Re:HP Announces The Veer, A Credit Card Sized webOS Device
by cryptoz on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @04:55PM
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> It's the easiest size analogy and one most people can relate to.
It's also extremely misleading! I can fit ~20 credit cards in my normal wallet. I can fit 0 of these phones. Given the headline, I think most people were expecting something that is a similar size as a credit card; maybe we could start keeping our phones inside our wallets! So many cool ideas come from this, but they are all destroyed when we realize the phone is actually significantly larger than even a stack of credit cards.
I hope I'm not coming off as mean, or rude, here. I just got so excited, you see! Thanks for the extra link, it does help get a good idea for size.
It's also extremely misleading! I can fit ~20 credit cards in my normal wallet. I can fit 0 of these phones. Given the headline, I think most people were expecting something that is a similar size as a credit card; maybe we could start keeping our phones inside our wallets! So many cool ideas come from this, but they are all destroyed when we realize the phone is actually significantly larger than even a stack of credit cards.
I hope I'm not coming off as mean, or rude, here. I just got so excited, you see! Thanks for the extra link, it does help get a good idea for size.