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boswd · 06-09-2011, 05:33 PM

Sure the iPad 2 and the Samsung are super thin and yes we want the thinnest right? but if you stop and think about real life wants and needs out of your tablet and how we will use them, is the thinness worth some of the tradoffs?

A very possible real life situation: you're on vacation in Alaska, you are taking a ton of pictures, and videos now one has an Ipad 2 the other has an Asus Transformer. Now one is a bit thinner but the other you can take your card and instantly pop it into your tablet and start uploading and have all your photos ready to be viewed, edit and shown. while the iPad 2 or Samsung you have to wait to get all your tongle and other propritary setups ready.

I mean this isn't some obscure techie needs Having some extra features at the cost of a slight bump in thickness is much more beneficial in real life situations and even more so for the non techie people.

or just running your tablet directly into a television without having to pull out the bundle or even if you are smart enough to remember to bring your hdmi bundle with you.

So yes the knee jerk reaction is wow it's thinner, must have, must be better. But if stop to think for a minute and ask why is this a bit thicker and are those reason a better tradeoff, I think most would say yes.

06-09-2011, 05:33 PM	#78
boswd Banned Posts: 2,391 Karma: 1001781 Join Date: May 2010 Device: The Nook, Nook color and Droid X	Sure the iPad 2 and the Samsung are super thin and yes we want the thinnest right? but if you stop and think about real life wants and needs out of your tablet and how we will use them, is the thinness worth some of the tradoffs? A very possible real life situation: you're on vacation in Alaska, you are taking a ton of pictures, and videos now one has an Ipad 2 the other has an Asus Transformer. Now one is a bit thinner but the other you can take your card and instantly pop it into your tablet and start uploading and have all your photos ready to be viewed, edit and shown. while the iPad 2 or Samsung you have to wait to get all your tongle and other propritary setups ready. I mean this isn't some obscure techie needs Having some extra features at the cost of a slight bump in thickness is much more beneficial in real life situations and even more so for the non techie people. or just running your tablet directly into a television without having to pull out the bundle or even if you are smart enough to remember to bring your hdmi bundle with you. So yes the knee jerk reaction is wow it's thinner, must have, must be better. But if stop to think for a minute and ask why is this a bit thicker and are those reason a better tradeoff, I think most would say yes.