Mobile broadband modems
The worst sort of annoyance comes from necessary, exciting technologies that are badly implemented. Yes, we want universal broadband wireless access on the move. No, we don't want it provided by something that looks like a bar of soap danging on six inches of string, and is just as convenient to deploy. No, we don't want it courtesy of a steroidal pack of gum sticking out of the side of a notebook, where it inevitably catches against the side of your coffee mug. There are a hundred better ways of doing this: a decent standard internal expansion socket is one, or something that neatly clips out of the way with a convenient connector in just the right place. Or simply make mobile phones easy to set up as access points. It's not rocket science: it's barely more complex than a paper airplane.
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Woo
12/06/2008 06:13 PM
Haha funny article, but sadly true. I loved the bit about the6 fingered mutants and them silly printers always trying to sell you ink!
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me
11/07/2008 12:06 PM
Re: AC adapters - also - those 4-point and 6-point pwer boards you buy (to change one power socket into more) never have enough space between them to fit two AC adapters side by side.
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callum
12/07/2008 10:06 PM
:) nice article, however I love my wireless mouse! lol at the 33in1 card reader, that is defiantly ridiculous
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pendragon74
05/08/2008 11:00 AM
The N-different power adapters is one that really kills me. I'm looking at a table full of different adapters for phones (mobile and landline), printers, routers, screens, laptops. All right already! We surrender! Just give us all a 5V 500 mA power supply, or auto-switching supply, that does everything.
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