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In response to "It's a portable computer, library *and* tv, people. " by David

It's hardly a portable computer -- nm

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Jan 27 '10, 12:06

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For the average consumer, it absolutely is. - David Jan 27, 12:08 2
- I demand a lot of my computers ... and I'm very happy with what the iPhone does for me. - Beryllium Jan 27, 12:09 1
  - yeah, doing any kind of programming or website development on that thing will be impossible. -- nm - decline Jan 27, 12:38
it's enough of a computer for most people's uses -- nm - tik tok Jan 27, 12:07 9
- Unless they want to view Flash on the web... -- nm - Ender Jan 27, 12:08 8
  - No USB and no FLASH?!?! That's a dealbreaker, ladies. - Dr.Vermin Jan 27, 12:14
  - The people who made a big deal of that said on that same blog a National Geographic page may have used it. -- nm - David Jan 27, 12:10 4
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      - Never mind then. That's an issue that needs to be addressed and given how they want it to run all web sites, I'm surprised it hasn't been. - David Jan 27, 12:22 1
        
        Their problem is they went with the mobile OS rather than a stripped down full OS. There just isn't Flash support for mobile operating systems yet. -- nm - Ender Jan 27, 12:23
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  - if i can't play scrabulous on it, i don't want it. -- nm - Andie Jan 27, 12:09
  - or if they want to type for more than five minutes. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 12:08

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