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Tech Forums => Gadgetopolis => Topic started by: jem_adriano on March 30, 2011, 11:00:35 PM
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The common rap against technology is that it leads to an accumulation of devices. But the nature of technology is changing. Fewer products are doing more tasks — all accomplished by countless lines of massless software code.
And so we no longer need to accumulate products. If anything, we can cut down. The question is, Which can be replaced and which are fine, or even preferable, to keep? It is plain as day that paper maps and Rolodexes have given way to their digital counterparts. But what else can you get rid of? Here is a list of common consumer technologies and products and a somewhat opinionated judgment on whether to keep or pitch it.
DESKTOP COMPUTER Lose it. You may have one now, but are you really going to replace that deskbound PC when it becomes out of date? Assuming you are not a hardcore gamer or a video editor, laptops have all the necessary computing power the average user needs. If you want to replicate that desktop experience, you can always connect your laptop to a larger display and keyboard.
POINT-AND-SHOOT CAMERA Lose it. Yes, a dedicated camera will probably take a better picture than the small lens and image sensor of a smartphone, but it will not be that much better. And a point-and-shoot has limitations of its own. It is hard to share photos until you have transferred them to your computer, and there are no apps for cameras, as there are for smartphones, that allow you to quickly apply cool filters and treatments to the shots you took. Perhaps most important, a camera may or may not be close by when a photo-worthy moment arises, but it’s very likely that your phone will.
CAMCORDER Lose it. Camcorders get squeezed at both ends of the video spectrum. On the low end, smartphones can capture video, and while it may not be Imax quality, many people do not care. At the high end, new digital S.L.R. cameras (like Canon’s EOS Rebel T1i, which costs around $750 with a lens) can shoot full-HD video while taking advantage of all the interchangeable lenses that were created for still photography. That camcorder you have now is probably the last one you will own.
USB THUMB DRIVE Lose it. File sharing does not require hardware anymore. In almost any case you can think of, you can move files around digitally via the Internet. That could mean signing up for a service like Dropbox, which creates a private, shareable hard drive in the cloud, or by simply e-mailing yourself attachments and storing them in the drafts folder of Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. A USB drive is just something to misplace or break.
DIGITAL MUSIC PLAYER Lose it (probably). Do you have a smartphone? Then you have a music player. Why load yourself down with an extra gadget? Apple popularized the music player with its iPod, but when was the last time you saw that iconic white box with the dial on the front? Music is data, and many multifunction devices can handle it along with many other kinds of data (like video, e-mail and apps). The one exception may be if you enjoy music while exercising. In that case, a tiny player like the $49 iPod Shuffle might be a better accessory than a larger, heavier smartphone.
GPS UNIT Lose it. The least expensive GPS units cost around $80. But your smartphone can do the same thing, if not more, for half that price, or even free. Android smartphones already have Google’s turn-by-turn navigation app built in. And earlier this month, Google announced that the company would be including live and historical traffic data in route planning, so you hopefully get to where you are going faster.
If you have an iPhone, you have several options for GPS apps, including Navigon’s MobileNavigator (which starts at $30) and ALK’s CoPilot Live ($20). Renting a car? Decline the optional GPS; if you have a smartphone, you already have one with you.
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It's not from yahoo.. New York Times :-D
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/technology/personaltech/24basics.html?_r=1
Anyhow, +1 ako sa point and shoot. and to a lesser degree, desktop (if you're not a power user).
Everything else, disagree ako. Medyo moot yung argument about cloud computing dito sa pinas kasi bihira naman sa atin ang sobrang accessible na internet (on smartphones and laptops).
GPS.. never naman umuso dito yan :lol:
Digital Music Player. The iPod will have a strong following pa rin, for me. Smartphones can't store ALL of my music and videos on the go (especially if they're high quality). Unless makagawa sila ng iPhone na may capacity ng iPod classic..
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agree ako sa lahat pwera lang desktop pc... my smartphone can almost do everything mentioned...
but for pure power and real programming, gaming, multimedia experience the pc will stay.
desktop pc will still be in everyones household i think for the next ten years.
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very nice share! i agree mostly with everything except for the ones i will quote below:
DESKTOP COMPUTER Lose it. You may have one now, but are you really going to replace that deskbound PC when it becomes out of date? Assuming you are not a hardcore gamer or a video editor, laptops have all the necessary computing power the average user needs. If you want to replicate that desktop experience, you can always connect your laptop to a larger display and keyboard.
disagree. i'm still a gamer at heart even if i don't have a desktop at the moment. i go to internet shops to play sometimes! most laptops can't take the new games today or they will heat up so fast it's like they would melt. if you're not into gaming, then perhaps you can do away with the desktop.
USB THUMB DRIVE Lose it. File sharing does not require hardware anymore. In almost any case you can think of, you can move files around digitally via the Internet. That could mean signing up for a service like Dropbox, which creates a private, shareable hard drive in the cloud, or by simply e-mailing yourself attachments and storing them in the drafts folder of Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. A USB drive is just something to misplace or break.
disagree with storage online. one solid reason why? you won't store porn in the cloud. :lol:
DIGITAL MUSIC PLAYER Lose it (probably). Do you have a smartphone? Then you have a music player. Why load yourself down with an extra gadget? Apple popularized the music player with its iPod, but when was the last time you saw that iconic white box with the dial on the front? Music is data, and many multifunction devices can handle it along with many other kinds of data (like video, e-mail and apps). The one exception may be if you enjoy music while exercising. In that case, a tiny player like the $49 iPod Shuffle might be a better accessory than a larger, heavier smartphone.
hell no. this is like an arm to musicians. a dedicated music player is still the shiz.
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disagree with storage online. one solid reason why? you won't store porn in the cloud. :lol:
Natawa ako diyan :lol: and.. hindi mo pwede dalhin to wherever yung files mo kasi limited ka to net access :lol:
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Natawa ako diyan :lol: and.. hindi mo pwede dalhin to wherever yung files mo kasi limited ka to net access :lol:
in other countries that's already a norm, sana sa pinas in the near future na rin mura at normal na wireless 3g/4g broadband.
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very nice share! i agree mostly with everything except for the ones i will quote below:
disagree. i'm still a gamer at heart even if i don't have a desktop at the moment. i go to internet shops to play sometimes! most laptops can't take the new games today or they will heat up so fast it's like they would melt. if you're not into gaming, then perhaps you can do away with the desktop.
disagree with storage online. one solid reason why? you won't store porn in the cloud. :lol:
hell no. this is like an arm to musicians. a dedicated music player is still the shiz.
+1. and you will download from the internet. means you will wait for the download to finish.
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DIGITAL MUSIC PLAYER Lose it (probably). Do you have a smartphone? Then you have a music player. Why load yourself down with an extra gadget? Apple popularized the music player with its iPod, but when was the last time you saw that iconic white box with the dial on the front? Music is data, and many multifunction devices can handle it along with many other kinds of data (like video, e-mail and apps). The one exception may be if you enjoy music while exercising. In that case, a tiny player like the $49 iPod Shuffle might be a better accessory than a larger, heavier smartphone.
- i strongly disagree with this a dedicated music player sounds better than a stupid smartphone with mediocre capabilities in music
im using a blackberry basically a smartphone and it doesnt really generate a good output
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DSLR cams have limitations like the audio quality. Plus I'll take a hard disk based camcorder over a DSLR anytime. If there would be hard disk based DSLR, I'll grab one :)
Online storage, well, what if internet is not available?
GPS Unit. I still prefer Tomtom and the likes over the phone based one. Maybe it's the phone app that is bad, but it was a nightmare using a phone based one (signal, sound, size of the screen plus when someone calls/text, there's an interruption.
I let the my phone do what it does best, call and sms. Yes, for everyday use, phones can be a good cam and digital media player. But I still prefer a dedicated tool that is best for the job :)
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al qaeda used flash drives to correspond with their operatives. hehehe
i dont think the gadgets mentioned will be completely gone. and regards to cloud computing, it is not always a practical approach especially dito sa pilipinas.
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naisip ba nila na karamihan ng gadgets na sinasabi nilang dapat discard sa future eh...LUMALAMON ng battery ng smartphones ngayon?
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disagree ako sa lahat :-D
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pawala na nga point & shoot cam, yun upcoming na cell ng Nokia, Pureview 808 has a whopping 41 megapixels! in practice you'll be able to use only 38mp...but still, a few years from now prevalent na malamang yan ganyan specs in all smatphone brands
(http://st2.gsmarena.com/vv/pics/nokia/nokia-808-pureview-pure-white-all-collors.jpg)
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^41 megapixels! :razz:
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Anong gagawin ko sa 41 MP? LOL. That is super HD. All in one gadget na to. Kaya lang baka naman yung 2 minute video clip mga 400 MB na din sa sobrang HD nya. :)
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41mp? lol
dslr phone?? malupit pa sa canon 5d mk 2
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agree ako sa lahat pwera lang desktop pc... my smartphone can almost do everything mentioned...
but for pure power and real programming, gaming, multimedia experience the pc will stay.
desktop pc will still be in everyones household i think for the next ten years.
"Assuming you are not a hardcore gamer or a video editor"
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41mp? lol
dslr phone?? malupit pa sa canon 5d mk 2
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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41mp? lol
dslr phone?? malupit pa sa canon 5d mk 2
Pero kamusta naman kaya ang sensor nyan?? :?
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I disagree with:
1. Desktop Computer
-laptops are lousy, limited options, limited upgrades, expensive and they are useless when something went wrong on hardware. They can't be a threat to desktop computers. AND they will be dissolved by tablet computers.
-desktop computer is very versatile saying that you have a powerful one. good for gamers and video editing. no laptop beats the gaming experience in desktop computer.
-upgradability and stability is the reason why most of us still have this thing so I don't see this thing will disapper witihin the next 10-15 years.
2. Camcorder
-DSLR's are big and heavy. You can't shoot a 10 or 15min video with that heavy thing. It have limited storage and not so good audio quality. Not unless you are a hipster trying to be cool.
-With DSLR tech today I say that camcorders will stay a within 3-5 years.
3. Online storage
-Not all place and people have online connection. And that goes without saying a crappy connection. So probably external hd's and thumb drives will stay.
4. Digital Music Players
-Not all phones carry good music quality. Especially to some audiophile that has meticulous ears. Not to mention smartphones that plays crap when multi-tasked.
-Prices of these things are plummeting. Anyone can buy it.
P.S. This article is understandable only to the developed countries but for a developing country like The Philippines? This things will stay on us.
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I mostly agree to this.
And summing up, my choices of 'to keep' gadgets would be...
1) Laptop - for work & home computing, with maximum portability.
2) Smartphone - this sums up mostly all gadgets: point & shoot camera, camcoder, mobile computing, portable music player, gps & other stuff that can be used via available apps.
3) USB thumbdrive - yes, more & more people are utilizing the cloud. But most of the time if you want to share some data to someone beside you why bother sending it over the internet, where you can just put & share it via your thumbdrive, with a considerable amount of space between 8- 32GB.
4) Personal Storage device - this ain't in the list. But I feel its primal, in this data driven world. One should have a back of their own data for security & reference.
The only thing relating to all these gadgets would be storage size. It would vary depending on personal use.
BR & God bless
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The common rap against technology is that it leads to an accumulation of devices. But the nature of technology is changing. Fewer products are doing more tasks — all accomplished by countless lines of massless software code.
And so we no longer need to accumulate products. If anything, we can cut down. The question is, Which can be replaced and which are fine, or even preferable, to keep? It is plain as day that paper maps and Rolodexes have given way to their digital counterparts. But what else can you get rid of? Here is a list of common consumer technologies and products and a somewhat opinionated judgment on whether to keep or pitch it.
DESKTOP COMPUTER Lose it. You may have one now, but are you really going to replace that deskbound PC when it becomes out of date? Assuming you are not a hardcore gamer or a video editor, laptops have all the necessary computing power the average user needs. If you want to replicate that desktop experience, you can always connect your laptop to a larger display and keyboard.
Are you serious? Well, I mean, I'm a hardcore gamer, and uses lots of resources, desktop's capability is far more greater than the laptop's, You can just upgrade the peripherals whenever you need it. Pwede rin namaniupgrade sa laptop pero.. Basta :-D
POINT-AND-SHOOT CAMERA Lose it. Yes, a dedicated camera will probably take a better picture than the small lens and image sensor of a smartphone, but it will not be that much better. And a point-and-shoot has limitations of its own. It is hard to share photos until you have transferred them to your computer, and there are no apps for cameras, as there are for smartphones, that allow you to quickly apply cool filters and treatments to the shots you took. Perhaps most important, a camera may or may not be close by when a photo-worthy moment arises, but it’s very likely that your phone will.
Really depends, because today, PnS Cameras are overwhelemed by those DSLR cameras with new features, okay lang sakin na gamitin yung PnS, hindi naman ako ganun ka arte sa mga qualities, at hindi ko kailangan ng sophisticated effects, etc.
CAMCORDER Lose it. Camcorders get squeezed at both ends of the video spectrum. On the low end, smartphones can capture video, and while it may not be Imax quality, many people do not care. At the high end, new digital S.L.R. cameras (like Canon’s EOS Rebel T1i, which costs around $750 with a lens) can shoot full-HD video while taking advantage of all the interchangeable lenses that were created for still photography. That camcorder you have now is probably the last one you will own.
Agree, Most of the cameras now have video recording capability, just like what they said,Many people don't care if they are 101823980123p or 240p. :eek:
USB THUMB DRIVE Lose it. File sharing does not require hardware anymore. In almost any case you can think of, you can move files around digitally via the Internet. That could mean signing up for a service like Dropbox, which creates a private, shareable hard drive in the cloud, or by simply e-mailing yourself attachments and storing them in the drafts folder of Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. A USB drive is just something to misplace or break.
Not really, You can;t always depend on cloud storage, lalo na dito, pano yun, Iuupload mo lahat? Pano kung mga 5+GB Yun? Considering medyo mabagal ang average speed ng net dito. Pano yung mga walang internet? Kailangan ng mabilisan transfer?
DIGITAL MUSIC PLAYER Lose it (probably). Do you have a smartphone? Then you have a music player. Why load yourself down with an extra gadget? Apple popularized the music player with its iPod, but when was the last time you saw that iconic white box with the dial on the front? Music is data, and many multifunction devices can handle it along with many other kinds of data (like video, e-mail and apps). The one exception may be if you enjoy music while exercising. In that case, a tiny player like the $49 iPod Shuffle might be a better accessory than a larger, heavier smartphone.
I don't know. I'd rather keep it. Because my smartphone's battery is an ***, It can last 6-7 hours on standby without using anything (WiFi,GPS,etc.).
GPS UNIT Lose it. The least expensive GPS units cost around $80. But your smartphone can do the same thing, if not more, for half that price, or even free. Android smartphones already have Google’s turn-by-turn navigation app built in. And earlier this month, Google announced that the company would be including live and historical traffic data in route planning, so you hopefully get to where you are going faster.
I have to agree with this. Why buy a separate GPS unit when, your phone has it? I personally don't use GPS. But lol :eek:
If you have an iPhone, you have several options for GPS apps, including Navigon’s MobileNavigator (which starts at $30) and ALK’s CoPilot Live ($20). Renting a car? Decline the optional GPS; if you have a smartphone, you already have one with you.
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Para sakin, Hindi naman kailangang itapos/ibenta/ipamigay mo na yan, ako personally, itatago ko yan, for collecting purposes, or kung kakailanganin pa in the future. Or pwedeng maipagmalaki sa future generations, ang mga gadgets nung panahon ngayon HAHAHA :wave:
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hanggang walang gadget na may kasamang canned drinks dispenser, di pa rin maniniwalang nagawa na nila ang all in one gadget.
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wow, after one year ng article, mukhang nagkakatotoo na ang predictions nila.
disagree lang ako sa USB flashdrive. mas convenient pa rin sa ngayon kase hindi naman lahat ng oras eh may internet ka tsaka matagal magdownload. siguro mangyayari lang ito kung mura na ang internet.
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the things you own end up owning you
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i strongly utilize cloud storage and all but i simply cannot rely on it all the time since i work on a lot of documents that are very confidential and sensitive in nature.