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Originally Posted by Mach1.9pants
I was more talking about the Adam and other devices that are slowly slipping backwards. I don't think they are doomed (as thinkpadx does) but they are in a hard place.
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My guess is that the hardware has proven to be the easy part. Getting seamless software working takes a bit more work. Last interview I saw (several months ago) it appeared that Adam/Notion Ink had a bare bones software capability and were hoping for third party developers to add capability.
Similarly the reports on the Joos (??) were that it might look good, but that the software didn't really work.
Anyway, I think getting a mature tablet O/S and a core set of applications will be the big hurdle. Maybe as Android becomes a more stable tablet (not phone) O/S or maybe with the introduction of Chrome things will get better. In either case, I'd expect it to be the end of the year or mid-year next year before real progress is made.