tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post526398522790636258..comments2023-12-07T02:42:50.522-06:00Comments on Grit in the Gears: I Don't Own Any i-thingssoubriquethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-45747098824430378532012-12-09T08:02:49.839-06:002012-12-09T08:02:49.839-06:00You're a lightweight on bedroom books -what, a...You're a lightweight on bedroom books -what, are they only on one wall?<br /><br />I'm Android-driven too. No tablet, it might happen one day. My i-thing animosity is driven by apple's smugness. I like their products, mostly, but i'm not convinced anything about them justifies the price-premium, nor do i admire any company that pretends its users are universally cooler than non-users. soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-27060196681386124132012-12-08T20:32:04.219-06:002012-12-08T20:32:04.219-06:00I also do not do i-anythings (though my daughter&#...I also do not do i-anythings (though my daughter's college communicates to the computers by way of i-phones and macs [the latter they actually supply], so she does). For years, I eschewed PDAs and touch phones since I've never been particularly found of graphical interfaces and tend to find them clumsy. And touch screens, I was sure, were fraught with irritation.<br /><br />2 years ago, I broke down and brought a touchscreen smartphone, an android, which I considered (and still consider) the best alternative to the i-mania. To my own shock, I loved it (and still love it), including the touchscreen. I bought with with a QWERTY keyboard I never use. <br /><br />I do not have a case like that and would find a folding case like that irritating, to be irritating, but I do one some parsecs better with my android tablet. Although I don't eschew real books (five bookshelves, floor to ceiling, just in my bedroom), I love--LOVE--ebooks as well. I used to own a Sony eReader (two, in fact), but I like my tablet much better since I have apps that read the books I bought from Sony, the books I buy for Kindle, the books I buy for Nook (Barnes and Noble) and a whole plethora of mangas. In one very travel-friendly container (In fact, my favorite books I own both in paper and electronically so I can take whatever I want on travel without heartache). <br /><br />I would not, in fact, buy an ereader given the capability and flexibility of tablets, and I use my tablet every day. I could watch movies on it, but don't, but I do have apps on it that my developmentally challenged children like to play (when they won't on the computer) and I've been teaching myself Japanese kanji - 969 learned and counting. <br /><br />I got distracted in my electronic euphoria, what was the question again?Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-8598426499240674992012-12-08T03:05:33.531-06:002012-12-08T03:05:33.531-06:00Awaiting photo... I have a little book not unlike...Awaiting photo... I have a little book not unlike those in size. Well, maybe a few.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-56071508160891203312012-12-07T18:46:35.899-06:002012-12-07T18:46:35.899-06:00I don't own any "I" thingies, either...I don't own any "I" thingies, either. But I do like that case...but not enough to buy one of those "I" thingies to put in it...I'll buy a real live and kicking leather-bound book with paper pages in it, instead...and keep my land-line phone thingie...I could hang it around my neck and take it with me when I go out if I can find a long enough cord, that is...then that would turn it into a mobile phone...wouldn't it?Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.com