Why Continuum could succeed where the Motorola Atrix failed
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Remember the Atrix in 2011? A phone that could plug in to a dock and work like a computer? Probably not, but here's why Microsoft's all-in-one solution might be better
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I remember it!! I remember thinking it was pretty fucking cool, too.
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On one hand, it's pretty cool that you can take, say, Office with you and plug it in wherever you like.
On the other, with how Windows' non-desktop ecosystem looks like now, it's probably going to turn out that except for Microsoft stuff, there simply won't be enough applications to really showcase the possibilities.
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So, all 4 owners of Windows Phone will like it ?
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Except Android on anything bigger than a tablet (with keyboard and mouse proper) sucks syphillitic camel's balls.
I'm firmly in Android camp, I haven't touched anything Windows with a barge pole for the last 7 years (maybe my next job will require that, oh well, I think I'll just bite the bullet), I try to avoid it when I can, and I still say: Android on desktop sucks.
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I had an Atrix. I liked it a lot. I especially liked the fingerprint scanner that I used in lieu of the other unlock mechanisms (PIN, pattern, password, etc.)
The problem was that it the hardware was unreliable - which appears to be a problem with all of Motorola's smartphones. (My 1st-gen Droid was also flaky). After about a year, the earpiece speaker failed so I could only make phone calls using the spearkerphone or a headset. And, of course, it died after the 1 year warranty period, and my corporate purchasing service wouldn't let me upgrade at a reasonable price until after 2 years.
(To be fair, most brands are pretty flaky. My current Android phone - an LG Optimus, also had to be replaced due to hardware problems. At least this time, it happened within the first year, so it was replaced for free.)
I never bothered trying to dock the Atrix with anything, though. The hardware accessories were insanely expensive and I could never figure out what advantage there would be to using a phone-dock instead of the laptop I've already got on my desk.
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I especially liked the fingerprint scanner that I used in lieu of the other unlock mechanisms
No, you're mistaken there. Apple invented fingerprint scanning a few years after that. It was magic and revolutionary.
The problem was that it the hardware was unreliable - which appears to be a problem with all of Motorola's smartphones
My Moto G had an interesting habit of rebooting itself regularly. It also got slow as mole asses after the 5.0 update. My Moto X Play is holding up OK so far
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Except Android on anything bigger than a tablet (with keyboard and mouse proper) sucks syphillitic camel's balls.
When you connected the Atrix to the dock, it switched to a full X display. I think you got your Android display in a window on the desktop. I never owned one, so I don't know how good the implementation was, but the concept was pretty awesome.
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Reminds me of http://tiamat.tsotech.com/pao
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It could still only run Android apps couldn't it? The main problem being that there wasn't even tablet support in Android at the time, so you basically got a fullscreen app designed for a 3" screen blown up to a full monitor size?
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It could still only run Android apps couldn't it? The main problem being that there wasn't even tablet support in Android at the time, so you basically got a fullscreen app designed for a 3" screen blown up to a full monitor size?
If I remember correctly, it started up a full X server running on the Linux kernel.
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Yes, but, does it run Linux? Oh wait:
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No, no, it still won't be cool until Apple discovers it somewhere around 2020.
Filed under: so far they've figured out how to have their tablets run two apps side by side, so they clearly have the cutting edge
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No, no, it still won't be cool until Apple
discoversinvents it somewhere around 2020.
Filed under: so far they've figured out how to have their tablets run two apps side by side, so they clearly have the cutting edge
FTFY
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Oh my, I'll wait until they implement tiled window management proper. Then claim they invented them, complete with full keyboard navigation and shit.
And then i3/Awesome users be like, waddafuq?
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As I shared in "Highs and Lows Part V: Continuum", it is an ideology governing how Microsoft is approaching the transient nature of modern computing. By way of a synergistic OS and hardware combination that can conform to a user's needs, Continuum is an ecosystem-wide platform solution that currently supports hybrid Windows devices and Windows 10 Mobile phones.
This guy isn't a shill for Microsoft's marketing department at all.
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This guy isn't a shill for Microsoft's marketing department at all.
To be fair, he's probably making even their heads spin with that much BS marketingese in one place…