Thread: Next Maemo Device half as thick as the n900 with Qwerty
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geneven is offline geneven
2010-03-25 , 22:07
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Originally Posted by Patola View Post
Somehow people continue to mention these weigt and thickness like they are unanimously bad things. I think the thicksness is important, it makes the device more robust, sturdy, less breakable. We have bodies full of non-straight-lines, and a somewhat thick device has a better chance to survive in the back pocket of your pants or somewhere else.

The same goes for weight.
Agreed, and the same goes for "pocketable". I was remembering that I spent my entire junior high and high school and college years carrying a spiral notebook that was about the size of a (wince) iPad. It never bothered me. I did try a smaller notebook that fit in my pocket a few times, but it was too small.

I carried it on the bus every day, and I often had a briefcase too, filled with heavy books. I don't know where people suddenly got this idea that they couldn't carry things with them. Look at depictions of cavemen? As often as not they are carrying spears or clubs with them, at the very least. (How about a spear-shaped laptop, that would be cool.)