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Simple solutionSimple solutionPosted Sep 20, 2011 23:53 UTC (Tue) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)In reply to: Simple solution by dlang Parent article: Garrett: UEFI secure booting
Heh.
Check the features of upcoming Android IceCream. For one thing, it supports my usage scenario explicitly.
There'll be no more tablet/phone split and a single application can be designed to work on the whole spectrum of screen sizes. With some nice helper features for application developers.
So it should already be possible to seamlessly switch application mode if an external display is plugged in.
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Simple solution Posted Sep 21, 2011 16:17 UTC (Wed) by JEDIDIAH (guest, #14504) [Link]
The ability of any "tablet" device to fully exploit a more conventional approach to inputs and displays will be hampered by how locked down the platform is. If you can't freely install apps, what makes you think there will be a suitable desktop style app when you want it?
The apps of your choosing simply won't be available. They won't be available due to the same underlying issue: hardware lockdown.
Simple solution Posted Sep 21, 2011 17:14 UTC (Wed) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]
They'll be available if customers demand them. A locked-down device that doesn't serve the needs of its users won't exist for long.
Simple solution Posted Sep 23, 2011 3:35 UTC (Fri) by JEDIDIAH (guest, #14504) [Link]
Your post was unintentionally funny.
We're already seeing the rise of the crippled machines. That's why a certain contingent here is so worried about the subject of this thread.
Simple solution Posted Sep 23, 2011 5:07 UTC (Fri) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]
And why are crippled machines on the rise? Because customers demand them. Do you disagree?
Guess my post was funny but true.
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