Smart technology aims to help iCops. This should be interesting!

**Kermit250** · 14th February 2013, 12:54

Originally Posted by willytheekid

...I certainly hope the popos enjoy the new tech, and it works out for them...end of the day, it keeps techy nerds like me employed!

+1000, it's keeping me employed

**Banditbandit** · 14th February 2013, 12:59

Originally Posted by Kermit250

Everyone is always raving on that they should be doing some "real work" and catching the "real crims". Perhaps this will help towards doing a bit more that eh?

Wot ?? Now they can catch crims on the interdweb ??

Originally Posted by willytheekid

Nice!

...I certainly hope the popos enjoy the new tech, and it works out for them...end of the day, it keeps techy nerds like me employed!

I certainly hope the Smart technology is within the capablities of our dumb cops ..

**mashman** · 14th February 2013, 13:03

How are they going to carry them? Wonder if the street kids will start removing them from the officers?

**Banditbandit** · 14th February 2013, 13:14

Originally Posted by mashman

How are they going to carry them? Wonder if the street kids will start removing them from the officers?

No point - the boys in blue can remotely wipe them ... I suppose the kids get an ipad - but then they have to load everything ..

**mashman** · 14th February 2013, 13:18

Originally Posted by Banditbandit

No point - the boys in blue can remotely wipe them ... I suppose the kids get an ipad - but then they have to load everything ..

I read that and it was more the getting of the iCrap that was concerning. Which is kinda why I was wondering how they were going to carry those 10.x inch devices. Hopefully they don't fall out of the pockets whilst running

**Kermit250** · 14th February 2013, 16:43

Looks like they only spoke to the media about the iStuff. Appears that lots of different devices and platforms will be used.

Wow that blows my argument out of the water. Good luck to the people that have to manage that sort of fragmentation.

**SMOKEU** · 14th February 2013, 17:06

Originally Posted by willytheekid

mind you, Apple does do a great job making technology usable for all (Nice simple layout etc...yes...thats a nice way of saying even techno retards can use them...not a cheap shot!, thats the beauty of apple products, its usable technology for ALL)

If someone is too stupid to use a typical Android product, then they shouldn't be using this sort of technology at all.

**Gremlin** · 14th February 2013, 21:17

Originally Posted by Kermit250

Wow that blows my argument out of the water. Good luck to the people that have to manage that sort of fragmentation.

When you're deploying that many devices the obvious choice is some MDM platform... that said, I know a few cops/detectives, and it's a continual fight between getting what you need and trying to get away with the cheapest solution...

Glad I ain't managing that...

**Kermit250** · 15th February 2013, 06:16

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

If someone is too stupid to use a typical Android product, then they shouldn't be using this sort of technology at all.

Yep that kind if attitude will take you really far. If people can't work out how to use technology that is designed for them, then that technology has failed.

All tech is useless if it won't be used. Apple understand this, Google understand this and they are both still working very hard to enable the masses to use their products with ease.

**Kermit250** · 15th February 2013, 06:18

Originally Posted by Gremlin

When you're deploying that many devices the obvious choice is some MDM platform... that said, I know a few cops/detectives, and it's a continual fight between getting what you need and trying to get away with the cheapest solution...

Glad I ain't managing that...

Yep all I was thinking is that everyone chooses what they get, nobody will agree and management will proclaim it a fantastic success then find a scapegoat and move onto the next best thing.

Hopefully it will be a well organised setup that actually works for them.

**SMOKEU** · 15th February 2013, 06:28

Originally Posted by Kermit250

Yep that kind if attitude will take you really far. If people can't work out how to use technology that is designed for them, then that technology has failed.

All tech is useless if it won't be used. Apple understand this, Google understand this and they are both still working very hard to enable the masses to use their products with ease.

You can't fix stupidity. Technology can only be "dumbed down" to a certain point before it starts to lose functionality (just look at Apple). If the end users don't wish to spend a few minutes learning the basics of an unfamiliar OS, or to do a quick online search for things that they are unsure about, or if they are simply too stupid to do the basics then they should simply not use that product at all. The first time I ever used Android I was slightly overwhelmed, but within about 5 minutes I managed to figure out the majority of it and I could easily use the OS. It's not that difficult, and just about any retard can tap the screen and click on icons.

Also, most Android devices are self explanatory to do the majority of simple tasks. Push the "back" button to go back, push the phone symbol to make a phone call etc. How difficult is that for a non brain-dead moron? This is nothing more than more brainwashing by Apple to lure unsuspecting fools into paying significantly more than they need to. The police complain that they are understaffed and under-resourced, so why not buy an Android product for half the price that achieves the same thing?

Have you ever wondered why it takes more than a few minutes for a n00b to become a sysadmin with Windows Server software, for example? Powerful software has to have a certain amount of complexity to it, otherwise it's no longer powerful.

**Scuba_Steve** · 15th February 2013, 07:26

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

You can't fix stupidity. ....

Apparently right. You're anti-Apple (through ignorance like most) & suspect always will be. There is so much wrong in your post it's pointless trying to learn you. End of day your anti-Apple stance is only your loss really

**Zedder** · 15th February 2013, 07:34

Originally Posted by Scuba_Steve

Apparently right. You're anti-Apple (through ignorance like most) & suspect always will be. There is so much wrong in your post it's pointless trying to learn you. End of day your anti-Apple stance is only your loss really

Anti-Apple? I got the impression he was anti-everything...

**oneofsix** · 15th February 2013, 07:49

Originally Posted by Zedder

Anti-Apple? I got the impression he was anti-everything...

Everything? I thought it was everybody, especially users that don't want to be sysadmins. Also seems to think complexity denote power rather than refusal to look at their original cock-ups honestly.