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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
The eee is a much smaller device, with a keyboard that is usable but probably unsuited for touch typists. ______
Dennis
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I agree partly. I wasn't actually thinking about alphasmart's 'writer' market being under threat, but rather the education market (and my understanding is that this is the backbone of their business). I've had a play on the eee, and I adjusted to touch typing on it pretty quickly. My hands are quite small. Reckon that kids at primary level (around K-6) might have similarly small hands, although kids do seem to be getting bigger and bigger these days
I don't think that the eee will be the device that replaces alphasmart in the education sector, but I do think that its appearance at around the same time as the OLPC thing is an indicator that alphasmart could be up for some competition in the not too distant future.
No comment on where that leaves alphasmart's writer market.