Comments on: All-singing devices are eating up MP3 player sales

By: pcuk

pcuk — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 07:34:18 +0000

All singing, all dancing – http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_singing,_all_dancing_(idiom)

By: Johnson

Johnson — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:06:46 +0000

Isn’t this just device convergence? I thought we were talking about this like 4-5 years ago.

By: Hortron

Hortron — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:03:43 +0000

This is interesting. I got into a heated discussion with my wife, who is not a gadget person (and in her early 30s). Note that she owns a smart phone. Her gripe was that she does not like multipurpose devices because there are always more steps involved with getting at the information you need, and they often don’t multitask very well (especially with an incoming phone call). She was appalled that I wanted to remove her car’s GPS and just use the phone. She was offended at my suggestion to play music from her phone.

I prefer desktops and laptops to less customizable UIs like tablet and smart phones. I wonder if UI-wise most people really have a preference for single-use devices but don’t want to spend the money on duplicated hardware.

By: don

don — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:32:55 +0000

All-singing devices? I had to read the article to understand the meaning of the title, but I still don’t understand what the term is supposed to mean.