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Originally Posted by rkomar
Are you sure that it is the same system under both devices? If the RP1 has a much newer version of Android running on it, then keeping functionality is probably a lot more work than than dropping it. And browsers and their plugins and CA certificates require constant updating for security and protocol upgrades. It doesn't take long before a non-updated browser becomes frustratingly useless on current websites. Some of my older ereaders have browsers, and it's not even worth trying them anymore.
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Exactly. I had a flashback over dinner to my browsing experience on the Kindle DX. Awful. Remember that device?
The more I think about it, the more I'm in agreement with what Sony has done. They've focused the device on what it is good at and have eliminated the things that it is not good at. I think it took courage on their part because I'm sure they knew they would face criticism.
To me, the whole point of the RP1 is that it allows me to easily create unstructured data. I have enough tools that force me to create data in a structured way, I want something that lets me sketch, draw diagrams, doodle, write down a few numbers, do some math, all things that are not easily done in other programs.
I spent four years writing software for a large container shipping company. Even with all of the typing I did, I still had a fountain pen on my desk and a notebook, because I could sketch things out more quickly with a pen than I could ever type them in. Fountain pens glide on the page, writing with a ballpoint pen is like writing with a nail.
The RP1 is a powerful tool if it's not forced to be a laptop, desktop, or a standard tablet.