Reproduction
My bone of contention was CarrerIQ,s hideous attempt to snooze on YOU.
My reservation was prudent even though I did not have anything to hide or fear.
My
Justification for not buying a tablet this Christmas (2011).
My
justification for not immediately going for a
tablet is holding true
to its tenet.
They
were mainly personal reasons.
1.
I do not like any proprietary software installed.
2.
I do not like proprietary operating system too.
3.
Even if the above two conditions cannot be avoided I need my own or
selected operation system run independently of the above two.
4. Have android is not my kind of game.
5.
I prefer sourceforge EyeOS instead of Android or vagaries of Android
even though I supported the move by Google from the very beginning
its embrace of Linux (they did it for different reason now I
understand).
6.
I don’t like even Kindle fire in spite of very vocal support for its
success above all the other E-readers.
7.
Apart from the above facts, it cannot or does not let you boot from a
smart card like in Barnes Noble tablet.
In that scenario I prefer
Barnes Noble in spite of the higher price.
8.
Not having the USB boot function was my major attribute that is
missing in Kindle fire.
But I do not make qualm at this stage before
it get established in the classroom.
I want it to be successful in an
educational environment and if one has camera and lot of other
utilities it divert the attention of the students and teachers will
have a hectic time preventing little guys hacking into the system
without the teacher’s knowledge.
It is natural for kids to do that
kind of things.
If they want to do that their mums and dads have to
buy a separate tablet.
9.
I need a dock for a proper keyboard at my age.
I am not going to
fiddle with my fingers and touch screen.
10.
Now comes the crunch point.
Carrier-IQ’s
attempt to spy on YOU is OUTRAGEOUS.
What
ever their industrial justification the METHOD is worse than a
dictator/king attempt to say that he/she is not nude in front of his
her subjects while parading stark naked.
It
is naked attempt to hoodwink the not so sophisticated ordinary
guy/girl.
I
thought only Microsoft applied that principle and now that they are
rich they seem not to repeat their old mistakes.
It
is the new companies want to get rich quickly coming from Asian
subcontinent who would apply those tactics.
Already
there is hush every China built chip has associated spy ware (it may
be a ploy of IBM and the chip manufacturer to undermine China. But
there is no reason such a rich and powerful company with lot at stake
will go down that pathway unless they know something is brewing in
China. I tend to believe them knowing what China is.
Chinese
and Indian guys did dirty things in this country prior to and during
elections.
I
retire into Christmas holidays not sporting a tablet or Kindle and my
reasons are vindicated by and large.
It
is prudent practice to wait and see policy and to see which direction
the wind blows.
In
this digital age one has to be not paranoid to believe anything they
offer with market hypes and strategies.
