View Single Post
Old 11-06-2011, 04:01 PM   #27
emilikins
Short One in the Stacks
emilikins can program the VCR without an owner's manual.emilikins can program the VCR without an owner's manual.emilikins can program the VCR without an owner's manual.emilikins can program the VCR without an owner's manual.emilikins can program the VCR without an owner's manual.emilikins can program the VCR without an owner's manual.emilikins can program the VCR without an owner's manual.emilikins can program the VCR without an owner's manual.emilikins can program the VCR without an owner's manual.emilikins can program the VCR without an owner's manual.emilikins can program the VCR without an owner's manual.
 
emilikins's Avatar
 
Posts: 142
Karma: 198348
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Midwest
Device: HTC Flyer; Kobo WiFi
If you look around the forums here, you'll notice many MR users have multiple e-readers or combinations of e-readers, tablets, smartphones, etc., and I'm sure nearly all of us have a laptop or desktop of some sort to go along with the mix. We live in a spoiled age!

I have a Galaxy 10.1 for roving reference at work, and I've discovered that I love e-reading on it (as compared to my dead and gone Coby) with the better screen resolution, as well as doing games and web browsing. I like checking my email on it and reading Google Reader, but I don't like writing email or doing blog posts on it. It is definitely a consumption device in my off hours (more inclined to grab it than my laptop), but it's a service device at work (I don't need to be at the reference desk to help you,).

Personally, I will purchase a 7-inch tablet for e-reading, video and web viewing, and some games (scrabble, boggle, solitaire, etc.). It's hard to argue that size as a productive device. It must have a high screen resolution for e-reading, I've discovered. My Borders closeout Kobo Wifi will be my gym e-reader - I don't want to be sweaty and touching the screen, and I can justify this luxury at the closeout price :-)

I agree, laptops and desktops are better at most productivity usage than tablets of whatever size. That's most. And so what? Nothing has to replace the other. We're at a gadget buffet with many options to fit different budgets. If someone wants to have a heard of expensive toys, that's fine. If someone wants a 7-inch tablet so they can e-reading and do web stuff without carrying another device around, more power to them.

I don't think we're going to see a whole market trend down to Fire and NC-like tablets. There will certainly be a defined split in the market between "whole" tablets and dedicated use tablets, and frankly, I would rather see this fork than "this is all we've got, so deal."
emilikins is offline   Reply With Quote