taciturnCandid said:
Well that is a shame they are trying to get it phased out. I kinda really like being able to take pictures with a much better camera and then instantly put them in my tablet. I like being able to carry around multiple sd cards. One for music, one for some movies, and one for programs.
I'm not sure i want to spend the money for a 64 gb tablet. They really inflate the price on higher storage and I feel like they are just being greedy in trying to restrict you like that. It is almost like going, oh. you want to store more than a little bit of music and also your programs? Well screw you unless you pay another 100 dollars.
Not to mention that you should have the right to do whatever you want with your electronic device. If you want to fuck up your own device or install your own custom software or even operating system, you should have no problems doing it. I mean yeah, it should invalidate your warranty, but you shouldn't be barred from doing so.
That is true, from a consumer point of view, it's a little less than acceptable. It does feel like they are deliberately trying to restrict you. But on the other side, there are legitimate concerns regarding security and ease of use. I know that for people like me and you (who have a brain cell), it would be no trouble, but others would just fall flat on their face with the choice between internal and external storage.
You also have to remember that, from Google's point of view, the "cloud" is a big thing. So instead of storing songs locally, use Google's Music service to have your songs stored on the "cloud" and then stream them down to your phone as and when. Rinse, repeat with all media forms including photographs to Google Drive etc. This is Google's long term strategy with this, Apple's strategy from day one of iDevices was ease of use, security, and greed (as you mentioned, f*** you, pay more dollarz for moar gigz).
Of course, Google's long term bet runs into two massive snags that aren't yet solved, and won't be for a while (well, one may be). First one, mobile data. No carrier in the world can guarantee full "streaming quality" coverage in all places of the country. And, to add to this, who can afford a mobile plan with unlimited data that could support media usage like that? Only the top tier plans can do that, and over in the US they are like $120/mo. In England, 3 UK have a £25/mo unlimited plan (that I use), which is awesome. But due to spectrum crunch issues, in the middle of crowded places, you feel a pinch on data bandwidth anyway. The second point still refers to mobile data, but from the phone's point of view, and that's battery life. 3G and 4G radio's take up a lot of power to use, and while advances are being made, battery technology and radio power consumption is still at a point where it's massively unviable to enact this long term strategy in full.
Interestingly, Eric Schmidt recently admitted they were going to team up with Dish to get into the cellular carrier game. Offering unlimited data at like $10/mo or something. But it was unfortunately canned for them to concentrate on fiber. They didn't rule anything out for a 2013 rollout though, but most rumours up until the clarification had said there would be a rollout before the end of 2012.
Remus said:
Griffolion said:
No I actually didn't know all of that. Maybe I'm just itching for a fight between Apple and Google. It will be the COURT BATTLE OF THE CENTURY!
Interesting for you to say that. The question is, [a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/20/steve-jobs-google-grand-theft_n_1023111.html"]if Android is the problem[/a], then why hasn't Apple gone after Google directly and only the OEM's that use Android?
Answer: Apple is too scared to take on another big (American) player over things they knew for a fact would be shaky in the first place ([a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/12/apple-stands-to-lose-another-patent-crucial-to-its-battle-with-samsung/"]which we are beginning to see now[/a]). And judging by the way [a href="http://mashable.com/2012/05/23/google-wins-oracle-suit/"]Google shat on Oracle[/a] last year, they were right to stay schtum and take the cowardly way of picking on smaller, weaker OEM's than going for the big dog. You are beginning to see now, though, Apple moving to minimise reliance on Google through it's (utterly shocking) implementation of it's own maps service and by moving YouTube from the front page of iDevices. The move is clearly to show that Apple doesn't want an integrated, interoperable tech world, but it wants it's own little area that nobody is allowed into (a relic of 90's thinking and just plain selfishness).
