Comments on: Microsoft’s 3 Screen Strategy is DOA? http://www.sastwingees.org/2009/12/03/microsoft-3screen-strategy-doa/ Knowledge is Scrumptious Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:13:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rajagopal sukumar http://www.sastwingees.org/2009/12/03/microsoft-3screen-strategy-doa/comment-page-1/#comment-13307 rajagopal sukumar Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:53:06 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=1795#comment-13307 You are right RK. However i think that type of thing is a it farther in the future. I still need a book to curl up on the sofa with. Dont think a pervasive computing device can do that. You are right RK. However i think that type of thing is a it farther in the future. I still need a book to curl up on the sofa with. Dont think a pervasive computing device can do that.

]]> By: rk http://www.sastwingees.org/2009/12/03/microsoft-3screen-strategy-doa/comment-page-1/#comment-13300 rk Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:06:33 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=1795#comment-13300 I think in a fully transformed world, there wont be screens and computers at all. I think internet-enabled devices will completely replace concept of keyboards and screens. I think in a fully transformed world, there wont be screens and computers at all. I think internet-enabled devices will completely replace concept of keyboards and screens.

]]> By: Sukumar http://www.sastwingees.org/2009/12/03/microsoft-3screen-strategy-doa/comment-page-1/#comment-13290 Sukumar Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:24:54 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=1795#comment-13290 Ranjit, Thanks. Yeah i missed talking about 6th Sense. It slipped my mind. It definitely has potential. It is my thesis that PCs/Macs are too complex (and not in the correct form factor) to use for the purposes i outlined above. In India, how many are smartphones i don't know. I doubt it will be a significant % given the price point and lack of carrier subsidies. Ranjit,
Thanks. Yeah i missed talking about 6th Sense. It slipped my mind. It definitely has potential.

It is my thesis that PCs/Macs are too complex (and not in the correct form factor) to use for the purposes i outlined above.

In India, how many are smartphones i don’t know. I doubt it will be a significant % given the price point and lack of carrier subsidies.

]]> By: Ranjit http://www.sastwingees.org/2009/12/03/microsoft-3screen-strategy-doa/comment-page-1/#comment-13289 Ranjit Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:57:30 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=1795#comment-13289 Nice post Sir ! I was left wondering why you gave Pranav Mistry's sixth sense a miss ? Would love to know your thoughts on that. As for me, I have dumped the TV long back, I don't have one & even if it comes free (as in hotels),I rarely switch it on. Mobile, yes form factor is the core issue. I moved back to a simple sony erricson long back. PC is the only screen I extensively use. Agree on your data that Mobile usage is spiking esp with contribution from India.But do we have a data on how much of them are smart phones & how many are 'just call' phones. Would love to know about it. Nice post Sir !
I was left wondering why you gave Pranav Mistry’s sixth sense a miss ? Would love to know your thoughts on that.

As for me, I have dumped the TV long back, I don’t have one & even if it comes free (as in hotels),I rarely switch it on. Mobile, yes form factor is the core issue. I moved back to a simple sony erricson long back. PC is the only screen I extensively use.

Agree on your data that Mobile usage is spiking esp with contribution from India.But do we have a data on how much of them are smart phones & how many are ‘just call’ phones. Would love to know about it.

]]> By: rajagopal sukumar http://www.sastwingees.org/2009/12/03/microsoft-3screen-strategy-doa/comment-page-1/#comment-13272 rajagopal sukumar Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:26:50 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=1795#comment-13272 Thanks Vamsi. Yes, a Converged TV, if we can call it that, is likely to become a more powerful tool for our information needs. but i don't see myself curling up on the bed with an e-book displayed on my TV :) do you? Interesting thoughts on speech processing/NLP. The Emblaze UI looks very good. As you say maybe, we can learn from how the mobile phone UI has been learnt by the poorest of the poor in India. Do you know if anyone has done a study on that? Your point about experts and novice is a good one. This is exactly why i am advocating that there be a 4th screen. Clearly the PC/Mac have become the domain of expert users. The learning curve is prohibitively long for novices to pick up the PC/Mac not to speak of the attendant hardware/software issues, backups, crashes - very complicated for the average joe/jane in the 3rd world. Thanks Vamsi. Yes, a Converged TV, if we can call it that, is likely to become a more powerful tool for our information needs. but i don’t see myself curling up on the bed with an e-book displayed on my TV :) do you?

Interesting thoughts on speech processing/NLP. The Emblaze UI looks very good. As you say maybe, we can learn from how the mobile phone UI has been learnt by the poorest of the poor in India. Do you know if anyone has done a study on that?

Your point about experts and novice is a good one. This is exactly why i am advocating that there be a 4th screen. Clearly the PC/Mac have become the domain of expert users. The learning curve is prohibitively long for novices to pick up the PC/Mac not to speak of the attendant hardware/software issues, backups, crashes – very complicated for the average joe/jane in the 3rd world.

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