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@ajsadauskas @JessTheUnstill also #BlackBerry's #PlayBook #Tablet was released as a accessory screen for their Phones, which gave it "#WiiU-Effect" in terms of marketing.

  • Plus #RIM relying hard on business clients and their proprietary applianced mail systems and having big carriers upsell to business people made them look outdated & quite literally out of touch once #iPhone went mainstream.

I mean, the hardware was never their problem and #SMS-Typists swear by their #BlackberryCurve's #keyboard but BlackBerry's #toolchain - just like #SymbianOS's - was just hideous to the point that devs like @fuchsiii didn't even want to try making #Apps for those devices.

  • Unlike #Mozilla fucking up #FirefoxOS by refusing to sell devices to #developers, by the time RIM & #Nokia came from their high horses, their market shares had been squeezed into mere "rounding errors" by #iOS and #Android as it was way cheaper and easier to get #Apps developed, tested, sold, bought and use them than on their devices.

#Sony even released some #Symbian #S60 devices but since they didn't have the same signing keys, one couldn't even #sideload apps (not to mention they didn't had the #OviStore on those either!)...

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And yes, #accessibility is a reason for choosing a #tablet over a #phablet:

Espechally #seniors who have trouble seeing do enjoy the fact that most #Android #Apps are just heing displayed bigger and they have less trouble using any on-screen keyboard.

Plus they may already have gotten their hearing aid or audio setup connected to said tablet for media consumption so it's less fiddly for them!
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Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space):boost_ok: #PleaseBoost #FollowerPower: Anyone here having a #HMD / #Nokia #T20 TA-1397 #Tablet and can confirm if it can do #PhoneCall|s? [The Datasheet is inconclusive](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113865596661922371)…

:boost_ok: #PleaseBoost #FollowerPower: Anyone here having a #HMD / #Nokia #T20 TA-1397 #Tablet and can confirm if it can do #PhoneCall|s?

The Datasheet is inconclusive

Photo of a disappointed looking Elementary School aged boy with the tag line:

"WHEN YOU ASK SOMEINE A BOOLEAN QUESTION

AND THEY RETUN A STRING"
Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)Attached: 1 image [#TLDR: JUST TELL ME *IF* YOUR TABLET CAN DO #CALLS!] #DearVendors of #Android-#Tablets: Off all the #Functions you can put into a #Specifications Sheet of your Devices there's one you should *ALWAYS answer clearly* on your #Website: *DOES YOUR TABLET [with #4G / #5G / …) SUPPORT MAKING PHONE CALLS?* - *NOT* "It can run #WhatsApp" (or *whatever shitty #CCSS for #VoIP* you think of)... - *NOT* "It can do #CSD / #HSCSD / #2G / #3G /..." - *But* DOES IT SUPPORT #GSM-#Calls (and/or #VoLTE)?? Like: *IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK TO HAVE THAT INFO IN THE SPECSHEETS?* You're obviously able to list all the #Codecs natively supported and the user-available storage as well as supported Frequency Bands, WWAN modes, WiFi channel width and the Display Glass vs. Panel dimensions including DPI of the latter and whether or not it has a hall effect sensor to detect your overpriced 1st party tablet covers! Now some folks may ask: *"WHY does this matter?"* or outright dismiss this as a problem. Listen: Not everyone is able or willing to carry *two* devices when 1 *SHOULD BE ENOUGH* and also some places (i.e. #Turkey) have #ImportRestrictions re: #MobileDevices, so having more than 1 #IMEI is already a *"NOPE!"* by the authorities. - Also this isn't something one can *"fix"* post-purchase like installing #VLC to decode some obscure file format in Software: Either *the #Baseband and #ROM support #PhoneCalls or they don't!* So why do *NONE* of the #Tablet manufacturers allow to #search or #filter for that??? - Bonus points if you have lazy fucks like #HMD (aka. #Nokia) who literally copy the #Safety & #Useage information for all #Smartphones and #Tablets and don't even bother to change *"Mobile Phone"* for *"Tablet"*. *NO*, instead one has to download an *obscenely huge #PDF* just to then [read on page 34](https://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/202410/20241010132004137/SM-X11X_X21X_UM_Open_UU_Ger_Rev.1.2_240925.pdf) that for any *"#telephony"* function you *NEED YET ANOTHER DEVICE FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER AND HAVE TO SIGNUP WITH AN ACCOUNT* and even that level of #abuse WON'T GUARANTEE THAT IT WORKS... - I mean, come on, this *ain't* some *obscure functionality* like #OMAPI to do some *"evil sourcery"* like *managing an #eSIM that is in a #SIM-Card form factor*! Pretty shure *A LOT* of other folks have the same question and ain't willing to get *yet another device & #SIM* just to recieve *the occasional call* because #TechIlliterates can't be assed to send an #eMail or learn #XMPP+#OMEMO to message one... - Obviously they same manufacturers are *able and willing* to specify *f-stops* of the built-in cameras and list *EVERY SINGLE #WEARABLE* they made and certify as *'compatible'* with, as if *anyone* is gonna take their non-#waterproof #Tablet for a marathon or god forbid triathlon... #Rant #TechSupport #Technology #Support #Sysadmin #Procurement #IT #SpecSheet #Tech

Who invented mobile devices? Arne Garborg, I claim. (English below)

«Så kommer den elskværdige vert og spør enhver især: har De truffet Deres valg? Hvilket stykke vil De se; hvilken opera vil De høre? Hvorpå enhver indretter sig ved sin telefon og sit skjærmbret – De forstår: det bret der optager de fotografiske øiebliksbilleder af vedkommende stykke, således at man ikke blot hører hvad der siges, men også ser hvad der foregår, hver bevægelse, hvert minespil… I mellemakterne spadseres der da og udvexles indtryk. Den ene jubler over de spanske danserinder på Edentheatret, medens den anden dør af begeistring over Gladstone’s speech… Det blir en underholdning!»

“Then the gracious host comes and asks each one singularly: Have you made your choice? Which play do you want to see; which opera do you want to listen to? Whereupon everyone settles down with their telephone and their tablet – you understand: the tablet that records the photographic snapshots of the play in question, so that one not only hears what is said, but also sees what is happening – every movement, every expression… Between the acts, people stroll and exchange their impressions. One raves about the Spanish dancers at the Eden Theatre, while another dies of enthusiasm for Gladstone’s speech… That will be entertainment!”

Arne Garborg. Trætte Mænd [Tired Men]. 1891.

Page spread, transcription, and translation provided to give you the opportunity of verifying the claim. Skjærmbret (Danish; modern Norwegian: skjermbrett) is the word used for a tablet computer.

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@pandora @fedibikes_de #Tablet ist leider wirklich schwierig, da suche ich auch gerade noch eine sinnvolle Möglichkeit. Ich überlege immer mal wieder ein gebrauchtes #SurfaceGo von M$ zu holen und #Linux aufzuspielen. Ich bin aber unsicher, ob es bei der Nutzbarkeit wirklich mit #Android mithalten kann (Benutzbarkeit ohne Tastatur+Maus, Akkulaufzeiten, StandBy-Zeit, zuverlässiges Einblenden der Bildschirmtastatur,...). #LinuxMobile #linuxtablet

Heute das erste #tablet der #DigitaleBildungsoffensiveHeilbronn in der Hand gehabt, das jede #schule in #Heilbronn bekommt. Jetzt muss ich mich zusammenreissen, damit ich nicht berufsbedingt nur die schlechten Dinge sehe...
Positiv:
* sehr wertige Hardware. Ipad, Apple Pencil. Stabile Hülle mit integrierter Tastatur.
* Alternativer AppStore mit einer Auswahl an Schul-Apps.

Über die negativen Dinge muss ich erstmal brüten, bevor ich hier schreibe.