At work I use windows 7 which is a fine operating system (OS). Away from the office I am apple, I like the ease of use, networking and lack of constant updates.
I use a iPhone 5 which I love, and no, I don’t have it in a case!
I have a Kindle Fire HD my wife bought me because I didn’t want a iPad. You may ask why, and my answer would be it compete’s with my iPhone & that would bug me, personal choice.
What I’m getting at is like many people its hard to live in just apple or android, or windows.
In the past I have helped friends with computer issues, virus, networking, or just OS problems. And now we are moving from the old desktop to a mobile computing environment I get asked all the time which should I choose? Apple, Android or Windows.
It would seem that in which ever digital universe you pick there will be a vested interest in the apps you buy. But also what kind of tasks you will be doing with your new device.
Generally speaking most smart phones today will do most of the tasks we require of them. Customizing our phones to what degree does depend on which OS you decide to use.
And remember if you go with Android you may also have to deal with what ever customizing the phone maker installed. Rather than just looking for the fastest & smartest device. It’s good to take into account what you will be doing with the device. Don’t buy what you don’t need. And as far as security is concerned, no OS will help you if you venture to the wrong places on the Internet.
What tech scares me?
What is technology? I am sure the answer today would be very different from even ten years ago. The change has happened fast and has been global!
Today I looked at the next version of the iPhone. It’s hard to believe this innovation started only five years ago.
With the change toward a truly mobile digital society, hardware and software have improved so much that today we should really just look at what works for us, not question whether it will work!
With this innovation in tech, including data networks that allow us to interact in so many new ways, we have as a society met a contradiction.
The tech we want to work so well for us in our digital world needs to know who we are so it can serve our online needs. For this reason some have felt a considerable loss of privacy. While there will always be instances where I agree that data belonging to a individual is a precious commodity and should be protected, my geek self wants to avail of the new innovations in technology; including the mobile integration and the new ways tech will allow me to transact business & interact with friends & family.
We do as a society need to decide what info is normal to give out to function in this new world, & how our info will be used & kept from abuse. This needs to be standardized and universal, because at this stage many different aspects of our digital self are floating around without control and safeguards. Until this is sorted I feel that the general population is at risk, and in a quest for profit some businesses don’t give data handling the security it really deserves; and this lack of clarity does scare me.
The next thing that scares me about the future of technological integration is the lack of education. We are making powerful mobile computers that allow many different kinds of interaction, but as a society, we are not showing our youth how to use these things in a polite manner. Is there no etiquette when it comes to new mobile tech?
People defend the right to be careless in the name if freedom of choice; I still see people texting while driving. If we live in a society and not on an island by ourselves. Society should demand a behavior that allows individual freedom without inflicting those around us with stupidity.
I love tech & innovation. We live in a wonderful dreamland of new opportunities, but as a society can we start thinking about how our digital self represents our true self, and how much of our true self we need to divulge to create that digital self, without putting our true self at risk!
AT&T data throttling.
A co-worker received a mail regarding data usage. He had gone over 2GB on a unlimited plan. He was told his connection would be slowed down if he didn’t purchase a plan with specific data.
On AT&T other people have had their data speeds reduced because they went over a specific boundary.
I believe AT&T will learn very quickly this is not the way to go. When you sell a unlimited data plan it should be unlimited. Verizon will slow data speeds on towers during high traffic periods. And you know people will get that; we can understand!
If I spend too long on the phone, I don’t want the operator to come on and tell me it’s time to hang up. Phone calls and data travel along the same cables. If traffic gets heavy you may have trouble. But you shouldn’t expect to get an angry mail from the company.
We live in a mobile world, I write my blogs on my phone. In this world it’s just not cool to treat customers badly who use your service too much. And AT&T need to learn this if they want to keep their customers.
End of rant!
