> right. Video chatting sounds good, but you'd have to hold it at a >>>> _very_ precise angle to keep yourself in view. That would become >>>> tiresome, I think. >>> >>> Not if you see yourself in the own window. For their intended audience >>> of people who don't need a computer, I think video chatting is very >>> important. >> >> Hmmm. Could be. I guess it's not that important to me as I've only had about >> 5 video chats in my life. > > Same here - a video chat is the worst of all forms of communications as > far as I see, but for a lot of people they seem very important, > espcially the target audience of this device. I've used video chat when giving technical support. It's not great but better than nothing.
From: Ian McCall on 28 Jan 2010 06:06 On 2010-01-28 10:17:10 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > On 2010-01-28, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >>> >>> I was thinking about the lack of camera aspect, and I think they may be >>> right. Video chatting sounds good, but you'd have to hold it at a _very_ >>> precise angle to keep yourself in view. That would become tiresome, I think. >> >> I think they may do a camera dock thing. PErhaps the iSee as they've >> already had iSight? IT'll just be a camera in a case. > > Maybe. This is one area where I'm really on the fence about how useful it > would actually be. I would have given one to my mum who lives 160 miles away. Would have been perfect for seeing the grandchildren. Cheers, Ian
From: Duncan Kennedy on 28 Jan 2010 07:05 In message <7sd9dvFrssU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> writes >On 2010-01-28 10:17:10 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > >> On 2010-01-28, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >>>> I was thinking about the lack of camera aspect, and I think they >>>>may be >>>> right. Video chatting sounds good, but you'd have to hold it at a _very_ >>>> precise angle to keep yourself in view. That would become tiresome, >>>>think. >>> I think they may do a camera dock thing. PErhaps the iSee as >>>they've >>> already had iSight? IT'll just be a camera in a case. >> Maybe. This is one area where I'm really on the fence about how >>useful it >> would actually be. > >I would have given one to my mum who lives 160 miles away. Would have >been perfect for seeing the grandchildren. > I got one hell of a fright the very first time I booted my new MBP and this fat old codger's face appeared on my screen! -- Duncan K Downtown Dalgety Bay
From: Jochem Huhmann on 28 Jan 2010 09:25
richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) writes: > In article <tj11m5tno0u8atd9pc6bnvnjmk4mesa5p2(a)4ax.com>, > Geoff Berrow <blthecat(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote: > >>!0 hours. In use? If true, that's really impressive. > > "Over a month of standby". What does *that* mean? Why would you > leave it in standby instead of having it turn on instantly. Is it > expecting to receive phone calls or data? Because it's there in a second or out of standby. How do you have something "instant on" if you have to boot an OS and everything? Including the last app you had open? I have an iPod touch and I never switch it really off. This is one of major things for such devices, I think. Click on, use, click off. No waiting required. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery |