The Worst Gadgets We’ve Ever Touched
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The Worst Gadgets We’ve Ever Touched
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#2Well, at least the article is only mostly likely to send me into an epileptic seizure.
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#3Well, at least the article is only mostly likely to send me into an epileptic seizure.
Seems fitting a post on the worst gadgets they’ve ever touched would include equally terrible presentation.
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#4I strongly agree with their conclusion about Apple keyboards: "Apple inflicted the butterfly keyboard on millions of customers for years, giving it the dubious distinction of causing the most tangible badness of anything we’ve ever reviewed." I had to quit using Apple laptops for years due to how physically painful that keyboard was for me...
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#5I don't think the Lumia 950 deserves to be on the same list as the BB Playbook.
By the time the Lumia was released, Windows Phone was actually quite useable and snappy. It's the completely empty app ecosystem and the years of head start iOS and Android had that killed it (apps were not portable from the earlier incarnations of WinPhone).
The playbook was just a joke. No emails, no calendar, no apps. Software was incredibly buggy and it felt years behind the iPad. Actually, no, to get the calendar you had to pair it with a blackberry phone if I recall.
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#6Ahh, I remember when I tried out the Amazon Fire phone - what a disappointment it was. I wonder if (or when) Amazon will try to make another phone.
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#7I don't think the Lumia 950 deserves to be on the same list as the BB Playbook. By the time the Lumia was released, Windows Phone was actually quite useable and snappy. It's the completely empty app ecosystem and the years of head start iOS and Android had that killed it (apps were not portable from the earlier incarnations of WinPhone). The playbook was just a joke. No emails, no calendar, no apps. Software was incr…
I was also surprised to see that on the list as well. The phones were pretty good. I think the biggest loss was actually Continuum, which to this day still seems like the only good example of convergence.
EDIT: Dex is looking alright these days
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#8I strongly agree with their conclusion about Apple keyboards: "Apple inflicted the butterfly keyboard on millions of customers for years, giving it the dubious distinction of causing the most tangible badness of anything we’ve ever reviewed." I had to quit using Apple laptops for years due to how physically painful that keyboard was for me...
It gets tons of press and seems pretty meme-y to hate. But mine of 3 years has no problems and I actually enjoy typing on it quite throughly. More than an other laptop keyboard actually. I’m sure there are at least dozens out there just like me…
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#9I strongly agree with their conclusion about Apple keyboards: "Apple inflicted the butterfly keyboard on millions of customers for years, giving it the dubious distinction of causing the most tangible badness of anything we’ve ever reviewed." I had to quit using Apple laptops for years due to how physically painful that keyboard was for me...
It gets tons of press and seems pretty meme-y to hate. But mine of 3 years has no problems and I actually enjoy typing on it quite throughly. More than an other laptop keyboard actually. I’m sure there are at least dozens out there just like me…
Not sure why you were downvoted – you are likely correct that dozens of people (at least ;-) ) are fine with the butterfly keyboard and have used it for years without incident.
My own butterfly keyboard was replaced twice, with the final version being an "improved" version according to Apple. It has worked OK for 3+ years, with no further problems other than the unpleasantly low key travel and paint wearing off.
For me the trackpad's bad palm rejection was a much bigger issue.
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#10I don't think the Lumia 950 deserves to be on the same list as the BB Playbook. By the time the Lumia was released, Windows Phone was actually quite useable and snappy. It's the completely empty app ecosystem and the years of head start iOS and Android had that killed it (apps were not portable from the earlier incarnations of WinPhone). The playbook was just a joke. No emails, no calendar, no apps. Software was incr…
I kind of miss Windows Phone since it was actually different from the standard iPhone/Android user interface.