Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
by nathancahill on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @10:35AM
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> Unless someone has (1) identified a mass need exactly the same as yours, and (2) made an app that does exactly that you are out of luck.
So true. And even if there was the need, and the app was made, you would never be able to find it in the app store without knowing it's exact name.
Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
by CoryG89 on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:10AM
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> Unless someone has (1) identified a mass need exactly the same as yours, and (2) made an app that does exactly that you are out of luck.
While this may be particularly true of mobile right now, I feel the above statement is, and has always been, true of software in general.
It's still early days for mobile, despite the amazing capability that's already there. It will get there eventually.
Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
by organsnyder on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:31AM
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Until someone releases a revolutionary new way of interacting with a mobile device, larger devices—with dedicated, larger, more comfortable input and output methods—will always be more efficient. Software isn't the issue.
Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
by tim333 on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:38AM
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Possibly but there are fundamental limitations to having a small screen and no proper keyboard. I also annotated a map the other day on the macbook and have no great desire to do it by prodding the 4" bit of glass on my iPhone.
My point is my strange use-case (an annotated map) was an artifact I could assemble at a desktop from pre-existing bits I already had to hand, but with (current) mobile so many degrees of freedom are removed. Unless someone has (1) identified a mass need exactly the same as yours, and (2) made an app that does exactly that you are out of luck.