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TOOT BOOT
May 25, 2010

They've converged everything they can reasonably converge so now they're trying to make a phone that's also a tablet

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Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
If we still use "phones" when we're old and not neural jack cybernetic implant or like idk maybe burning trash in the wasteland it would be cool if they could fold up like hankies or whatever. Would be cool. Hard to imagine what it'll be like in 30-40 years.

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

Smythe posted:

Hard to imagine what it'll be like in 30-40 years.

RTX finally effective

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
At least by the time we're old assuming the world doesnt blow up we can frag, game, and gently caress in VR while we waste away in an old folks home. Me and the boys pwning noobs to the grave

Suspicious Dish
Sep 24, 2011

2020 is the year of linux on the desktop, bro
Fun Shoe

lol

Ruffian Price
Sep 17, 2016

I was way more impressed by the Nintendo DS's 96px screen gap when games took advantage of it (pretending there's poo poo happening in that space) than I would be if it was a single folding screen

pram
Jun 10, 2001
why stop at 2 though. why not 3 screens.... or even 4 :wth:

spunkshui
Oct 5, 2011



well why not
Feb 10, 2009




folding screen sounds like a recipe for a hosed up crease/wear spot right dead in the middle of the display.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

well why not posted:

folding screen sounds like a recipe for a hosed up crease/wear spot right dead in the middle of the display.

some tech publication recently tested the samsung folding screen phone using a machine that tests wallets. the screen was supposed to last at least 200,000 folding cycles but it failed at 70k.

champagne posting
Apr 5, 2006

YOU ARE A BRAIN
IN A BUNKER


very progressive

Wheany
Mar 17, 2006

Spinyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doctor Rope

where is the "what?" button?

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Wheany
Mar 17, 2006

Spinyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doctor Rope
hello an ambulance, i'm dad

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


oh god my partner is dying but also lol better tweet

ephex
Nov 4, 2007





PHWOAR CRIMINAL
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook is the new chairman of the Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management (SEM) of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3800247

Courageous timing imo

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


courageous timbing

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

jesus WEP posted:

oh god my partner is dying but also lol better tweet

chuckling as they lay blue faced and twitching on the ground

oh siri, i better get a screenshot of this

champagne posting
Apr 5, 2006

YOU ARE A BRAIN
IN A BUNKER

jesus WEP posted:

oh god my partner is dying but also lol better tweet

"hey partner who is dying how do i screenshot on this phone?"

poty
Jun 21, 2008

虹はどこで終わるのですか? あなたの魂の中で、または地平線で?

Sniep posted:

why does everyone want to fold a screen

since when was that desirable by anyone

maybe if i could like unroll one into a super widescreen like in a hotel or something that'd be dope, but just taking a regular screen and folding it in half is dumb af

i guess the idea is that the phone is smaller and easier to carry when not in use

its a dumb idea make phones smaller by giving them smaller screens

Chris Knight
Jun 5, 2002

me @ ur posts


Fun Shoe

Smythe posted:

If we still use "phones" when we're old and not neural jack cybernetic implant or like idk maybe burning trash in the wasteland it would be cool if they could fold up like hankies or whatever. Would be cool. Hard to imagine what it'll be like in 30-40 years.

epic

pram
Jun 10, 2001

jesus WEP posted:

oh god my partner is dying but also lol better tweet

power botton
Nov 2, 2011

Smythe posted:

At least by the time we're old assuming the world doesnt blow up we can frag, game, and gently caress in VR while we waste away in an old folks home. Me and the boys pwning noobs to the grave

i wanna gently caress my bro on my birthday like in the black mirror episode

power botton
Nov 2, 2011

once i truly understood my friend through the ancient art of mortal kombat, i realized i loved him more than my bitch wife

A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!

poty posted:

i guess the idea is that the phone is smaller and easier to carry when not in use

its a dumb idea make phones smaller by giving them smaller screens

as argued in this thread, big screens are masculine and powerful, small screens are effeminate and juvenile

since we all want to be masculine, big screens it is

Chris Knight
Jun 5, 2002

me @ ur posts


Fun Shoe
it's Anne Oldman.

ephex
Nov 4, 2007





PHWOAR CRIMINAL

Chris Knight posted:

it's Anne Oldman.

But enough about your mam's sex life.

pram
Jun 10, 2001
firefox 70

quote:

Compositor improvements in Firefox for macOS that reduce power
consumption, speed up page load by as much as 22 percent, and reduce
resource use for video by up to 37 percent.

might be good ....?

Binary Badger
Oct 11, 2005

Trolling Link for a decade



Siri: "Okay, so you're an ambulance. What now?"

MrMoo
Sep 14, 2000

My instagram is full of this today, it looks like two phones in one case

HAIL eSATA-n
Apr 7, 2007

pram posted:

firefox 70


might be good ....?

every Firefox is the best browser

v69 was especially nice

Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

Sniep posted:

why does everyone want to fold a screen

since when was that desirable by anyone

maybe if i could like unroll one into a super widescreen like in a hotel or something that'd be dope, but just taking a regular screen and folding it in half is dumb af

i mean, there is the same sort of argument as the notch; even if it isn't additional screen space without compromise it is still additional screen space.

i sort of think that just folding with a tiny bezel (and thus a solid hinge and nothing bending) is the better bet tech-wise for the foreseeable future though, because no way they'll get the fold to look perfect for a long time yet.

Raluek
Nov 3, 2006

WUT.

MrMoo posted:

My instagram is full of this today, it looks like two phones in one case



lol the screens aren’t even close to the same color temperature

MrMoo
Sep 14, 2000

Raluek posted:

lol the screens aren’t even close to the same color temperature

The screens look completely different,

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

MrMoo posted:

The screens look completely different,



Hello

Soricidus
Oct 21, 2010
freedom-hating statist shill

A Wheezy Steampunk posted:

as argued in this thread, big screens are masculine and powerful, small screens are effeminate and juvenile

since we all want to be masculine, big screens it is

why the gently caress would I ever want to be masculine

Stymie
Jan 9, 2001

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

MrMoo posted:

My instagram is full of this today, it looks like two phones in one case



you want phones without notches? gently caress you, have two notches

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

Stymie posted:

you want phones without notches? gently caress you, have two notches

a certified good stymie post, i am quoting this for everyone

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.
dos notches as they say

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El_Elegante
Jul 3, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Biscuit Hider
*extremely luca brasi voice* and may
the screen be a masculine screen

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