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pair-annoyed · 4 years ago

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Anime I Watched This Summer

Summer 2020 has officially come to a close. It’s fall in Animal Crossing and the trees are beginning to turn. Much like quarantine, I spent a lot of my free time watching anime when I wasn’t stressing over starting college. Now that the school year has begun, I thought it would be nice to reflect on everything I’ve watched!

These Anime were seen between 6/14 - 8/31 (my Birthday!) and are listed in chronological order.

They will be rated on a 1-10 scale; 1 meaning complete garbage, 10 meaning masterpiece. I will offer my thoughts on what I did/didn't like about each show!

1. Bakemono no Ko - 8/10

This was such a great way to start out the summer! I love the dynamic between Kumatetsu and Ren. Overall its a little cliche, but it’s also very wholesome. It’s by the same studio that made Wolf Children (which I loved!). so I knew it was going to be good. My favorite aspect of this movie was its backgrounds and world building!

2. Wan Sheng Jie - 9/10

Oh my gosh! I know that this is technically a donghua, but its on MAL, so it counts. This show quickly became my favorite slice of life of all time. I adore the art style and all of the characters. The comedy, plot, and design blends so well together. Everything in Wan Sheng Jie feels warm and comfy. It’s also confirmed for a second season! After seeing its cliff hanger ending, I’m so anxious for what comes next!

3. Dororo - 7/10

I’ll be honest, I’m a sucker for studio MAPPA. I really liked the historical aspects of Dororo. From the outfits to the ways characters behave, its grounded in the constraints of feudal Japan. I would have given this show a higher score if it was a little more grounded in science. I feel like more time should’ve been given to the demons and antagonists of the show. Our MC was so over powered, which made the final fights of the series more lack-luster. I think its less of the anime’s fault and more because the original source material is from the 60s. That being said, I loved this show! It was cute and action packed. Though it isn’t perfect, it holds its own.

4. Bungou Stray Dogs - 5/10

The concepts and action are misconstrued in Bungou Stary Dogs. This is one of those shows that I chose to watch because it was all over Tumblr. The powers themselves are cool, but I can’t understand why this series is so praised. At it’s core its predictable and basic. The fights seemed low stakes and low energy. None of the humor really felt like it belonged. It tried too hard to be something it isn’t. I don’t think I’ll watch beyond this first season.

5. Kami no Tou - 4.5/10

First off, fuck Rachel, me and my homies hate Rachel. I really really had high hopes for Tower of God. It paves the way for Webtoon adaptations in the future. Its such a shame that this adaptation SUCKED. I have not read the source material, I’m going solely based on the anime. It wasn’t good? It was horrible. I hate Bam, I hate Rachel. I think all the characters expect Rak were awful. Please don’t make a season 2. Please. If you’re interesting in Tower of God, just read the webtoon.

6. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - 7/10

Shoujo anime is my guilty pleasure. I especially liked the way Gekkan Shoujo tackled Sakura and Nozaki’s relationship. Besides just the main characters, even the side characters were enjoyable! It was a fun and creative show. My only complaint is how dense Nozaki is, but I also absolutely love that part of him.

7. Jojo no Kimyou no Bouken (Parts 1-2) - 6.5/10

Jojo is not the saving grace of shounen anime. It isn’t something super revolutionary and it certainly will never be a 10/10. Part 1 was so slow and boring. Jonathan was just mediocre at best. I definitely liked Joseph a LOT more than Jonathan. Part 2 overall was much easier to watch than part 1. The fights are good, but there’s just something about Jojo that I can’t get behind. Although I’m completely bashing this series, I’m going to keep watching it. At this point, I wanna know what a stand is.

8. Clannad - 5.5/10

I was expecting Clannad to be sad, but instead I got a cute, slice of life, romance. It wasn’t unenjoyable, but it was also a pretty slow-burning show. I loved watching Nagisa and Okazaki slowly fall in love with each other. It was funny at times and sad at other points. I am currently watching Clannad: After Story (which I’ve heard is heartbreaking), so I’m hoping to get some catharsis out of that.

9. Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai... - 6/10

This show is only 12 episodes, and yet it still has filler episodes for some reason? I’m a person who doesn’t typically watch isekai because the genre is so over done. However, when it’s done in a very specific way it’s really fun to watch! This show was definitely a lot of fun, it’s also cute and has so many interesting character-character interactions. The ending is painfully cliche, but I think it adds to this shows charm.

10. Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen - 8/10

I loved Love is War so much! I love their weird romantic dynamic. I love the characters, and I love the animation. It’s over the top and executes it humor masterfully. The entire show fills you with anticipation for the two main characters. Kaguya is my favorite character. Although I haven’t seen season two yet, I most certainly will! I’m so upset I hadn’t seen this show sooner.

11. Great Pretender - 8.5/10

This show is so colorful and bubbly. The animation is so smooth and they are able to tackle so many different kinds of things given its plot. The whole show itself just feels like summertime. It came out not to long ago, so some people may not be familiar with it. On top of the show itself, the music is great, with a Jazzy OP and and ED that features Freddie Mercury

12. Steins;Gate 0 - 8/10

I loved the original Stein;Gate so much! So it’s no surprise how much I liked the second season. It builds significantly off the first season in a sort of “off shot” OVA kind of way. The events of Steins;Gate 0 don’t actually happen, but that doesn’t stop it from being meaningful. The big “twist” was predictable and a bit of a let down, but I still enjoyed this. Granted, I’m bias.

13. Seishun Buta Yarou wa Yumemiru Shoujo no Yume wo Minai - 9.5/10

I sobbed. So much. This movie was phenomenal, it was such a trip. Having watched the original series, this tore my heart apart. It gets a high score for being able to take the characters I love and creating a wonderfully emotional experience. If you haven’t seen Bunny Girl Senpai, please watch it, and then watch this movie. You won’t regret it!

14. Hotaru no Haka - 6/10

Grave of the Fireflies made me stop watching anime for a while. Studio Ghibli created something grim, something that leaves the viewers feeling hollow. Its a movie about WWII from Japan’s perspective. As an American, all I could feel while watching this was immense guilt. I will say though, that some of the movies main plot could have easily been prevented if the main character had swallowed his pride. His younger sister was also my least favorite character. I get that she’s a kid and that kids are fussy, but you would think that during wartime, she’d be more understanding and at least try to eat the things she dislikes.

15. Yagate Kimi ni Naru - 9/10

This was a great way to end the summer. This is more that just GL romance, its a love story. Its about growing up and learning to understand your feelings. I related to Yuu so much, which made this more emotional than I expected. It’s really unlike another romance anime I’ve seen. I hope it gets confirmed for a second season. If not, I’ll be reading the manga.

Seasonal Shows: (Things that are still airing as of 9/5/2020)

1. The God of High School 7.5/10

Another thing done by studio MAPPA. Are you surprised? I absolutely love the action in GoH. The plot however, is all over the place. The story seems fragmented and hard to follow. Like Tower of God, it was poorly adapted. I’m giving it such a high score, because it’s SO much more enjoyable then Tower of God.

2. Enen no Shouboutai: Ni no Shou - 4/10

My thoughts on season 2 are about the same as my thoughts on season 1. The only difference is that this season has more Jojo references. I’ve rated it lower because its so repetitive. I’m so sick of watching it, but I’ve got to see it through the bitter end.

3. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season - 8.5/10

All I’m going to say about Re:Zero is that I love it. I can’t give an accurate review of it because I’ve been hyping this season since it was announced. If you’re into non-typical isekai, watch Re:Zero, its so enjoyable!

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cicadabooks · 5 years ago

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Flash season 6 bunch of eps recap

Notes ‘cause I feel like it.

6.5 -- Wait, this ep was more interesting than the last ep. Beginning was pretty good, middle got a bit boring (Ramsey scene), then some random creepyness (Ramsey-blood-body-horror). Then some “ah finally, we have Cisco being techy in order to accomplish things; this is a nice alternative to Vibe-Power-dependent solutions”. And an actual decent wrap up and eulogy.

...Has Cisco ever had a doppleganger that was like, boring, or normal, show up. Or have all his doubles been evil/crime related. That’s kinda....? Come one people. I feel like non-Latinx characters have had dopplegangers who are normal show up, or not evil every time.

6.6 -- Chester is adorable and I’m mad the show stuffed him into an airplane security checkpoint box thing until now. Also... “sonic wrench”?

6.7 + 6.8 -- I feel like the bones of these eps were interesting... but the execution was... okay? IDK. I demand more trippiness if we’re doing weird dream sequences. *Slamming goblet on table* MAKE IT WEIRDER!

“Crisis” eps 1-3: first two eps are not that interesting (or, I just don’t know any of these people), finally part 3 gets interesting.

I remember reading a comment somewhere that the Crossover eps are like weird annual family reunions where you find out bits about characters you only see once a year. “Oh, outfit update. Oh, someone died? No, wait, they didn’t actually die? People are married now? Wait, where did X character go, didn’t we have more five more characters in that show the last time?”

Ah finally, Cisco Being Cisco is back! This is what I’m talking about, moments like Cisco being dissatisfied with the god-characters monickers and offering to workshop the names.

They just had to run backwards on the treadmill, huh. The solutions on this show.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN that Best Wells and Jessie and also Goofy Barry and Iris With Cool Pants and everyone else on Earth-2 are DEAD. NO. UNACCEPTABLE. They better all come back when -- when whatever happens in the last two “Crisis” episodes. You know, when Earth comes back or whatever. I mean I’m assuming that’s happening, because there’s at least half a season of The Flash left. It’s not like 8 episodes will be spent with Lex Luthor and the Paragons hosting a variety show in this corner of Not Time and Not Space.

Crisis ep 4: AKA we finally had some Good Stuff Happening with current new characters popping into not-real old dramatic moments and the old characters being really confused as to why these people are here and who are they. And none of the old dramatic moments were real anyway. This is the trippiness and awkwardness I am here for.

Oh an green arrow man died, much drama

Crisis ep 5: more confusion. Good times good times. But... the universe reset itself again? I thought we weren’t going to get any more of these “hey guess what the universe has different rules now and things have changed and there’s photos of you doing stuff you don’t remember”, since Barry stopped messing with the timeline. I don’t like when this happens, it’s too jarring.

How did -- suddenly Black Lightning is officially in? I mean, I like what I see so far (his stoic “That’s how it is huh” in reaction to learning that the world almost ends is an Annual Event). But, a little confusing. BL is right tho, that set basically looks like a condemned building. There’s water everywhere, what even happened? It’s leaking. And like now they have a lil’ round table in the middle of a big drafty condemned plane-carrier-space. Okay.

You know we could have just had these cape characters working as a group taking on this blue beepo thing for like 5 eps and that would have been fine by me tbh.

Supergirl has the best happy reactions to everything. Get you a posse member who is as excited as supergirl is when Batwoman shows up or new tables show up.

#The Flash tv show #6.5 #6.6 #doctor who #6.7 #6.8 #Crisis #crisis on infinite earths #cisco #barry #crossover #green arrow man dude #my reviews are just not even trying anymore #supergirl #black lighting #The Flash

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endenogatai · 5 years ago

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n8n, a ‘fair code’ workflow automation platform, raises seed from Sequoia as VC firm steps up in Europe

When concerns about the novel coronavirus — and subsequent changes in activity — are not bringing productivity to a halt (and perhaps especially in times of needing to be as efficient as possible), one of the bigger IT trends has been a push to streamline how people work by creating better integrations between the different apps that they use. Today, a startup out of Berlin, Germany is announcing seed funding to help it enter the fray of those that are helping make those integrations happen seamlessly and more reliably.

n8n, a Berlin-based company that has built a “fair code” workflow automation platform to let developers quickly integrate any of the apps that they use to work together automatically — from standard third-party APIs to internal tools created by developers themselves — has picked up a seed round of $1.5 million to continue building out its service, and specifically to introduce its first commercial elements after announcing its existence last October and meeting an unexpected surge of interest.

“I was surprised, but it seems like people were waiting for me,” Jan Oberhauser, n8n’s founder and CEO, said in an interview, who added that n8n has picked up “a lot of traction” so far.

The investment is being co-led by UK’s firstminute Capital and Sequoia, with participation also from Runa Capital, Tiny VC and System.One, as well as Kevin Hartz, co-founder of Eventbrite & Xoom, Ilkka Paananen, co-founder of Supercell, and Nan Li and Daniel Liem of Obvious Ventures (individually, not via Obvious).

Within that pretty impressive list, investment represents a significant step in particular for Sequoia, as it is the storied firm’s first seed investment in Germany amid a much bigger push into the region. The Silicon Valley VC has been quietly putting down roots in the European market over the last several months, including scouting for talent and local deals. The first hire in that process was announced this week: Luciana Lixandru, poached after years at Accel, is the firm’s first European partner, but for now this isn’t extending to raising a local fund.

“We’re not launching any funds in Europe at this time,” a source close to Sequoia told TechCrunch. “We are continuing to invest [in Europe] out of the US fund.”

There are a number of other firms, startups as well as much bigger outfits, that have identified the opportunity for making tools to help developers and others who are less technical to stitch together disparate apps. They include other startups like Zapier, RapidAPI, and Tray.io, as well as companies that have well and truly transitioned out of the startup phase of life, such as MuleSoft (acquired by Salesforce for the princely sum of $6.5 billion).

Oberhauser is well aware of all of these, because he is a developer himself who has tried them all — and found them all lacking, for a number of reasons. Either they were too pricey, or not flexible or robust enough to use in the wide variety of niche applications that he was using in his previous life in film production, or required a ton of reading of arcane documentation, or lacked the ability to scale or operate on his own company’s infrastructure rather than in the cloud. His answer was to build n8n, first for his own purposes and then to consider how it might be something that could be turned into a service for others.

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One of the unique things about n8n is that it’s not “open source” per se, but is built on a model that is somewhat akin to it that is referred to as “fair code”.

The idea here, as laid out in this essay, is to take some of the free and flexible aspects of building (and third-party developers building upon) open source, while also trying to create a model that lets the original developer of the code make money off of it — either by offering services around it (similar to the kind of integration and other work that has sprouted around open source) — or, indeed, by charging for it when the user passes a certain size, or wants to use it in a different format, such as on a SaaS model.

Oberhauser is not only a user of fair code, but has become something of a pioneering entrepreneur in the space, also helping to run a site, appropriately called Fair-Code.io to encourage more fair code developers.

“Free and sustainable; open but pragmatic; community oriented; meritocratic and fair” is how n8n describes it, although there are definitely plans for n8n to bring in monetising elements into the mix.

The current version is one that can be hosted by a user locally — which in itself is a key part of the proposition for companies to meet certain data protection compliance, or to ensure themselves against any changes that might happen with n8n over time — and that will remain free to use.

“If the company goes bust or changes policy, you are in trouble,” Oberhauser said of platforms that don’t freely share their code. “That means they can never go to insurance or government organizations, for example. And people really like and care about data privacy, and are getting like that more every day. They want to own it and change it. Developers want to have access to the the code that is underlying and extend it really easily. What we have built you can integrate and use forever.”

But n8n also plans to launch a version under a SaaS model that be charged on a typical SaaS subscription model, which is due to launch next month. “If you want to run it on our cloud, you pay a fee,” Oberhauser said.

The second way it plans to make money is through consulting, support and integration services, which will take another year likely to launch (remember the startup is only five months old).

The third area for making money will be through licensing fees for larger users (a size which it has yet to determine) but even now the service as it stands “can be deployed to 1 million people” and still be free, Oberhauser said.

Right place, right time

Oberhauser, pictured here, said his startup came to the attention of Sequoia and London firm firstminute (the London VC co-founded by Brent Hoberman, Spencer Crawley and Henry Lane-Fox that specialises in early stage investments and counts VCs like Atomico as partners) through the responses that he got to his short post on HackerNews, and then subsequent hunt on Product Hunt.

n8n had been invited to Y Combinator to be a part of its cohort but declined because Oberhauser didn’t want to relocate from Berlin, where he has a young family to help support and where he intended to found the company (joining YC would have included incorporation in Delaware, which also didn’t interest Oberhauser). In fact, he built all of n8n bootstrapped as a side hustle while working part-time at other places, such was the need for income before this seed round.

That kind of grit, combined with identifying and fixing a clear gap in the market addressing what a defined audience (in this case, developers) needs, in a scalable way, with the proof being immediate interest and take-up from said target market, seemed to make the startup a no-brainer for funding.

“As talent is becoming more scarce, every organization is looking to get more from the great people they have,” Matthew Miller, a partner at Sequoia who has also worked closely with Docker, Confluent, Tessian, and Graphcore, said in a statement. “This is driving a surge in automation solutions in every industry. We were impressed by n8n’s early adoption in the open source community and Jan’s vision to build an open and flexible solution in this space, and we’re thrilled to have n8n as our first seed investment in Germany.”

Although Sequoia has yet to set up a full-fledged outpost here, sources have told us (and there have been reports) that this is intention, with the timeline being to set it up later this year. This is with the caveat of recent events related to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, which have included a huge drop in the stock market and a major reassessment of business activities, which could materially change that course.

But more generally, having Sequoia — which has been involved some of the most high-profile startup exits of recent years, perhaps most famously Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp — operating a bigger office in Europe would represent a big vote of confidence in the region. European VC firm Atomico projected in November 2019 that there would be $35 billion of investment this year in European technology, a high water mark for the region. That represents an opportunity both in terms simply more startups but also later rounds for the biggest of these, both areas where Sequoia would want to be more active, is my guess.

Although Sequoia hasn’t announced any Europe-specific fund yet, the firm seems to currently have no shortage in raising money. It was reported last month that the VC is currently raising a fresh $1.3 billion, earmarked for Asia. And as recently as late December, it filed papers to raise $1 billion for US growth rounds and $2.4 billion for China.

Without committing (‘at this time’) to any region-specific funds, Sequoia is getting increasingly active in Europe anyway.

Even before hiring Lixandru (a hire it had been working on since last year, we understand), the firm had been making later-stage investments in Europe for years, including investments in Skyscanner (acquired by Ctrip), Wunderlist (acquired by Microsoft) and more recently Tessian.

This latest funding in n8n signals how now it is diversifying into a wider set of investment opportunities. These include not just earlier rounds like this first seed investment in Germany. But also newer technologies: for example, as part of the investor group putting $12 million into cryptocurrency wallet Argent earlier this week.

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ajayuikey · 5 years ago

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“I was surprised, but it seems like people were waiting for me,” Jan Oberhauser, n8n’s founder and CEO, said in an interview, who added that n8n has picked up “a lot of traction” so far.

The investment is being co-led by UK’s firstminute Capital and Sequoia, with participation also from Runa Capital, Obvious Ventures, Tiny VC and System.One, as well as Kevin Hartz, co-founder of Eventbrite & Xoom, and Ilkka Paananen, co-founder of Supercell.

“We’re not launching any funds in Europe at this time,” a source close to Sequoia told TechCrunch. “We are continuing to invest [in Europe] out of the US fund.”

One of the unique things about n8n is that it’s not “open source” per se, but is built on a model that is somewhat akin to it that is referred to as “fair code”.

The second way it plans to make money is through consulting, support and integration services, which will take another year likely to launch (remember the startup is only five months old).

Right place, right time

Without committing (‘at this time’) to any region-specific funds, Sequoia is getting increasingly active in Europe anyway.

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dizzedcom · 5 years ago

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“I was surprised, but it seems like people were waiting for me,” Jan Oberhauser, n8n’s founder and CEO, said in an interview, who added that n8n has picked up “a lot of traction” so far.

“We’re not launching any funds in Europe at this time,” a source close to Sequoia told TechCrunch. “We are continuing to invest [in Europe] out of the US fund.”

One of the unique things about n8n is that it’s not “open source” per se, but is built on a model that is somewhat akin to it that is referred to as “fair code”.

The second way it plans to make money is through consulting, support and integration services, which will take another year likely to launch (remember the startup is only five months old).

Right place, right time

Without committing (‘at this time’) to any region-specific funds, Sequoia is getting increasingly active in Europe anyway.

n8n, a ‘fair code’ workflow automation platform, raises seed from Sequoia as VC firm steps up in Europe When concerns about the novel coronavirus — and subsequent changes in activity — are not bringing productivity to a halt (and perhaps especially in times of needing to be as efficient as possible), one of the bigger IT trends has been a push to streamline how people work by creating better integrations between the different apps that they use.

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magzoso-tech · 5 years ago

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n8n, a ‘fair code’ workflow automation platform, raises seed from Sequoia as VC firm steps up in Europe

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n8n, a ‘fair code’ workflow automation platform, raises seed from Sequoia as VC firm steps up in Europe

“I was surprised, but it seems like people were waiting for me,” Jan Oberhauser, n8n’s founder and CEO, said in an interview, who added that n8n has picked up “a lot of traction” so far.

“We’re not launching any funds in Europe at this time,” a source close to Sequoia told TechCrunch. “We are continuing to invest [in Europe] out of the US fund.”

One of the unique things about n8n is that it’s not “open source” per se, but is built on a model that is somewhat akin to it that is referred to as “fair code”.

The second way it plans to make money is through consulting, support and integration services, which will take another year likely to launch (remember the startup is only five months old).

Right place, right time

Without committing (‘at this time’) to any region-specific funds, Sequoia is getting increasingly active in Europe anyway.

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techittech-blog · 7 years ago

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Manufactured telephone intense: "Rough" means more than a decent case Given the decision, it's straightforward why somebody would pick an iPhone 4S …

As I support my glass-upheld iPhone—deliberately mindful of how delicate these things are when dropped—Darren Wilson coolly discloses to me how his telephone "just truly fell 20 feet."

Obviously, I need to make certain that I didn't misconstrue. He really implied an irrelevant stature of two feet rather, isn't that so? Be that as it may, Wilson affirms what I had dreaded: Twenty feet. Like it was no major ordeal. I grip my iPhone only a tad bit all the more firmly.

Wilson functions as a pipe fitter for Siemens, in the Canadian arm of the German innovation combination. His telephone is a Motorola ES400, an old Windows portable handset, and it isn't precisely what you'd call thin. With the standard battery, it gauges 0.67 inches. It increments to a thick 0.85 creeps with an expanded cell.

The ES400 is a rough telephone, worked to withstand everything from tidy to drops and inadvertent submersion. It's the kind of gadget that can be utilized outside for augmented timeframes, and can be pushed well past the working furthest reaches of most different telephones.

Not that Mr. Wilson has a decision of different telephones, obviously. Siemens has custom programming for preparing work requests and solicitations, monitoring stock and submitting timesheets. Everything keeps running on Microsoft's heritage Windows Mobile framework. More terrible still, the maturing OS hasn't seen any huge updates since 2010. In innovation years, that is for all intents and purposes a lifetime.

Be that as it may, outside of the endeavor—in littler organizations and firms where inheritance stages and programming are more uncommon—it's an alternate story. Solid temporary workers, development specialists and field experts are evidently exchanging their customary rough telephones for normal customer gadgets. In the place of an ES400, envision an iPhone 4S, encased in a ruggedized case.From a specialized stance, given the decision, it's straightforward why somebody would pick an iPhone 4S over an old Windows gadget. Rick Yelton, editorial manager everywhere with development media organization Hanley Wood, revealed to me that, to the extent elements are concerned, it's hard for customary makers in the rough telephone industry to contend.

"Why aren't they in vogue? Since they don't change the innovation sufficiently quick," Mr. Yelton said.

In any case, there are tradeoffs to be had as littler business pick more present day gadgets as well—and being tough still means more than having a decent case.

Rough rankings

While it's anything but difficult to claim that a gadget is ruggedized, there are really industry details to demonstrate it. One is an Ingress Protection rating (IP). This is a measure of a gadget's capacity to repulse shifting degrees of tidy and additionally water from entering a gadget.

Mr. Wilson's ES400, for instance, meets IP42 fixing necessities. The main number—the gadget's remote body positioning, on a size of 0 to 6—shows its capacity to counteract clean, particles, or different articles from entering the walled in area. For this situation, a rank of four means the gadget is secured against granular particles down to 1mm in size. It's not until a gadget is given a positioning of five that it is considered clean secured, with six demonstrating a gadget is tidy confirmation.

The second number—a gadget's water insurance positioning—has a marginally bigger scale, from zero to eight. A gadget is not viewed as sheltered from drenching until it accomplishes a positioning of seven, and, after its all said and done, just for a transitory timeframe at restricted profundities. The most elevated positioning of eight demonstrates more lasting submersion, frequently while under weight—however this also can contrast from gadget to gadget. A two, be that as it may, as found on the ES400, just demonstrates the capacity to oppose light precipitation or showers.

A few makers will likewise subject their gadgets to US Military Standard 810G details for drop and effect resistance. For instance, Sonim rates its present line of tough telephones as fit for withstanding 6.5 feet drops onto exposed cement, however this can fluctuate among producers.

The Defender

Converse with anybody in the field with a tough telephone case, and they'll typically reference the Defender. This is Otterbox's leader insurance line for iPhones, BlackBerrys and horde different gadgets, and in light of current circumstances. The organization likes to show the Defender at occasions by calmly tossing it on the floor, and touts the item as offering "aggregate security for the development industry."The issue—in the event that you can call it that—will be that the Defender arrangement doesn't effectively enhance a gadget's IP or Military Standard determinations. As it were, "you truly need to outline the PDA from the base up to accomplish this appropriately," says Liverpool-based Rugged and Mobile, an equipment administrations organization for rough gadgets. Rather, they allude to a case's capacity to expand the solidness of a telephone, instead of its roughness.

The Otterbox site mentions that its Defender line "gives included assurance against knock, stun, drop, and clean interruption," however it's vague how this extra security is measured. No place on the site is there say of IP or Military Specification tests, and the organization still can't seem to react with illumination viewing its testing strategies as of this article.

In any case, regardless of the possibility that the Otterbox isn't tough in the customary sense, individuals in the business are as yet anxious to perceive how it thinks about. Brandon Wright, for instance, works at an organization called Data Drill, which gives correspondence hardware—including rough Motorola and Samsung highlight telephones—to oil and gas organizations working in Alberta, Canada. He says his organization as of late conveyed their first iPhone with one of his field specialists, outfitted with an Otterbox Defender case.

Shaun Hollinshead, a driver with North American transportation benefit Contrans Flatbed Group, likewise claims a Defender-clad iPhone. It supplanted his comparatively secured BlackBerry gadget. Both have survived falls unscathed.

Be that as it may, Hollinshead isn't exactly so beyond any doubt it can contrast with his old tough telephone, a push-to-talk (iDEN) handset on Canada's MiKE cell organize.

"I dropped that thing twice from 35 feet, no issue," he says. "It simply hit the ground. The battery turned out, you hammered it back together, and the thing worked."

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