Is the idea of an "average" customer really this lost on so many tech writers? I thought my little sister was tech-literate, but she doesn't give a shit about "Ice Cream Sandwich"... she has customized the hell out of her 2.3 handset and there's nothing that she wants changed. How many "average" customers are entirely satisfied with the smallest amount of customization the system allows?
I'm returning my new iPad this week because 1) My Macbook Air is light and more useful, I have no drawing ability, and I don't read much; the iPad is no more than a toy and waste of money in my ecosystem, and 2) The app store ecosystem is dreadfully boring on iOS. On Android I feel like I'm actually rewarding the good developers by buying their Pro versions of apps and such... on iOS everyone wants your money, regardless of how shitty the product is. On Android, I see so many developers experimenting across so many categories just for the fun of it. 3) High-resolution has hardly benefitted anything that I do on the device. The majority of content that I see (images and video) are low-res. Plus, very few apps that I use have been upgraded to 'retina' quality. ALSO, retina doesn't just mean scaling everything up... why is nobody making their content more detailed? Orthogonal lines don't render that differently in higher resolution.
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Is the idea of an "average" customer really this lost on so many tech writers? I thought my little sister was tech-literate, but she doesn't give a shit about "Ice Cream Sandwich"... she has customized the hell out of her 2.3 handset and there's nothing that she wants changed. How many "average" customers are entirely satisfied with the smallest amount of customization the system allows?
I'm returning my new iPad this week because 1) My Macbook Air is light and more useful, I have no drawing ability, and I don't read much; the iPad is no more than a toy and waste of money in my ecosystem, and 2) The app store ecosystem is dreadfully boring on iOS. On Android I feel like I'm actually rewarding the good developers by buying their Pro versions of apps and such... on iOS everyone wants your money, regardless of how shitty the product is. On Android, I see so many developers experimenting across so many categories just for the fun of it. 3) High-resolution has hardly benefitted anything that I do on the device. The majority of content that I see (images and video) are low-res. Plus, very few apps that I use have been upgraded to 'retina' quality. ALSO, retina doesn't just mean scaling everything up... why is nobody making their content more detailed? Orthogonal lines don't render that differently in higher resolution.