09-28-2010, 03:55 AM | #16 |
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For office, reading and academic use I think you need four things to happen before you could consider tablets would replace most paper usage;
- longer time between recharging (better batteries or lower power devices) - large format slates (A5 and A4) - colour - handwriting, drawing capture eReaders tend to focus on 1 while Touch pads like the iPad address 2 and 3. Tablet PC's address 2, 3 and 4. I have used a Tablet PC and a Sony Reader to avoid using paper for reading and office applications since 2006. I don't expect a single device to address all these issues anytime soon and plan on getting an A5 reader and an A4 Tablet PC/Slate this/next year. I don't plan on getting iPad since it is not a good enough note taking solution, simply duplicates the web browsing/media playing I have on my Tablet PC/phone and is not well suited to an Enterprise IT environment. In any case Jobs has pronounced that stylus will not be supported so that rules out the iPad for me for the foreeable future. I wonder what rationale the Saskatchewan government is using to justify acquiring lots of iPads that they didn't apply in the last couple of years when office tablet solutions were already available... |
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Could it be the speed and usability? Or the apps available for it? Or the 10+ hours usage time? Or the 9,7"4:3-ratio IPS screen? instant on? Or maybe the combination of all these reasons? Don't know, don't care. I just knows it works better than my old tablet. |
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09-28-2010, 07:33 AM | #19 | |
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I also remember discussing how doing away with cash would change our society. I honestly, when I was young, thought we would have done away with cash by now. Last time I checked, I still had cash in my pocket. Please don't tell Washington. No, tablet computers will not replace paper. I have carried 3x5 index cards in my shirt pocket for years to make short notes to myself. I've tried a variety of electronic replacements and have found nothing that comes close to the convenience and usability. Most days I have occasion to either give a card to someone else and loan them a pen so they can make a note or I make a note and give it to someone else. I wouldn't do that with any electronic device. Sometimes I draw a map on my 3x5 index card. |
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09-28-2010, 08:22 AM | #20 |
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Its ALL going to replace paper.
Eink readers, TFT readers, ipads, and other cool devices which we have not even seen yet. The sky is the limit! Each of them is going to take a bite out of paper. And the effect is cumulative. |
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And as our environment tightens up, and we realize how much we need to preserve trees and avoid landfilling and burning, we'll see that we already have an excellent alternative to environmental degradation... some will be forced to change to help preserve our planet. And then everyone else will feel the pressure--"Why aren't you helping to save your planet? Hmm?" --and more will change. Unfortunately, the conservative and romantic urges of paper-lovers will eventually be relegated to using what paper is left to send out expensive party invitations, and wipe their backsides. Paper will become too precious to do anything else with it. |
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Steve, you mentioned white boards earlier... and I agree they are great, but they have their limitations. The first is that while many offices have them, many of the other places that business gets done (Like say the local diner) do not have them. Further, they don't even approach being a permanent record. In some respects, the napkin in the diner has advantages over the white board. Quote:
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When was the last time that you have received good, old, handwritten, "snail-mail" letter? Or written one? The similar logic is applied to our day-to-day work. These days, practically nobody is rushing to print stuff before the deadline... because we do not send paper documents any more. More and more, the "final" version of the document is its electronic version. It is up to the consumer to print it, if he wants to do so. The pressure on paper as a medium lies in its inadequacy to serve as a "permanent record". Paper slips for credit card transactions... is it PRACTICAL to keep them all? Even when we want to keep the "paper trail", more and more we need to aggregate the important data and commit to paper just the essential stuff. There is nothing wrong with the paper as medium... as long as you ignore how much of that stuff ends up in your shelves, on your tables or elsewhere in your vicinity. And how annoyed I get when I have to browse through a (dusty, always dusty) pile of "important stuff" that seemed worthy of printing some time ago... and now has to go to shredder first, then to recycle bin. |
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09-28-2010, 01:32 PM | #27 |
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Isn't there a big environmental impact from all these electronic devices? Surely the batteries alone would make James Lovelock have an apoplectic fit? Have any studies been done comparing the relative environmental impact of (presumably recycled/recyclable) paper versus electronic replacements?
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09-28-2010, 01:37 PM | #28 |
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Further, electronic devices are capable of being almost wholly recycled (though, in many cases, this is still not being done), so have a greater potential usage lifetime than comparable amounts of paper (which, as I said, can only be recycled 2-3 times before being rendered useless pulp matter). As devices become more energy efficient and adept at replacing more paper products (including even more environmentally-damaging glossy magazine content), the advantage becomes even more clear. Here's a page that discusses it further, and provides a link to an excellent study (tho a bit old now) on the issue. |
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Once your notes are in the pen you can save them to PDF files. You can also capture audio that is occurring when you jot something down, and play it back from that point. The audio/image link doesn't work with PDFs though; you need the LiveScribe image format and software to do that. If you buy an additional software package, it will also OCR your notes and output a TXT file. Since I haven't bought the software, I don't know how well that works. |
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