Yes, dubious value is more correct. I do not doubt that it works. I doubt is value.
fair enough. To me it wouldn't be very useful. I've heard them being used successfully as file servers when space is at a premium though, so they do have some use.
But what about a Android that can do HD from Netflix because it has a new TI chip? Please explain to me the great or small value and why a number of rags are making it a headline. Slow news day?
I cannot debate the values and/or merits of a given chip that will predominantly be used for cellphones - or more precisely, smartphones- because I haven't yet decided for myself whether smartphones themselves aren't of dubious value. From what I can tell, smartphones seem to cater to lazy people who are usually ill-prepared when they leave the house, or don't have the ability to think ahead to determine what type of information they will need later. "golly I don't know where I'm going" well you should have figured that out beforehand, when you were at home, or, here's a concept- keep a map in your glove compartment, like any sane person ought to. The advantage of a paper map is it doesn't need batteries or a signal. Of course you will need to figure out the complications of actually getting from point A to point B yourself without driving across peoples backyards, but if that is beyond somebody's ability I would hope they aren't driving anyway.
Are you waiting for a cell phone with the OMAP 4 processor? Anybody?
No. I don't care for mobile devices, for the most part. The only mobile devices I own is a 3 year old MP3 player and a digital camera. The MP3 Player uses some sort of ARM processor, but I really don't care what processor any of my mobile devices would use, as long as they work. I don't need some super does-it-all device. And the only time I've had to use a smartphone(to do something for somebody else) I basically gave up on it's actual interface and just plugged the mini-SD card into a USB adapter and managed the content that way.
In any case, that's sort of my point; personally, I don't feel the value of a smart-phone or anything of that nature is dubious. Clearly, the world disagrees with me for the most part; a vast majority of people clearly feel their value isn't dubious. That's basically what I mean with the Wall wart. One cannot declare with certainty that they aren't of any value; Surely they have some use to some people, otherwise they wouldn't still be being made.
