Smartphones Reignite the OS Wars
Linked by Howard Fosdick on Sat 19th May 2012 08:59 UTC
PDAs, Cellphones, Wireless Smartphones have become the preferred computer of the masses. Sales surpassed those of personal computers in 2010, having grown over 50% per year for several years. Nearly 500 million smartphones shipped in 2011. This radically shifts the terrain in the consumer operating system competition that was, for years, firmly decided in favor of Windows. This article analyzes the New OS Wars.
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RE[4]: Good old days
by Bill Shooter of Bul on Sat 19th May 2012 19:09 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Good old days"
Bill Shooter of Bul
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2006-07-14

I just don't like how you change the name of the whole system based on how its used. If I use a hammer to tenderize a steak, its still a hammer, not a meat tenderizer. I actually use my smart phone to do general purpose computing. I write (simple) python scripts, open ssh sessions to remote computers, edit photos and music, use the calculator to solve algebraic problems, create todo lists, save and retrieve recipes, in addition to all of that communication stuff. For me it is a general purpose computer. There isn't much I couldn't do on or with it ( except those that require communication with incompatible hardware)

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RE[5]: Good old days
by tomcat on Sat 19th May 2012 23:00 in reply to "RE[4]: Good old days"
tomcat Member since:
2006-01-06

I just don't like how you change the name of the whole system based on how its used. If I use a hammer to tenderize a steak, its still a hammer, not a meat tenderizer. I actually use my smart phone to do general purpose computing. I write (simple) python scripts, open ssh sessions to remote computers, edit photos and music, use the calculator to solve algebraic problems, create todo lists, save and retrieve recipes, in addition to all of that communication stuff. For me it is a general purpose computer. There isn't much I couldn't do on or with it ( except those that require communication with incompatible hardware)


There's even a website for you now...

http://www.bing.com/Dictionary/search?q=define+pedantic&qpvt=pedant...

Edited 2012-05-19 23:17 UTC

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RE[6]: Good old days
by HappyGod on Sun 20th May 2012 11:47 in reply to "RE[5]: Good old days"
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2005-10-19

Actually, the poster wasn't being pedantic at all.

People were discussing whether smartphones should be termed computers given their usage, and he gave a convincing argument as to why they should.

That's not pedantic, just on topic and factually correct.

If I might just stray into pedantry myself, a pedant is someone who displays learning or knowledge inappropriately, which he/she didn't. The adjective you want is: "fastidious". ;-)

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