i own an Ipod touch, so i consider myself a geek who loves technology. I also consider myself an expert on the iphone as a result. I do not, however, own a smart phone. My next purchase may be an android powered device so i can learn the ins an outs of that like i did with the ipod touch
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Quoth SarcasticJerk View PostTLDR version: I don't own a smartphone, but am into tech stuff more than most people.
Doesn't mean that I'm not into tech - while not as high-end as SJ's, I have 3 custom-built systems, and I'm on my 15th system. That's not counting the ones I've built for family/friends/customers at my old tech job.
Quoth SarcasticJerk View PostMy living room (and my girlfriend) conspired against me, making my setup in there much less elaborate than what's in the car.
Quoth SarcasticJerk View Post(lolz at people still using dual channel, right?).my 6-core AMD Phenom II system...
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Quoth Duncan MacLeod View PostMy next purchase may be an android powered device so i can learn the ins an outs of that like i did with the ipod touch
Quoth RichS View PostThat's not counting the ones I've built for family/friends/customers at my old tech job.
^-.-^Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden
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I should clarify that my comments in no way imply that not owning a modern phone disqualifies one from being technologically savvy - I was simply saying that in this market (by which I mean San Francisco, highly urban, with a very high cost of living and a high average salary) it's highly unlikely.
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Quoth Versalia View PostI should clarify that my comments in no way imply that not owning a modern phone disqualifies one from being technologically savvy - I was simply saying that in this market (by which I mean San Francisco, highly urban, with a very high cost of living and a high average salary) it's highly unlikely.
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I think they are right about the area...I come from the Bay Area and yeah I would expect people to have more high end tech devices. I'm also in a highly urban high tech area and people here do tend to have the technology on hand.
With that said I LOVE technology. I have a huge HD TV, good surround sound, ps3 (found on craigslist for cheaper), an android phone, a laptop that's older and being a pain in the ass, an even older desktop (I want a new one but can't afford it right now) and no vehicles cause I don't care about thosehttps://www.youtube.com/user/HedgeTV
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Quoth telecom_goddess View PostI think they are right about the area...I come from the Bay Area and yeah I would expect people to have more high end tech devices. I'm also in a highly urban high tech area and people here do tend to have the technology on hand.
I do agree, however, that the gentleman in the original post did a poor job in explaining himself.
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Yet another counter-example:
Not only do I play a EE on TV, I am one at home. [Making custom motherboards, one off proto-types, everything down to vlsi]. Most of my associates who I consider hard core don't *care* at all about a smart-phone for the sake of newness. They have some metric they optimize for, if its not related to mobile communication then they don't follow that curve.
The people I see obsessing over the retail phone market tend to have that as the apex of their technical experience.
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The main concern I have: is the original poster has one metric they used to evaluate a field X, which really isn't a measure for X but a correlated field; and opining this measure as the authoritative, and immutable, indicator of all things X. This type of discreet thinking may limit the poster in the future.
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