"Nick Sabalausky" <a...@a.a> wrote in message news:i63jvb$29f...@digitalmars.com... > "BCS" <n...@anon.com> wrote in message > news:a6268ff1b9068cd1bc36b696...@news.digitalmars.com... >> Hello Nick, >> >>>>> In and of itself, maybe. But thinness typically necessitates other >>>>> design compromises, all for a "benefit" that is, as you say, petty. >>>>> >>>> What compromises? What is it missing that could be there if it were >>>> thicker? >>>> >>> Compromises that often need to be made for ultra-thin devices: >>> >>> - Low storage space due to lack of room for hard drive. >> >> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=32+gb+micro+sd&x=0&y=0 >> > > Ugh, don't even get me started on MicroSD. Ordinary SD is already too > small if you ask me, although I still put up with it anyway. Now MicroSD, > well I can't say anything about it without raising my blood pressure... > > Besides: > http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.phtml?N=4294966955+4294953566&sht=Any&prt=NewProduct& > >>> - Reduced variety of i/o ports. >> >> In this day and age, you would be hard pressed to suggest a cell phone >> needs more than a 1 maybe 2 USB ports. >> > > I consider there to be a big difference between a cell phone and a smart > phone. A cell phone is for making calls, and for those, I agree with you. > But a smartphone is a PDA that also makes cell calls, and that changes > things. Plus, I was kind of talking both smartphone and iPad-style stuff. > >>> - Reduced or eliminated potential for expandability. >> >> Aside from a memeory card, name one things you've ever known someone else >> to want to add to a phone? >> > > - Headphone jack > - Audio line-input > - User's choice of portable Keyboard > - TV Out (for picture/video-viewing, and there's a million different kinds > of TV-Out these days) > - GPS > - Back before built-in cameras became common, I could have said "camera". > > All just off the top of my head, there's probably others. >
And domain-specific things, like various kinds of sensors for in-field scientific data gathering, or barcode scanning, for instance.