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Steven Lyle Jordan · 07-23-2007, 12:13 PM

When I go to either page, I see the exact same table and the exact same products.

I sure wish there was a place to actually see these things. (I mentioned this elsewhere, or on my own website somewhere...) I've recently asked at the retail electronics places that are around my area, and everyone says the same thing: "UMPC? Tablet PC? Like laptops without keyboards? No, sorry, never heard of 'em, never seen one." How are you gonna buy something whose appeal depends on how well you can use it... if you never even get a chance to hold one before you buy?

And if these things are supposed to actually sell... when are they going to be advertised? I've seen one ad in an upscale home decoration magazine (of all things), and nothing else. How do people buy what they never see in a store, on a TV screen or in their favorite magazines? I give up...

07-23-2007, 12:13 PM	#10
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	When I go to either page, I see the exact same table and the exact same products. I sure wish there was a place to actually see these things. (I mentioned this elsewhere, or on my own website somewhere...) I've recently asked at the retail electronics places that are around my area, and everyone says the same thing: "UMPC? Tablet PC? Like laptops without keyboards? No, sorry, never heard of 'em, never seen one." How are you gonna buy something whose appeal depends on how well you can use it... if you never even get a chance to hold one before you buy? And if these things are supposed to actually sell... when are they going to be advertised? I've seen one ad in an upscale home decoration magazine (of all things), and nothing else. How do people buy what they never see in a store, on a TV screen or in their favorite magazines? I give up... Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 07-23-2007 at 12:27 PM.