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Re:U.S. govt, tech industry discuss using location data to c... by saurik on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @02:22AM (#22614133)
The goalposts on "good enough" keep moving. When everyone else has a holographic direct-to-eye refraction display, people are going to be as disappointed in a 2020-level smartphone as people were with OpenMoko devices, which still had a pressure-sensitive touch screen with a plastic stylus when the iPhone has just come out with its relatively massive capacitive multitouch display.
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Re:U.S. govt, tech industry discuss using location data to c... by toast0 on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @03:00AM (#22614302)
I was disappointed with the OpenMoko for many reasons, but the screen wasn't one.

Things like it wouldn't read my sim (bug 666), the stylus was almost required, but there was no place to put it, audio issues, sleep/wake issues, poor battery indication and tricky to charge from a flat battery.

Sure, the screen was kind of small, but the resolution was high, so you could claim hidpi before Apple invented it?

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Re:U.S. govt, tech industry discuss using location data to c... by wideasleep1 on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @01:09PM (#22618857)
Depends...'good enough' goalposts are for a particular audience. Technophobes seeking privacy are certainly less motivated to upgrade to a holographic direct-to-eye display, than a technophile.
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