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HansTWN · 02-07-2011, 03:20 AM

Actually, hardware has just caught up to allow full OS's in small packages. The Asus EP121 is the first example. A really powerful computer that in tablet form. Sure, the battery life is only 3-5 hours, but this a Windows 7 system. With the Sandy Bridge processor you could get 6-8 hours out of it. Meaning we will finally tablets without compromises. Great for work and great for entertainment. I would rather buy something like that, that can function as a real laptop replacement and is a much better media device than Android or IOS can ever be. I have enough devices as it is.

So the tablet factor will live on, but those giant "phoneless" phones of today will be like the PDA's of old --- destined to die out when better hardware for real computers becomes cheap enough.

02-07-2011, 03:20 AM	#66
HansTWN Wizard Posts: 4,538 Karma: 264065402 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Taiwan Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD	Actually, hardware has just caught up to allow full OS's in small packages. The Asus EP121 is the first example. A really powerful computer that in tablet form. Sure, the battery life is only 3-5 hours, but this a Windows 7 system. With the Sandy Bridge processor you could get 6-8 hours out of it. Meaning we will finally tablets without compromises. Great for work and great for entertainment. I would rather buy something like that, that can function as a real laptop replacement and is a much better media device than Android or IOS can ever be. I have enough devices as it is. So the tablet factor will live on, but those giant "phoneless" phones of today will be like the PDA's of old --- destined to die out when better hardware for real computers becomes cheap enough.