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Originally Posted by harryE123
they didn't kill it, it was vapourware to begin with just to get the pc crowd excited for something that wasn't there to begin with, when apple was shipping the ipad. Plus it was a crap backward device to begin with. Microsoft hasn't managed to design a decent interface or os for a smart phone, and they've been at it for decades, do you really expect them to deliver the paradigm shift to e-readers? Shhhhh....
Two screens is not the issue for academia, this is the wrong paradigm. The device should have a good screen size to cater for an a4 format, and be fast and responsive enough. It should also incorporate some innovation to cater for the lack of being able to physically browse through a paper, and for references, stacks of documents etc. etc. Two screens is just an anachronism that might look good on paper but won't be any more functional than just one. And obviously one can have two tablet format readers and use them as too screens.
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Originally Posted by harryE123
Why would you get a tablet with windows 7, when there's the ipad? I won't go into the obvious points in terms of windows 7 that I made in another thread, but don't you realise this os isn't for arm cpus and arm cpus are the only viable option in terms of a tablet with decent battery, screen quality, responsiveness, heat, etc. etc.? You are an engineer, you should know all that. At least go with android in a few months, or wait for hp to take advantage of palm's ip and develop and web os tablet. Windows 7 is not a mobile os, it's not a touch os, and it's not a tablet os. It's an os for desktops and all the Palaeolithic tablets from the early 00s.
Even hp being one of the no. 1 clients of ms managed to embarrass them by cancelling the windows tablet that Balmer demonstrated in ces (what a parody) and buying palm to get on the right side of the fence for the future.
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Do yourself a favor and research what has been dicussed for the upmteenth time here on MR. What you will find are reasonable people who don't speak in terms of absolutes. I doubt you are trolling with your IpAd is all powerful comment and your blantant anti-MS comments on your last comment. Then again...
People here have mostly been at this game for decades using every device around. We each know what we want and discussions have shown there is a fairly high degree of interest in a large format (and medium format) dual screen device. If you read the final paragraph of my first comment here you will see what my idea preferences are...and those are pretty much set in stone if I am around to see one in the next year or month, just dunno.
As for the dual screen being the "wrong paradigm"
that has been asked and answered many times...the answer is yes and no. Also until these devices are out there nobody has any idea what format will work the best...
But let's not turn this into a nastygram thread...do some reading...becasue every "point" you think you are making is not going to work for a not insignificant number of people.