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Originally Posted by HansTWN
But now, as the Surface Pro shows, hardware has caught up and devices are capable of running full Windows. Which means mobile OSs will mostly be for bargain hunters and those who haven't seen Windows 8 on a tablet and still think Windows is "too complex". Windows 8 has borrowed a lot from WebOS, I would say.
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I think there will be space for both, tablets with mobile OS and Win tablets. I have the Samsung Ativ 700t, and while I enjoy full Windows on a 11 inch tablet, you can still tell that it is not as fully touch optimized and easy to use as the iPad, thefore, I use both: the iPad for surfing, quick look-ups, email, social media, etc, and the Ativ for things the iPad cannot do, like file downloads/transfers/conversion and image editing.
The Ativ is heavier, slower to boot, requires too many swipes before I can get to where I need to be, while with the iPad, I open the cover. Mobile OS tablet batteries last a full day of constant use and don't get warm, while full Win tablets have half the battery life in the best case scenario, and do get a bit warm. Right now, I still think I'll upgrade my iPad 3 to the next version, unless there won't be any major changes to it, of course.