The Tablet Thread (3 Viewers)

[.zero]

But if the functionalities of a laptop can me emulated by a tab then it would definitely mark the end of the laptop. Or at least I would assume

 

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[Bozi]

2 words

DISK

DRIVE

 

[.zero]

I would prefer peripherals

 

[Bozi]

most people wouldn't want the hassle of having to attach an external disk drive to burn media though

 

[.zero]

But then again most people are technologically incompetent

 

[Bozi]

yup,i actually had a woman at work asking me how she could get data from a disk to another disk

i explained how easy to do it was and she looked at me completey lost

 

[.zero]

What a stupid bitch

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I'm quite happy that I work in a company like this. They at least hire technically competent people.

 

[Bozi]

best of it is she said "its NTSC (American format) so i can't look at the pictures on my DVD"

i asked "can you see it on your PC?"

"yes,thats the only way i can see them"


so she knew she had to watch it on the PC but never had the lateral thinking to realise she could copy the pictures to her PC and then transfer them to...well..pretty much anything she wanted

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

We know what NTSC is, Boz!

 

[Bozi]

aye...but she felt the need to explain that to ME


you know,to show that she knew what she was talking about

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

aye...but she felt the need to explain that to ME


you know,to show that she knew what she was talking about

Dumb bitch!

 

[.zero]

aye...but she felt the need to explain that to ME


you know,to show that she knew what she was talking about

 

[C4ISR]

As a couch surfer to browse the net or check email. or for media and/or games while in bed, on the train/plane, etc, it serves its purpose. Swag was right on the money when he said they are geared towards consumption rather than creation, and for that reason (amongst others), I am still holding off.

The ipad 2 is the only truly polished tablet atm, and it comes with a slew of tradeoffs (no flash, no microsd, no hdmi or usb unless you pay for a ridiciolously overpiced cable, and itunes).

The competition differ only on screen quality, ports and price, as the core experience will be more or less similar since they are all powered by tegra 2 and run honeycomb. RIM has taken a different direction with QNX and the OMAP 4430, but like the honeycomb tablets, is still a software update from living up to it's true potential in terms of functionality.

If I had to choose 1 right now, I would get a nook colour. It does all the basics for half the price, supports flash, and if apps are your thing, last time I checked it has access to them without rooting it.

I'm still holding off, at least until tegra 3, since I feel the price is still to high for what you get.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

There's also the HP TouchPad running WebOS.

 

[icemaη]

WebOS seems to have some rave reviews on phones. Not sure how it works on Tablets.

 

[Zé Tahir]

I had to type an email on an iPad today, albeit a small one but it was still a bitch. It was awkward typing on it and the most annoying thing is that it doesn't have a mouse wheel or arrows to move the cursor and it doesn't always respond to tapping ahead or behind a word.

 

[icemaη]

Swype would help a bit on that front.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

 

[Gian]

Motorola Xoom needs to be called in this thread. One of the finest that I've seen 'till now.

Tablets are too pricy for me, rather have a kick-ass smartphone