Comments for laymanhack.com http://laymanhack.com Simplification Guaranteed Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:18:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Toshiba libretto W100 dual screen netbook: future of mobile computing? by tatose http://laymanhack.com/toshiba-libretto-w100-dual-screen-netbook-future-of-mobile-computing/comment-page-1#comment-128 tatose Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:10:29 +0000 http://laymanhack.com/?p=48#comment-128 2 screens makes it alot easier to handle this netbook than a single screen tablet. I hate to scratch any screens when I put any tablets into a bag in a hurry... If I'm using something along the lines of a tablet book cover... might as well get a dual screen. 2 screens makes it alot easier to handle this netbook than a single screen tablet. I hate to scratch any screens when I put any tablets into a bag in a hurry…

If I’m using something along the lines of a tablet book cover… might as well get a dual screen.

]]> Comment on Toshiba libretto W100 dual screen netbook: future of mobile computing? by boxieblue http://laymanhack.com/toshiba-libretto-w100-dual-screen-netbook-future-of-mobile-computing/comment-page-1#comment-97 boxieblue Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:44:29 +0000 http://laymanhack.com/?p=48#comment-97 @Spinoza: you might be right about the price. but with devices such as the 5-inch Dell Streak coming out, a 7 inch dual screen netbook should barely feel "cramped" @John: you make a good point! but it still feels good to have two pages visible. and it will be more useful when u are reading some kind of report, where you can have the report open on one screen and take notes on the other. @Muchenjeri: you are welcome :) Thanks for reading @Spinoza: you might be right about the price. but with devices such as the 5-inch Dell Streak coming out, a 7 inch dual screen netbook should barely feel “cramped”

@John: you make a good point! but it still feels good to have two pages visible. and it will be more useful when u are reading some kind of report, where you can have the report open on one screen and take notes on the other.

@Muchenjeri: you are welcome :) Thanks for reading

]]> Comment on Toshiba libretto W100 dual screen netbook: future of mobile computing? by Muchenjeri http://laymanhack.com/toshiba-libretto-w100-dual-screen-netbook-future-of-mobile-computing/comment-page-1#comment-82 Muchenjeri Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:44:56 +0000 http://laymanhack.com/?p=48#comment-82 Nice article. I am looking forward to seeing how this develops. I currently use an hp touchsmart with windows 7 and between tablet input panel and the efficient handwriting recognition of windows 7, I now rarely use the keyboard. This might be a new direction for me. I still want to have PC functionality, so features are important to me. Thanks for the review. Nice article. I am looking forward to seeing how this develops. I currently use an hp touchsmart with windows 7 and between tablet input panel and the efficient handwriting recognition of windows 7, I now rarely use the keyboard. This might be a new direction for me. I still want to have PC functionality, so features are important to me.
Thanks for the review.

]]> Comment on Toshiba libretto W100 dual screen netbook: future of mobile computing? by John http://laymanhack.com/toshiba-libretto-w100-dual-screen-netbook-future-of-mobile-computing/comment-page-1#comment-81 John Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:25:54 +0000 http://laymanhack.com/?p=48#comment-81 "...there is no doubting that it just be the best eBook reader ever" Why? Just because paper books have two pages open at a time does not mean that an eBook reader needs to. My Kindle would not benefit from having two screens - you can only read one at a time....so why the need for a redundant second screen? “…there is no doubting that it just be the best eBook reader ever”

Why? Just because paper books have two pages open at a time does not mean that an eBook reader needs to. My Kindle would not benefit from having two screens - you can only read one at a time….so why the need for a redundant second screen?

]]> Comment on Toshiba libretto W100 dual screen netbook: future of mobile computing? by spinoza http://laymanhack.com/toshiba-libretto-w100-dual-screen-netbook-future-of-mobile-computing/comment-page-1#comment-80 spinoza Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:10:13 +0000 http://laymanhack.com/?p=48#comment-80 Toshiba's Libretto line goes back to the late 90s and was a small clamshell mini laptop that preceeded netbooks by a decade. I never ended up buying one because I found it too cramped and limited in functionality in relation to the relatively high price tag. This new Libretto, the W100, looks like it takes a lot of cues from the old Libretto line, and I'm afraid it will end up having the same market reaction of not many people being convinced it is actually useful. I'm also afraid it will have the old Libretto's price tag of being over $1000. I suspect only the entrenched Apple haters will be lured to buying such a thing. Toshiba’s Libretto line goes back to the late 90s and was a small clamshell mini laptop that preceeded netbooks by a decade. I never ended up buying one because I found it too cramped and limited in functionality in relation to the relatively high price tag. This new Libretto, the W100, looks like it takes a lot of cues from the old Libretto line, and I’m afraid it will end up having the same market reaction of not many people being convinced it is actually useful. I’m also afraid it will have the old Libretto’s price tag of being over $1000. I suspect only the entrenched Apple haters will be lured to buying such a thing.

]]> Comment on Symbian move to open source risky? by boxieblue http://laymanhack.com/symbian-move-to-open-source-risky/comment-page-1#comment-71 boxieblue Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:10:42 +0000 http://laymanhack.com/?p=21#comment-71 Thanks for your comment David. Great to have a reply from the author of the original piece. I agree that fragmentation better describes what you wanted to put across. About your comment: "I think the analogies I made are only unfair if you take them too literally.", It's nice to have clarification on that. I suppose I took them out of context? Well, let's see how the move to Open Souce goes for Symbian... Thanks for your comment David. Great to have a reply from the author of the original piece.
I agree that fragmentation better describes what you wanted to put across. About your comment: “I think the analogies I made are only unfair if you take them too literally.”, It’s nice to have clarification on that. I suppose I took them out of context?

Well, let’s see how the move to Open Souce goes for Symbian…

]]> Comment on Symbian move to open source risky? by David Gilson http://laymanhack.com/symbian-move-to-open-source-risky/comment-page-1#comment-67 David Gilson Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:58:33 +0000 http://laymanhack.com/?p=21#comment-67 Hello there, I've just found this post after all the time after writing my article on All About Symbian. I'll say for the record here, as I did in the comments to the article; I don't think it was wrong for Symbian to go open source, it was a brave move and the right thing to do. Moving beyond that, they key issue with the EPL is this - Other parties are allowed to modify and/or replace elements of Symbian, and keep those chunks of code to themselves, i.e. proprietary. That is how the licence works, and is were the <i>potential</i> for fragmentation comes in. (Note, we changed the word 'fork' to 'fragmentation' at AAS, as this better described my concerns.) I think the analogies I made are only unfair if you take them too literally. For the desktop Linux for, you are quite right when you say that most people won't bother to change the OS on their computer. I agree, but that's nothing to do with the point I was making. I wanted to talk from the point of view of somebody looking into a new platform, any platform which they knew little about, and wondering which options to choose. Android for example, I still haven't had a chance to use an Android phone yet, and I want to get one ASAP so that I can start familiarising myself with the platform. Although, I know there are three different flavours of Android (as pointed out in my article). So I feel like I need to ask someone for advice on which is the best flavour for me to get started - I.e. three options leaves me wondering which to pick. Even though Android applications will run on all of them; application compatibility alone does not make a user experience! Because of how the EPL works, there is the potential for the same to happen to Symbian, and I think that would be bad for the platform. Although, I'm sure the Symbian Foundation will do what they can to mitigate this, but simply passing a compatibility test doesn't solve the (potential) problem. Hello there,
I’ve just found this post after all the time after writing my article on All About Symbian.

I’ll say for the record here, as I did in the comments to the article; I don’t think it was wrong for Symbian to go open source, it was a brave move and the right thing to do.

Moving beyond that, they key issue with the EPL is this - Other parties are allowed to modify and/or replace elements of Symbian, and keep those chunks of code to themselves, i.e. proprietary. That is how the licence works, and is were the potential for fragmentation comes in.

(Note, we changed the word ‘fork’ to ‘fragmentation’ at AAS, as this better described my concerns.)

I think the analogies I made are only unfair if you take them too literally. For the desktop Linux for, you are quite right when you say that most people won’t bother to change the OS on their computer. I agree, but that’s nothing to do with the point I was making. I wanted to talk from the point of view of somebody looking into a new platform, any platform which they knew little about, and wondering which options to choose.

Android for example, I still haven’t had a chance to use an Android phone yet, and I want to get one ASAP so that I can start familiarising myself with the platform. Although, I know there are three different flavours of Android (as pointed out in my article). So I feel like I need to ask someone for advice on which is the best flavour for me to get started - I.e. three options leaves me wondering which to pick. Even though Android applications will run on all of them; application compatibility alone does not make a user experience!

Because of how the EPL works, there is the potential for the same to happen to Symbian, and I think that would be bad for the platform. Although, I’m sure the Symbian Foundation will do what they can to mitigate this, but simply passing a compatibility test doesn’t solve the (potential) problem.

]]> Comment on Symbian move to open source risky? by Prakhar http://laymanhack.com/symbian-move-to-open-source-risky/comment-page-1#comment-31 Prakhar Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:38:13 +0000 http://laymanhack.com/?p=21#comment-31 Going open source is definitely a good step. Open source technologies are the demand for the day saving customers a lot of money plus adding an extra value by ways of personalised surface modifications. I definitely agree on the points you brought forward. Going open source is definitely a good step. Open source technologies are the demand for the day saving customers a lot of money plus adding an extra value by ways of personalised surface modifications. I definitely agree on the points you brought forward.

]]> Comment on Symbian move to open source risky? by Brendan Donegan http://laymanhack.com/symbian-move-to-open-source-risky/comment-page-1#comment-30 Brendan Donegan Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:24:07 +0000 http://laymanhack.com/?p=21#comment-30 You should also know that Symbian has a compatability program. We require anyone wishing to refer to the OS on their device as Symbian to pass a compatability test. This is similar to, for example, Bluetooth wireless technology. So if a manufacturer does fork than even if 95% of the code is the same as in Symbian as it is now then they won't be able to use the Symbian name (which the Symbian Foundation owns) if they break even a small number of APIs. You should also know that Symbian has a compatability program. We require anyone wishing to refer to the OS on their device as Symbian to pass a compatability test. This is similar to, for example, Bluetooth wireless technology. So if a manufacturer does fork than even if 95% of the code is the same as in Symbian as it is now then they won’t be able to use the Symbian name (which the Symbian Foundation owns) if they break even a small number of APIs.

]]> Comment on Do Megapixels Matter? by ronak http://laymanhack.com/do-megapixels-matter/comment-page-1#comment-29 ronak Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:14:48 +0000 http://laymanhack.com/?p=3#comment-29 fine i got what i want to know about<difference b/w resolution and megapixels. fine i got what i want to know about<difference b/w resolution and megapixels.

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