Re:Microsoft, capitulation and the end of Windows Everywhere
by loco5niner on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @08:22PM
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Editing pictures for facebook and creating comments in a forum are are not particularly "forms of creation". Photoshopping a magazine cover and building a website are.
As for photography, messaging, and gps. Well, of course. Those are a natural use for that form factor. I'm not going to take my laptop out to take a picture... (I'm kind of surprised you didn't mention that the phone is better for making phone calls too).
Re:Microsoft, capitulation and the end of Windows Everywhere
by toborrobot on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:03AM
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Nobody would take their laptop out to take a picture, but plenty of people use Skype on a laptop.
Maybe it's a quirk of history that modern phones are named after the telephone; most phone usage involves reading text, not speaking or listening.
Re:Microsoft, capitulation and the end of Windows Everywhere
by loco5niner on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @12:35PM
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And both of those uses are examples of consumption, not creation.
Re:Microsoft, capitulation and the end of Windows Everywhere
by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @08:24PM
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Sure. For a comment the size of a tweet, that's fine. I bet you're not writing long-form content on your phone, though. Or doing serious code development.
For some content creation, there's nothing that can replace a real keyboard and a real (large) screen.
The phone is now a primary photo editor for the majority of users. It's where I'm authoring this comment right now.