2010-01-31, 13:46 | Link #41 |
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I don't care how flashy a slate/tablet/touchscreen PC is, it'll never interest me. The only reason I even care about the Notion Ink Adam is because it's basically a super e-reader. I wish Notion Ink would make the Adam into a smartbook instead of a slate. Holy doodoo that'd be awesome.
The bottom line: I require a physical keyboard. It is literally impossible to touch-type on something like the iPad. I don't even like smartphones without actual buttons (Droid > iPhone, any day, any time) and I sure as hell don't like MP3 players without controls I can use blindly (in a pocket). And don't talk about haptic feedback and smart word-fill algorithms, either. Show me a slate with a virtual keyboard you can type on at 70+ WPM with a 2% or lower error rate, and then we'll talk. Note: Obviously I'm not the intended audience for an iPad. I'm a power user. I never simply consume media. I am always also creating it. Edit: I still think if the iPad could multitask, had used a Pixel Qi display, bundled the keyboard dock at no extra cost and situated the dock connector so the keyboard could dock with the device in landscape mode, it'd be a lot less stupid. (But still unusable for me due to video playback restrictions).
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2010-02-03, 22:27 | Link #43 | |
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2010-02-04, 01:12 | Link #44 |
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Personally I prefer actual books, but I'm so tired of losing books every time I move or a financial crisis arises in my life. I lost hundreds of books when I was evicted from my apartment... I have a single book to my name.
An e-reader would make carrying hundreds of books rather easy on the shoulders.
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2010-02-04, 22:01 | Link #46 |
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It will be just like having an iPhone for me. I don't even use half the applications it comes with except for communication and music.
Then again, I'm one those many people who think it will be basically useless to have, but will most likely buy it the moment I save enough money on the side for it.
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2010-02-05, 04:55 | Link #52 |
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I find the "doesn't multi-task" a serious show stopper. I assume that means I can't have a browser, email client, and IM up at the same time... hell, even some of the smartphones multi-task.
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2010-02-05, 12:56 | Link #54 | |
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I don't see the lack of multitasking a show stopper. I have used Windows Mobile 6 before which had multitasking, but when I multitask, the OS or the device gets slower and slower, mainly because Windows Mobile is a piece of crap. Perhaps they are saving multitasking for iPhone OS 4.0. I rarely multitask any of the appstore apps except the IRC client.
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2010-02-05, 13:36 | Link #55 |
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I guess that's my murkiness here.... I know the iPhone can take a call, play music, and browse the net (as can several other smartphones). So its a simple question: can the iPad browse the net, have an email client up, be downloading a file (whatever protocol), and be playing some music?
and yeah... Win Mobile is and has been utter crap since day one. I keep thinking of pre-NT Windows and its pretend-taskswapping coding. I work very hard to avoid it.... sad thing is the competing smartphone OSs are starting to bog-bloat in their own ways.
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2010-02-05, 14:50 | Link #56 | |
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Don't get me wrong, thats the same reason I would not need or want one. But I, or other PC enthusiasts, am not the market for this new device.
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2010-02-05, 18:01 | Link #58 | |
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The iPad was designed for and will be marketed to idiots with no computer knowledge. *dons negrep-proof underpants* This is 2010. Computers are used for virtually everything and it's only going to increase from here. If you are computer illiterate, you are dumb and your lack of knowledge is seriously hindering you in this information age. Not knowing how to use a computer in the 21st century is like not knowing how to read. Fortunately for Apple, these people still exist, though... they'll sell a ton of them.
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2010-02-05, 18:02 | Link #59 | |
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UMPCs like the OQO and Sony's UMPC downsized these Tablet PCs to make them more touch friendly, but they were still expensive and still clunky and still a big failure. The problem why the Tablet PC was doomed because of the user experience with the device. Tablet PCs are too clunky for many users which is why they are still a niche product. iPad will spur competition for Android based Tablets since they use a touch friendly OS, but I see Android as a better platform if people wants more freedom, except the usual privacy issues. Heck, there are already Android tablets out there already, so yeah. The problem is, the iPad is not meant to be a computer or laptop replacement. If you need more power, you obviously going to go for a laptop.
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