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Old 06-20-2012, 06:18 PM   #76
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Originally Posted by teh603 View Post
It really pains me to say this, but MS is actually going in a direction that tablets should go, but haven't- being full desktop replacements. The only one I'm aware of that comes anywhere close is the EEE Transformer by Asus, and even that has its limits because Android doesn't have a printing stack and thus has to rely on Google's cloud printing.

Now if only someone could light a fire under Red Flag's butt and get a viable Linux-based alternative going...
Not the same but if you have an HP Printer you can use the ePrint App that handles most of the common file formats. For the formats it does not handle you can use your ePrint account and print via the web.
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Now if only someone could light a fire under Red Flag's butt and get a viable Linux-based alternative going...
What's "Red Flag"?

I'm not very excited about the whole Surface tablet, I find having an OS that runs desktop apps and tablet apps to be very klugy. It reminds me of BlackBerry's attempt to bring their trackpad/keyboard OS to a touch screen device. It worked okay but it was kluge and had a lot of compatibility issues.


Personally I find Ubuntu for Android much more exciting (link...)

I would love to see that setup with Asus PadPhone.

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