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[dmaul1114]

Originally Posted by stustaff

I want a 9"ish screen and I want it light and long battery, at the moment the iPad is the only device available that works.

If I wanted USB and a full OS I would no doubt get a laptop! in fact I have 2 already. the iPad isnt replacing them its replacing my PMP and my ereader and my DS.

A laptop convertible or not isnt a potential choice for me and the other tablets are currently all gimped in some way.

Yep, I'm in much the same boat, though I'm holding off on an iPad for a while. Of course I have the advantage of my girlfriend having bought one so I can tinker wither hers in the meantime!

I don't want a full OS, full PC features in a tablet as I have and will always have, a laptop as my main home computing option. I'd use a tablet for reading, document mark up, watching some videos, playing some game, light web surfing etc.

The iPad does most everything I want, but the price is a tad high (if the 32 GB model was $499 I'd probably jump), interface for getting PDFs, photos etc. on it could be better, I'd like flash support and multitasking etc.

So I want to hold off and see what happens with Android tablets, see if we get any solid rumors on what Apple plans to add in the 2nd Generation iPad etc. before taking the plunge on a tablet device.

[Graham]

Originally Posted by stustaff

I want a 9"ish screen and I want it light and long battery, at the moment the iPad is the only device available that works.

I think you're being a bit harsh on those two 10" netbook convertibles; after all you won't see the keyboard when it's folded away, and I'm sure you'd find some use for it at times.

The Asus and the Lenovo would also give you the SD/USB ports you want and the webcam, and the Lenovo is also rated at a 10 hour battery life.

But as you say, to you the iPad seems to be the only device that suits your needs at the moment. But hopefully we've helped show you that there are other devices actually available now with a range of capabilities that could well suit other buyers.

Graham

[stustaff]

Originally Posted by Graham

I think you're being a bit harsh on those two 10" netbook convertibles; after all you won't see the keyboard when it's folded away, and I'm sure you'd find some use for it at times.

The Asus and the Lenovo would also give you the SD/USB ports you want and the webcam, and the Lenovo is also rated at a 10 hour battery life.

But as you say, to you the iPad seems to be the only device that suits your needs at the moment. But hopefully we've helped show you that there are other devices actually available now with a range of capabilities that could well suit other buyers.

Graham

Oh I dont doubt that graham and in the most part I have disagreed with some of peoples statements that there are similiar or such devices available and they are cheaper and that the ipad is a rip off but frankly the fact that there really isnt a clear cheaper similiar option shows that isnt true...yet

The convertibles are good and if i were replacing a laptop then maybe but as a media consumption device any keyboard adds unnecccesary weight and size.

[dmaul1114]

Originally Posted by stustaff

The convertibles are good and if i were replacing a laptop then maybe but as a media consumption device any keyboard adds unnecccesary weight and size.

Yep.

But there's definitely probably a market for them, and it's great that we're going to have a wide array of tablet options to pick from so everyone can find what they need.

I'll always keep a laptop, so my tablet is mainly just media consumption so I want it as thin, light and long lasting battery wise as possible. It also needs to handle HD streaming video etc. which most netbooks haven't been able to to date (maybe the convertibles are more powerful).

[electrotype]

Originally Posted by M.H.

Maybe something like this?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/06/i...mplete-tablet/

Is that a mate screen? Mium!

[Crowl]

Originally Posted by stustaff

Im talking about a device that is multifunction and is a tablet/slate/pad and ok lets say a screen size large enough to read a non zoomed PDF at standard font size or an unzoomed marvel comic.

Is the ipad screen actually big enough to do those two things? Not that its a big deal since I have read them on a slightly smaller screen, but certainly comics are larger than it is.

[dmaul1114]

Originally Posted by Crowl

Is the ipad screen actually big enough to do those two things? Not that its a big deal since I have read them on a slightly smaller screen, but certainly comics are larger than it is.

I found it very good for A4 PDFs, even with 2 columns of text.

Readable in portrait, but the text is a bit small. Put it in landscape and the problem is solved. Scrolling isn't too annoying (and I though it would be) since it's so smooth and fast on the ipad.

For comics, I read a free issue of Spider-man on the Marvel app and thought it looked amazing. Screen was plenty big enough.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by stustaff

Sweetpea told someone not to get one because you cant put pictures on it, which you can with a $40 dongle and she said the price was outrageous so based on that claim what similiar device can be bought for less? I doubt photos would look good on an eink display!

€550 euro for the cheapest variety + €40 (if not more) for a dongle (for a function that should have been standard in any new device), I find outrageous, yes. For that kind of money, I'd recommend a convertible to my mother, as she'll use it for pictures and some light internet browsing and chatting (MSN, Skype)

[Crowl]

Originally Posted by dmaul1114

I found it very good for A4 PDFs, even with 2 columns of text.

Readable in portrait, but the text is a bit small. Put it in landscape and the problem is solved. Scrolling isn't too annoying (and I though it would be) since it's so smooth and fast on the ipad.

For comics, I read a free issue of Spider-man on the Marvel app and thought it looked amazing. Screen was plenty big enough.

I wasn't doubting the ability to display them, merely that expecting other devices to show them unzoomed seemed a little off when the ipad wasn't doing that either.

[stustaff]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

€550 euro for the cheapest variety + €40 (if not more) for a dongle (for a function that should have been standard in any new device), I find outrageous, yes. For that kind of money, I'd recommend a convertible to my mother, as she'll use it for pictures and some light internet browsing and chatting (MSN, Skype)

where are you getting those prices from?

even at those prices there arent many if any convertibles available for that price which would do as nice a job as the iPad(by nice i mean with as good a quality screen for sharing the view with others, mice and light for passing around, as simple a way of letting non computer literates navigate.

if you want to choose inferior screen device for the main purpose of looking at pictures then thats absolutely fine but just because there us a cheaper lower standard device available doesnt mean the iPad is overpriced.

[Sweetpea]

I got the price from a Dutch site. But the Ipad isn't available here at all. It's not even promised to come yet. But for €600, I know I can get something that fits more to my needs and wants than the Ipad.


(oh, I've also seen unconfirmed German prices of over €800...)

[stustaff]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

I got the price from a Dutch site. But the Ipad isn't available here at all. It's not even promised to come yet. But for €600, I know I can get something that fits more to my needs and wants than the Ipad.


(oh, I've also seen unconfirmed German prices of over €800...)

yeh I didnt think it was confirmed, you said your mum wanted something for browsing and showing photos and MSNI genuinelly think the iPad is the best device at the moment for that except of course if she video chats.

You certainly could get another device for €600 euros but I think the iPAd at possibly the same price would be a more elegant better solution than a convertible tablet or laptop for what she wants.

[Graham]

Here's an option available now in Europe for cheaper than the expected price of the iPad here, which dual boots into either Ubuntu and Windows. It's a 10" slate with a 160 Gb HD from the Italian company Ekoore, and has the additional ports and webcam you want:

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/lapto...pete-with-ipad

The video is impressive. Battery life will probably be lower than the iPad, but the machine is more open and more powerful.

Grahan