Hi RockdaMan,
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Originally Posted by RockdaMan
Please define serious and success.
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I would define it as a serious device because it has the capabilities and battery life that make it very useful for students, engineers and anyone else who uses handwritten notes and sketches extensively throughout their work day. The EeeNote is also not designed to be a video chat, game platform, YouTube browsing time waster. As the name implies, it was designed to be a digital notepad to be used for education and work.
It also has a price point which could place it in the hands of thousands of notoriously poor students. The low price could also attract office workers who may be on the fence about a tablet with similar capabilities, but can't justify the $800 on a pen capable Android or Win7 tablet.
The definition of "success" is harder to pin down, but the fact that all of the Taiwanese retailers appear to be sold out until March leads me to believe that ASUS probably considers it successful already. I certainly feel that I bought a product that I can use every day for years, so that feels like a success to me.
While I don't agree with the originally posted article's claim that the device is a "serious threat to everything" I do think that ASUS has found a niche for the EeeNote that doesn't currently exist. There is no other product on the market built specifically around pen input and has the battery life to last me through a full work day.
pb