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Originally Posted by CyGuy
"...yet another laptop/tablet running Windows.." would be great. Their VAIO netbooks would be a great base for a tablet in my opinion. Ditch the keyboard and mouse, integrate the screen, and add multi-touch.
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plenty of tablets out there to choose from now without a keyboard and mouse and a touch screen. what makes you think sony is going to make hardware that is any better? ok. might be thinner and more expensive. but i wouldn't look for any huge innovations.
the thing to remember here is it's the
software that will make or break a tablet. pen/finger input needs to be easily accepted into all aspects of the operating system
and applications. that is what has held windows tablets back for years. funny the
NYT article that just came out which even documents how groups within microsoft were against tablets and sabotaged efforts.
sony, toshiba, samsung, etc, they can make amazing tablet hardware, but none of them write the operating system. so until microsoft can get their act together (and they're trying, supposedly) no one is going to be able to pull this off other than apple.
no don't point at linux, their efforts, while very well appreciated, are far behind microsoft's.