/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Touchscreens are disgusting.

What happened to the good old days of keys and buttons?

[Anonymous No.]

Crossboard normals - most of you - have different tastes and like to have a bunch of useless features instead of just sticking with things that work.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092073
Those fukkin crossboarders! Who do they think they are?

[Anonymous No.]

The only tablet I have is a Kindle, and that has keys and buttons on it. I don't know what you are talking about, keys and buttons are going to last forever.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092069
I knew those fukkin crossboarders were behind this!

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092073
get out

[Anonymous No.]

hey gramps >>>/g/ is this way

[Anonymous No.]

I like nintendo ds

[Anonymous No.]

>>>/g/

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092093
Better yet, >>>/g/29230568

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092059
But it's dynamic and the store always has a ton of features that you can get for very little money! Besides, you can't get viruses on those. Android and tabs are the best! Go away or get with the times, grandma!!

[Anonymous No.]

Dude, you won't be saying this when you can interact with you waifu through voice and touch. Screw keyboards.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092112
>a ton of features that you can get for very little money
Who would pay for bits of information when you can get them for free as no money?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092113
What if the keyboard is your wife. Think about it, you touch your keyboard more than anything else and your keyboard has seen your penis more than anyone.

[Anonymous No.]

I know
My fat fingers always miss the buttons
So I always miss absolutely everything on a on-screen keyboard

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092123
My post was mocking that. Most people don't understand that and would rather follow a trend that get informed.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092124

I touch my penis and my mouse more than my keyboard.

[Anonymous No.]

They're okay for some things, but I infinitely prefer a keyboard and mouse (expensive ones) for web-browsing and 2hu.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092139
Most people would rather follow a trend than* get informed.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092141
You touched your keyboard more than 52 times just to type that sentence. How many times did you need to click? Twice?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092147

But I'm always resting my hand on my mouse, except when I'm typing. And the other hand on my cock.

[Anonymous No.]

Teledildonics

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092150
Oh, I always rest my other hand on the keyboard. I only touch my cock when I'm masturbating.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092159
You're not masturbating constantly when browsing the internet?
What are you gay or something?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092159

Well, is there anything to do all day long other than post on /jp/, 2hu, VNs and anime? And all of those directly imply masturbation, specially browsing /jp/.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092162
Only teenagers could pull that off. I don't have that kind of endurance.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092170
Maybe back when we had loli imouto time, but /jp/ has not turned me on recently at all.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092178
When I was a teenager, I could only masturbate about once every 36 hours. Now at age 20, I can masturbate at least 3 times a day for a week straight.

[Anonymous No.]

Thankfully cameras are still made in touchscreen and physical control varieties. Look at the buttons on this thing. It's great.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092189

Get on my level dude, I'm 22 and I masturbate about 5 times a day.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092189
That's completely backwards. I didn't have any problems masturbating whenever I wanted to until I turned 25.

[Anonymous No.]

Keyboard and mouse won't be going away for a long time. Touchscreen is horribly inefficient for any type of practical use, and if it comes down to it the business world will keep keyboard and mouse alive.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092224
By the time keyboards have gone away, we will have implants and you can just think your way through the programs.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092241

The virus from that era will be just glorious.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092224
This is also the reason Windows 8 will fail. Companies are just now beginning to switch to Windows 7. Why will they switch to something (Windows 8) that is so disconnected from what their employees are using that they will have to waste money and time on training problems, tons more tech support issues, AND experience a decline in productivity because it's intended for tablet devices? They won't.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092241
but that's a long, long, way off. I imagine the early versions of it will be like playing the xbox kinect, i.e. complete shit

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092249
That is not to mention having to worry about software compatibility and other things. Microsoft fucked up and made something useless. Some retards who like tablets will buy it but it will remained unused at large and probably possess a market share smaller than 7 and XP.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092059
>What happened to the good old days of keys and buttons?

apple happened.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092275
Meh, smart phones are for idiots.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092275
EMBRACE THE FUTURE!!!

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092275
Touch screen actually works well for smaller portable devices, like phones and tablets. It is a problem when it is pushed onto desktops and laptops, where it becomes only a hindrance.

[Anonymous No.]

As a Tablet-PC convertible owner I laugh at both the touchscreen babies and the boys with yellow-faded Model M's who actually believe their backwardness isn't simply from ignorance.

This is the pathetic console wars mentality. Once you own them all any strong feelings go down the bin along with the packaging.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092291
The only time I would use a touch screen is for a kiosk.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092291
Shut the fuck up. I can type 200 words per minute on the numpad of my flipphone.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092304
Don't care. Productivity at that level is not necessary for a phone.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092309
Productivity this!
*whips out dick*

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092304
So?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092309
Then why bother with a touchscreen? That argument can go both ways. A normal screen is much cheaper and less prone to break.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092304
that's at least 3 words per second dude. Unless all you write is "suck my cock" or things like that, I doubt you

[Anonymous No.]

Android devices make decent portable media players, and there are a lot of /jp/-relevant applications available. It's odd that you hate something with such potential use, OP.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092329
Because use of a touchscreen on a portable device allows for a larger interface, which in turn increases the capabilities and usefulness of the device. A hit to productivity is irrelevant because it is not a device that requires high productivity.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092346
Both the Kindle and the Kindle touch have the same size screen, so they pulled it off at least. A cellphone only needs to tell you the time and what number you dialing, so a tiny screen is fine.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092346
Basically, look at the picture here >>10092275

In the 2006 devices half or more of the phone is covered in buttons. Moving those buttons into touchscreen allows a larger screen and more capabilities on the same device.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092365
on the same size device, I mean

>>10092364
>A cellphone only needs to tell you the time and what number you dialing, so a tiny screen is fine.

According to you. Most people seem quite happy to abandon bare-bones minimalism to get a device of the same size that will do far more than what you are advocating.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092364
>A cellphone only needs to tell you the time and what number you dialing, so a tiny screen is fine.

A computer only needs to show you the commands you are running and text output, so a CLI with no GUI is fine.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092371
It's funny, though, since my cellphone actually has more features than I can use. Since I don't have a data plan.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092293
are there any convertible tablets that aren't vastly overpriced?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092329
Bigger screen and pressure sensitivity plus gestures for general usage, and that is gold worth.

Also normal screens are not reinforced so they're the ones prone breakage and scratches.

And with a touch interface your speed, or productivity if you will, goes up tenfold in pretty much everything but typing, so don't pull that card because you won't be writing code on it.

>>10092364
>A cellphone only needs to tell you the time and what number you dialing, so a tiny screen is fine.
Not anymore, and that phones now are minicomputers is a good thing no matter what nerds with bakelite encased CRT's and clogs think.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092380
What? You don't run everything through DOS?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092380
A cellphone can't replace a computer, so why have a cellphone that thinks it's a computer?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092392
>Not anymore, and that phones now are minicomputers is a good thing no matter what nerds with bakelite encased CRT's and clogs think.

You mean people who don't live beyond their means. You shouldn't have a smartphone if you aren't a CEO or something. Did you see how expensive those data plans are? I can only afford one Internet connection, thank you very much.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092411
>Did you see how expensive those data plans are?
this. Even if you can afford this, why do so many people waste money on shit they don't need?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092384
Anything used. I've seen X61Ts' with 1400x1050 resolutions and decent dual cores for less than 300 bucks. Or get an X200T for 3-400, buy an x201 motherboard from China for ~100, slap it in and you'll have a nice 2.2Ghz i7. HP has a few decent ones too, I hear.

>>10092411
>You shouldn't have a smartphone if you aren't a CEO or something.
Why? They're better, internet or not. And piss cheap.

Even the latest stuff from Docomo and Softbank, who has kept flips for so long, had no phones with keypads this fall.

Isn't this a sign? Or is it those evil normals at work again?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092397
Because it can and its working out fine.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092439
>Why? They're better, internet or not. And piss cheap.

Cellphones are like toothbrushes. You just take the free ones they give you.

[Anonymous No.]

The only argument I've seen in this thread against smartphones is, "I don't need one so no one should buy one."

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092439
>Why? They're better, internet or not. And piss cheap.

Pretty much everything on a smart phone requires a data plan to work, right? They all use Internet apps.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092469
So the one your mom gave you?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092478
No, the cellphone your provider gives you when you buy the service. They give you a discount and usually it covers the entire price of the phone.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092473
I don't want to be tracked, so I don't own a smartphone, or any type of mobile device, and I will avoid devices that have embedded GPS as a "feature".

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092473
Touchscreens get infected with finger smudges.

Trying to use a virtual keyboard is vastly inferior to an actual keyboard, even a mini keyboard.

The screen is at risk of damage without a cover, a problem that the clamshell phone easily fixed.

They are all expensive with expensive plans made by Jews.

Anything it can do, my laptop can do better.

A lot of people have them, therefore I should not.

Step up.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092496
Just admit that you are a spoiled rich kid.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092493
In other words, "I don't want one so no one should buy one."

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092496
I never said anything about nobody else having them. I just stated my reason why I wouldn't get one.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092478
more like the one ur mom gave me LOL

No, but seriously, if you leave the house enough to care about your cellphone you don't belong here

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092480
>Pretty much everything on a smart phone requires a data plan to work, right? They all use Internet apps.

Do you live your home *that* often? Connect to your WiFi otherwise. Download the shit you need. Add music to the SD card. You won't need to spend a single kibibyte afterwards.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092502
I don't have one. I don't need one so I haven't buy one. But I'm not going to say that they're bad or that phone shouldn't have features like that.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092524
That's the point I've been trying to make. Most smartphone owners don't actually need them, they just got fooled into wasting money to fit in.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092524
This kid is edgy. I like him.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092519

>connect to your wifi

If you have to do that, why not just use a netbook, laptop or tablet, you fucking retard?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092500
But those are all shit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092534
I don't need one because I'm always at home on my computer. If I was leaving my house all of the time I'd probably get one.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092535
A tablet is expensive compared to my $100 Android. A netbook is expensive AND useless because I have a good desktop. For the rare times you have to leave the house, a smartphone will require 0 data usage if you don't browse the web.

[Anonymous No.]

Welcome to the future, /jp/.

[Anonymous No.]

I play my visual novels on my touchscreen tablet.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092561
Any pointers?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092561
Kill yourself out of /jp/.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092535
>netbook, laptop or tablet
Why are all these devices valid but a smartphone is not?

Just admit to yourself that you don't want them because of facebook and your misanthropy.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092549
But your phone needs to be compatible with your cellphone service. If you got a really cheap plan, it's unlikely to cover smartphones.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092565
First you have to admit that you're conformist who gives into peer pressure.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092565
My Android (both the Samsung stock f/w and CM)didn't have any social networking app preinstalled so even the Facebook point is moot.

>>10092568
I just inserted my 8 year old SIM card into the device and it just werked. GSM unlocked phone on prepaid.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092556

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092573
Watch out with that edginess, you don't want someone to accidentally get cut.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092573
I don't even own a smartphone.

So there, your turn~~~

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092556
replace cow with ipad and we got the same situation

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092556

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092576
Lucky you. I don't want to buy an expensive phone just to find out it doesn't work.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092609
Phones and SIMs are unlocked by default in the EU. Everything "just works".

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092583
The men on the right look even more like faggots and the women on the right even more like bitches (frigid ones at that.)

Also that archetypal nazi haircut is so metrosexual it's not even funny.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092617
I'm from the US.

[Anonymous No.]

What's stopping people from stuff like this, then?

[Anonymous No.]

welcome to the iFuture.

[Sakura !RAILgUnr8s No.]

Getting a smartphone means I had to get a data plan, which doubles my monthly fee, and I don't even use any of the shitty features because I have absolutely no need. It's just an expensive watch.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092636
clamshell > only touchscreen > shit > sliding keyboard.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092630
There are unlocked plans on GSM carriers in the US too. And GSM phones bought on the internet without a bundled plan are unlocked. Jesus, I'm a Yuropoor and I know such things, much less you.

>>10092636
The keyboard on the Milestone was really mediocre for the bulk, weight and structural compromises it brought. Typing was not that fast on it compared to using the AOSP keyboard.

>>10092642
>Getting a smartphone means I had to get a data plan, which doubles my monthly fee

But you don't. Unless you're a carrier without SIMs. In which case you should had researched better the option that afforded more freedom for you in the future.

[Sakura !RAILgUnr8s No.]

>>10092657
It was a requirement that you have a data plan. They would not allow me to have a smartphone without a data plan.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092670
Switch carriers. You'll probably get a better deal too if you shop around abit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092675
Can you beat $10 per month?

[Anonymous No.]

Do smartphones protect my freedoms?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092699

Better than your average windows pc

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092345
>Android devices make decent portable media players, and there are a lot of /jp/-relevant applications available.

Why would a /jp/er need portability when they don't leave their room? You fool no-one.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10092059
>>10092059
WRONG DUMBFUCK. My IQ is Genius+ level and I've clearly got a whole lot more collegiate level education than you do. I have a degree in design with a minor in business. Clearly you're bothered by ADULT LANGUAGE, which not only shows your immaturity, but only DUMBFUCKS without a case on their side rather attack language rather than the substance of an argument. SORRY you don't understand Capitalism, Socialism, or Communism. You clearly need an education of a higher grade. Go to college PLEASE!