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Originally Posted by HarryT
Yes, I meant the physical keyboard. I know I could use a larger Bluetooth keyboard, but that then rather defeats the idea of a small, highly-portable device.
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There are a ton of covers with built-in builtooth keyboard no. So it's still portable. A keyboard does not need to be as thick as a laptop. It needs to be as thick as a cover.
A cover/case dealy with keyboard is still portable and provides REAL input capabilities, so the tablet is not "just a consumption device".
And I'll agree with mgmueller that the 8" range of tablets are PERFECT. 7" is hardly any bigger than a phone. The Samsung Mega looks nearly the same as all the 7" tablets I've seen. And the 10" tablets are *way* too big, heavy, awkward. Not sure about 9", but I really don't think it can get much better than 8" for me. Now.... how would a cover/case with built-in keyboard work on an 8" tablet? I have no idea, but I'm sure I could manage.
I will disagree with mgmueller that Windows 8 Surface tablets would provide a better experience than the Samsung Note 8.0, however. And I do think it'd be worth his time to try one out. But ya know... to each his own. He said he uses the Surface tablet for mostly the same thing he uses on his Android tablets. But he wants an 8" tablet with a wacom pen? Umm... that's the Note 8.0, but with a legitimate operating system and app ecosystem that's been designed around finger presses for, oh, quite a few more years than Microsoft has.