The "New Toys" Thread

[nsx_23]

It'd make sense in many Asian households, where space is at a premium and having a touchscreen would reduce the need to bust out a keyboard and mouse (which take up even more space again).

[Adunaphel]

Sorry, but whats the usefulness of those things apart from showing off?

I'm looking at them as a media center for my living room, so I can control the music playback via the touchscreen without the need to grab keyboard and/or mouse or turn on my TV.

[zeroSignal]

T-Mobile Pulse. An Android-based phone made by Huawei. Saw great reviews online, got it for free with my contract.

Yay!

[NooDle]

It'd make sense in many Asian households, where space is at a premium and having a touchscreen would reduce the need to bust out a keyboard and mouse (which take up even more space again).

erm i understand cramped housing conditions (you should see my livingroom, lol) but how exactly does a keyboard/mouse take up much space. If you have a wireless one you can put it wherever, and if you have a keyboard with no Numpad, it can be made very tiny. Also tiny mouses FTW

look what I have for my netbook



tiny mouse is tiny

[a_strann]

Sorry, but whats the usefulness of those things apart from showing off?

Well, there's only one cable to plug in.

[ahpadt]

Well, there's only one cable to plug in.

Best. Argument. Ever.

[IceBone]

An iMac also has only one cable, doesn't make it the object of my desire.

[anTo]

if i buy the touchscreen it'd be for my mom because i don't expect her to type anything, she's just gonna use the computer as a media pc so she can go about with double tapping the folder

[thevictor390]

Tools/Folder Options/Single-click to open an item

[a_strann]

An iMac also has only one cable, doesn't make it the object of my desire.

that's because it's a Mac! hehe. no, well.. touchscreen, compact, good design, lots of reasons. Blueray player as well!

[NooDle]

don't these touchscreen thingies mean constant fingerprints all over the screen? It would annoy the hell out of me.
Same goes for iPhone/iPod touch

[leviathan]

Jumping on the touchscreen bandwagon with this:

HP TouchSmart tx2 1310 tablet. AMD Turion 64 x2 2.3 GHz, 4GB DDR2, and Windows 7 with full multitouch support. I've had the thing for half a day and already love it.

[janstett]

most people buy the iphone for the badge and the touchy feely of it, that's the only reason they endure the ridiculous carrier rules

That may have been true before the app store. Not since then. The app store makes the phone.

[thevictor390]

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10289

Finally. Special thanks to Katwalk for providing the firmware files that are apparently unavailable now.

[jeffy777]

don't these touchscreen thingies mean constant fingerprints all over the screen? It would annoy the hell out of me.
Same goes for iPhone/iPod touch

I used to say that exact same thing till I actually got an iPod Touch. You don't ever notice it unless the screen is off, or if you have really greasy hands.

[NAIDANAC A]

How hard is it to change the battery in an iPod? And if I do should I do anything else to it while it is open?

[johns13193]

^Depends which model. The classics are incredibly easy, touches/iphones are more difficult.

[NAIDANAC A]

I have original iPod video.

[johns13193]

That's pretty easy. Here's a pretty helpful guide. There's nothing too easy/worth it to replace while it's open, unless you want to get an adapter to use a CF card as the HDD.

[darkshark0159]

Bought the Panasonic Lumix FZ35 today. Nice so far, but the true test won't be until the sun comes up and I can have some fun.