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Originally Posted by Noah98
Well, the reality is that if you want an open device, you have to be willing to tweak it to fit your purposes. The Asus T91mt can do a lot more than the other devices, but out of the box you would never know it. The user must seek out what the user needs. Asus does little to promote how the device can be used. A general user should stick to the ipad or the Nook because everything just works and is easy to find.
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Thanks for all your great summaries above, and for the useful details about how you tweaked the Asus.
There's always going to be a very wide range of difference preferences among buyers. That much won’t ever change. For those armed with patience and knowledge, the range of options are already huge, especially if their core requirement is text based reading. But at the other end of the spectrum there are inevitably plenty of people who will try and demand an enormously wide range of features, some of which would actually be mutually exclusive if you tried to implement them all.
If what I see on the internet is any guide, not many buyers really have reading books at the top of their list. In fact, this newly announced device is designed with that in mind.
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It’s interesting to see that since this thread began the Courier has apparently been ditched, as has the HP Slate. This is sad to hear, but is in line with the general idea that the situation has a good while to run yet before it reaches maturity.
In the meantime, my 12" HP Touchsmart still seems like a good choice for my needs. I get the advantages of the Asus, but without the need to do much customising (until I feel like doing it....
) and the decent screen size also allows the freedom to resize a variety of content to a suitable ratio without getting too small. The weight and price would bother some, but fortunately both are within my very flexible preferences. My guess is that by the time a temptingly superior replacement comes along, it will have comfortably paid for itself in enjoyable hours used.
Cheers,
Chris
Soon to be Retired, Rich and Reading at an undisclosed location...