Re: jQuery for Mobile

[Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

 But I'll bet that Grandma isn't very "mobile".  My guess is that 
Grandma's iPad doesn't leave home very often....hence, not very mobile...

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.asaap.com
www.opensource4i.com


On 10/19/2010 1:40 PM, Nathan Andelin wrote:
> Quoting Jon Paris:
>
> "One of the huge (and growing) markets that the iPad seems to have opened up is
> the gray market â but in this case âgrayâ as in granny. Any number of grandmas
> seems to be adopting them so they can do email and keep up with their families
> on Facebook etc. No PC no matter how good was ever going to penetrate that
> market."
>
> http://blog.angustheitchap.com/?p=261#comments
>
> I can see that. I hate to generalize about generations, but I can see how the
> iPad might appeal to older generations that eschew PCs.
>
> I understand that iPad has a larger form factor than iPhone, but it seems that
> the UI for both is quite comparable.  Developers might choose one UI for desktop
> browsers, but a 2nd UI for iPhone and iPad clients.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Pete Helgren<pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries<web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 12:47:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [WEB400] jQuery for Mobile
>
>    <geezer reply>
> The thing missing in the mix is the "Graying of America" factor in most
> mobile devices.  Admittedly, I have only been using a "smartphone" for a
> relatively brief time (Samsung GT-5700I running Android 2.1) but my
> primary complaint is that the layout of most components doesn't reflect
> dim eyes and fat fingers.  Until it is truly useful to retrieve and
> answer email and read large amounts of text, the mobile device will be
> an accessory, not a primary computing device, for most of us.
>
> Netbooks and iPad are not, in my humble opinion, *mobile* devices.
> Smart phones are.
>
> </geezer reply>
>
> Pete Helgren
> Value Added Software, Inc
> www.asaap.com
> www.opensource4i.com