Yes, so many people want older equipment that the newer, much more feature-rich devices never sell.
Let me take it to the personal level. I have a PACMate BX440 which I purchased in 2005. I stopped using my PACMate in 2010 when I purchased my iPhone. It still works, so would you like to buy it? If you want to be competitive in today's sighted world, you need to play the games. Otherwise, you become irrelevent. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 9 Nov 2014, at 16:13, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > How many apps are dead because the developer lost interest? How many apps are > dead because the ethos of the App Store is cheap, cheap, cheap? To suppose > that apps die because the developer loses interest is a huge leap of faith. > How many apps get "upgraded "because somebody decides we need to have a new > look, because everybody else is doing it, and never mind how much of a pain > in the butt it is to the end-user?it seems to me that the vast number of > people still using windows XP is testimony to the fact that an off a lot of > people do not like change for change sake, do not see the value in learning > something new if they don't get anything out of it, and it's all just for the > sake of the pay as you upgrade machine, or for the twentysomethings who think > we have to see something new and different because it's cool. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 8, 2014, at 6:29 PM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Interestingly, you only feel this way when the product works perfectly for >> your specific needs. On the other hand, even when the product meets other >> people's needs, but it doesn't meet your needs, you want the product to be >> changed. The fact is, other people have different needs, and to remain >> competitiv:, companies need to change to remain viable, competitiv:, and >> alive. Think about it, how many apps on the app store have not been upgraded >> and are now effectively dead? How many apps are no longer available because >> the creator has gone on to other things? >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 9 Nov 2014, at 14:28, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: >>> >>> I totally agree. If it ain't broke, quit fixing it!! Adding new features >>> is OK, but don't remove what works well, and don't change the layout so >>> drastically that it doesn't even resemble what really works well. In my >>> opinion, changing something just because you feel that it is time to do so, >>> whether it be to antiquity or to appear to stay current, makes no sense to >>> me at all. >>> >>> --- >>> Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're >>> finished, you! really! are! finished! >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Fanus >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 10:47 AM >>> Subject: how to sync apps with iTunes 12: why change things that worked >>> like in itunes 11 >>> >>> Hello list >>> I wonder why companies always change stuff that worked. I try to transfer >>> apps to my iPhone with iTunes 12 but there is no "sync" button and I can't >>> check and uncheck the apps in the list. 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