Comments on: Padfone http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 10:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: rks1157 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125633 rks1157 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125633 Wonder if he copped his moves from the chairman on the Iron Chef? Wonder if he copped his moves from the chairman on the Iron Chef?

]]> By: Capissen http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1126192 Capissen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126192 This guy. I love this guy. This guy. I love this guy.

]]> By: james http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1126202 james Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126202 Amazing comments on here. Did you guys know that Apple is a conservative firm that doesn't go for longshots? Monople does! I guess totally revolutionising the PC and the mobile phone don't really count as longshots. If you aren't just throwing new designs at the wall without really thinking about any of them, then you just aren't in the game I suppose. Also, news flash everybody: it is literally impossible to arrange a single, basic data plan for an iPad and iPhone. Except of course for all those situations where it isn't. My iPhone works great as a hotspot, even with the basic data plan, and my iPad WiFi has no issues with it whatsoever. Your carrier sucks, but hey, feel free to blame Apple for that. As you were, then. Amazing comments on here. Did you guys know that Apple is a conservative firm that doesn’t go for longshots? Monople does! I guess totally revolutionising the PC and the mobile phone don’t really count as longshots. If you aren’t just throwing new designs at the wall without really thinking about any of them, then you just aren’t in the game I suppose. Also, news flash everybody: it is literally impossible to arrange a single, basic data plan for an iPad and iPhone. Except of course for all those situations where it isn’t. My iPhone works great as a hotspot, even with the basic data plan, and my iPad WiFi has no issues with it whatsoever. Your carrier sucks, but hey, feel free to blame Apple for that. As you were, then.

]]> By: james http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1126203 james Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126203 That said - this guy is great, and I still want to call this a big elaborate joke. That's one hell of a presentation technique. Porn music? Check. Magician/circus clown gesticulation? Check. Piss yourself with laughter when you unveil the product's name? Check! That said – this guy is great, and I still want to call this a big elaborate joke. That’s one hell of a presentation technique. Porn music? Check. Magician/circus clown gesticulation? Check. Piss yourself with laughter when you unveil the product’s name? Check!

]]> By: unmoris http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125698 unmoris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125698 Reminds me of a Flight of the Conchords Camera Phone http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/zeefunk/11_flightoftheconchords_lg.jpg Reminds me of a Flight of the Conchords Camera Phone

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/zeefunk/11_flightoftheconchords_lg.jpg

]]> By: selfish3 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1126216 selfish3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126216 I think Steve should take lessons for the 6th, and I expect more Final Countdown next time. But really, isn't the point of MobileMe/iCloud that your many devices work as one? I think Steve should take lessons for the 6th, and I expect more Final Countdown next time.

But really, isn’t the point of MobileMe/iCloud that your many devices work as one?

]]> By: monopole http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125728 monopole Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125728 I love it. He's having fun, making fun of himself, and not expecting a packed stadium of fanbois to cheer glorious leader. That's the way ASUS rolls, throw out dozens of different designs, and if one catches fire they'll follow it up with a progressive refinements. It's the bazzar incarnate, as opposed to the perfectly scripted presentation of a "perfect" product. The problem with "perfection" is that it promotes a ridiculous degree of caution. Apple can't push longshots, everything is incremental refinement and integration. What isn't immediately apparent is that both this design and the related ASUS Transformer have is that the add-on components has batteries and ports. The bulk of present day tablets and phones are batteries. Even if a tablet never leaves a coffee table it has to have a battery capable of handling a transatlantic flight. The Transformer and (I assume the Padfone) adds additional battery space in the add on module as well as a breakout of additional ports. Thus you get a light primary component with middling battery life coupled with an additional battery and port breakout on the secondary component. This is particularly handy in that the power guzzling apps tend to work better with the secondary component. Actually, I'd love to see a Padfone/Transformer combo, allowing me to transition from phone to tablet to laptop as needed. I love it. He’s having fun, making fun of himself, and not expecting a packed stadium of fanbois to cheer glorious leader.

That’s the way ASUS rolls, throw out dozens of different designs, and if one catches fire they’ll follow it up with a progressive refinements. It’s the bazzar incarnate, as opposed to the perfectly scripted presentation of a “perfect” product.

The problem with “perfection” is that it promotes a ridiculous degree of caution. Apple can’t push longshots, everything is incremental refinement and integration.

What isn’t immediately apparent is that both this design and the related ASUS Transformer have is that the add-on components has batteries and ports. The bulk of present day tablets and phones are batteries. Even if a tablet never leaves a coffee table it has to have a battery capable of handling a transatlantic flight.

The Transformer and (I assume the Padfone) adds additional battery space in the add on module as well as a breakout of additional ports. Thus you get a light primary component with middling battery life coupled with an additional battery and port breakout on the secondary component. This is particularly handy in that the power guzzling apps tend to work better with the secondary component.

Actually, I’d love to see a Padfone/Transformer combo, allowing me to transition from phone to tablet to laptop as needed.

]]> By: Martin _22 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125751 Martin _22 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125751 What's Steve got to do with it?! What sort of rapping name is steve? What’s Steve got to do with it?!
What sort of rapping name is steve?

]]> By: simonbarsinister http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125497 simonbarsinister Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125497 We need lightning strikes at the end after his evil laughter. "Yes! This is a combination of the pad and phone! PADPHONE! Heh Heh Heh Heh Mwuaaahhhahaa!" We need lightning strikes at the end after his evil laughter.

“Yes! This is a combination of the pad and phone!

PADPHONE!

Heh Heh Heh Heh Mwuaaahhhahaa!”

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125504 bcsizemo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125504 Couldn't come up with a better name than that?... So I'm guessing this is like the Atrix, except with Pad not netbook?... Couldn’t come up with a better name than that?…

So I’m guessing this is like the Atrix, except with Pad not netbook?…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125508 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125508 I wish my iPad had a iPhone in it. That would be pretty sweet. I wish my iPad had a iPhone in it. That would be pretty sweet.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125509 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125509 I think this has already been done. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkzNOEiW4M8 I think this has already been done. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkzNOEiW4M8

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125510 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125510 I love his David Copperfield moves. I love his David Copperfield moves.

]]> By: arikol http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125515 arikol Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125515 I don't understand exactly why I would need that. Maybe ASUS understand exactly what to do with the device, and maybe it will be an awesome success. But I'm missing the point. Is the big device just a cradle and a screen that will be run by the phone? Or is it a tablet, which syncs with the phone (and gives up its screen for the phone)? I don't geddit... (the usefulness) I don’t understand exactly why I would need that. Maybe ASUS understand exactly what to do with the device, and maybe it will be an awesome success.

But I’m missing the point. Is the big device just a cradle and a screen that will be run by the phone? Or is it a tablet, which syncs with the phone (and gives up its screen for the phone)?

I don’t geddit… (the usefulness)

]]> By: xneo http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125517 xneo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125517 Awesome! It's the best idea of 2009.. Wait... What year is it again now??? Awesome! It’s the best idea of 2009.. Wait… What year is it again now???

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125778 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125778 one word: chingdogu one word: chingdogu

]]> By: caipirina http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125526 caipirina Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125526 First I was laughing at the presentation ... but after reading some more about the product, it is somewhat intriguing. There is no way I have an ipHone and an iPad both with 3G and 2 separate contracts to run them. My phone provider already wants to charge me an arm and a leg if I try to extend the wifi from my phone to another computer ... so .. as an all in one solution .. not bad .. (also it eliminates the mental image of someone holding an ipad to their ears to make a phone call) But this guy is just too funny same video from a better angle http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sqjoRMHyYQc#at=55 First I was laughing at the presentation … but after reading some more about the product, it is somewhat intriguing.

There is no way I have an ipHone and an iPad both with 3G and 2 separate contracts to run them. My phone provider already wants to charge me an arm and a leg if I try to extend the wifi from my phone to another computer … so .. as an all in one solution .. not bad .. (also it eliminates the mental image of someone holding an ipad to their ears to make a phone call)

But this guy is just too funny

same video from a better angle http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sqjoRMHyYQc#at=55

]]> By: rockpiler http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125790 rockpiler Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125790 Ah, yes, because a full-sized smartphone piggybacked onto a tablet is SO much more useful than, say, a tiny detachable headset used for making calls... on one's tablet. Yeeeah. Ah, yes, because a full-sized smartphone piggybacked onto a tablet is SO much more useful than, say, a tiny detachable headset used for making calls… on one’s tablet. Yeeeah.

]]> By: jmzero http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125543 jmzero Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125543 Guy is clearly awesome. He should kick it up like .5 more notches though - just blind the audience with charmisma. Guy is clearly awesome. He should kick it up like .5 more notches though – just blind the audience with charmisma.

]]> By: salsaman http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125544 salsaman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125544 The should go "full <a href="http://www.cajungrocer.com/fresh-foods-holiday-dishes-turducken-c-1_15_24.html">turducken</a>" and have it slot into a laptop. The should go “full turducken” and have it slot into a laptop.

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125546 kmoser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125546 "Steve [Jobs?] has to wait!" Priceless. “Steve [Jobs?] has to wait!” Priceless.

]]> By: chaopoiesis http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125548 chaopoiesis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125548 HATRABBIT! HATRABBIT!

]]> By: arikol http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125557 arikol Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125557 Yeah, he is brilliant. I totally agree that he should get to play around more and be awesome. (Steve has to wait...) @Caipirina #5 Yes. Now if the "other" tablet + phone maker would just allow them to work perfectly together... (you listening Steve. We know you're not on the phone to Guy, so maybe you're reading boingboing instead...) Yeah, he is brilliant. I totally agree that he should get to play around more and be awesome. (Steve has to wait…)

@Caipirina #5
Yes.
Now if the “other” tablet + phone maker would just allow them to work perfectly together… (you listening Steve. We know you’re not on the phone to Guy, so maybe you’re reading boingboing instead…)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1126325 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126325 He should have hired a better presenter for this product debut. Thank you(SARCASM) for rolling back years of progress by the Asian males. He should have hired a better presenter for this product debut. Thank you(SARCASM) for rolling back years of progress by the Asian males.

]]> By: PeaceNerd http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125562 PeaceNerd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125562 where'd you get that preposterous hypothesis? did steve tell you that? where’d you get that preposterous hypothesis?
did steve tell you that?

]]> By: autark http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125569 autark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125569 Not satisfied until this is in my bag: http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/05/06/bento-box-kinda-like-voltron/ Not satisfied until this is in my bag: http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/05/06/bento-box-kinda-like-voltron/

]]> By: optuser http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125575 optuser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125575 Coulda/shoulda had a smoke blast and confetti cannon shoot out of the stand as he pulled it out. Coulda/shoulda had a smoke blast and confetti cannon shoot out of the stand as he pulled it out.

]]> By: simonbarsinister http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125576 simonbarsinister Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125576 PeaceNerd, I gather you aren't a large water-dwelling mammal? PeaceNerd, I gather you aren’t a large water-dwelling mammal?

]]> By: caipirina http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125584 caipirina Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125584 Thanks for pointing that out autark, truly a brilliant concept! as it is now, i bet a lot of space is wasted on making it look pretty ... but just the idea is awesome ... the bento book Thanks for pointing that out autark, truly a brilliant concept!

as it is now, i bet a lot of space is wasted on making it look pretty … but just the idea is awesome … the bento book

]]> By: pencilbox http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/padfone.html#comment-1125588 pencilbox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125588 What kind of a [developer] name is Steve? What kind of a [developer] name is Steve?

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