Android and appliances

[Speed Daemon]

Yeh blech!, especially when your new Konka Ice Cream Sandwich television set looks like a typical Windows PC.

I only want to watch the news!!!!

It only needs XP style repeated popup balloon notifications to say, "There are unused icons on your desktop."

The Konka TV is basically a 42inch ICS tablet, but without a touch screen. The easiest way to navigate it, is to plug in a mouse.

My 40" Samsung is kind of like that. I never use the "Smart" stuff, and the software updates have a real knack for coming when someone calls and says "quick, turn on the news!!!"

The one useful thing that I could use is the on-screen CallerID. Mine doesn't have it.

 

[Speed Daemon]

Cars became smart, and are now basically unfixable and unserviceable at home. Instead they now require very expensive authorised garage only periodic servicing and maintenance.

My experience is the opposite. My landlord doesn't allow us to work on cars in the lots, so I have to have brake jobs done for me, which is embarrassing. But if it has anything to do with the computers, I can plug into the OBDII port and take care of it myself. With a laptop I can fine-tune the motor to perform just the way I want it.