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Originally Posted by ChrisC333
Sure, but it's fairly arbitrary to decide that those particular iPad stats constitute some kind of "baseline". Unless you feel that there's something extra special about those exact specs (and you don't mind the iPad's limitations), then there are a number of other choices.
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Mots of those specs do set a baseline for me.
Form factor--needs to be thin and light to be comfortable to hold and read, as well as being easy to put in a briefcase etc.
Battery life--needs to be 8-10 hours so I can use it for a full day and not have to worry about having to carry the ac adapter around
The touch screen needs to be that responsive, as anything else will feel clunky after using the iPad.
Instant on and the general speediness of the device is also a baseline, as I don't want to wait for programs to open etc.
So I'm waiting for a tablet that matches all that type of stuff (or improves on it) while also having a real file management system, drag and drop in windows, multitasking, Flash support etc. etc.
But I won't buy something that's bulky, gets less battery life, has an unresponsive screen etc. just because it runs android or Windows 7 and fixes my other gripes.
I'd bite the bullet and get a 2nd generation iPad in that case, as the form factor, battery life, responsivity, speed etc. are crucial. Most of my gripes with the iPad can be worked around, or will be fixed in the OS update (multitasking) etc.
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Originally Posted by athlonkmf
No it won't.
It's the same problem I have with my netbook(s).
In portrait, i'd need to scroll left-right a lot, because the sites I visit are designed for at least 800px width. On the ipad, the 768px is just enough to see the whole site on portrait, albleit a "zoomed out". But ipad's zooming is very fast, so no problem there.
Not only for websites, it's awkward for magazines and comics too. They're usually in 4:3-ratio. On my netbook the pages are squashed too much to be readable (depends on the fontsize).
On landscape, a lot of screen estate is gone when you're using desktop browsers like chrome, firefox, IE, etc. This is due to the bookmarksbar, the tabsbar, the urlbar. (google reader is even more annoying, as it's a framed page. Meaning you only see like 100px of the content you want to see)
On the ipad, there is standard minimalist design for the browser, but still, rotating is no problem at all. It's speedy.
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Agreed. I'm very frustrated so many of these tablets are going with 16x9 or similar screens.
Portrait mode is too narrow--especially for reading A4 PDFs which is a big need of mine. It also makes it hard for apps to be optimized to work well in portrait or landscape--which is easy with a 4:3 screen like on the iPad.
They'll be great if one just wants to surf the net and watch video as their main use, and thus just uses it in land scape.
But for me I want a 4:3 screen or something pretty close to that so both portrait and landscape modes are equally useful.
Again, nothing wrong with having widescreen tablets, as those will be great for those who just want to surf the net and watch movies etc. Just not so great for working with documents which is my main need for a tablet.