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They are all like little babies, taking little baby steps in all directions, taking little falls.
The formats will grow more robust. Remember as all babies do, they will grow stronger and surer. But that doesn't count MS which is like an old blind man, |
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I'm more interested in knowing what the battery life and heat are like for these devices. Full windows and intel pretty much always required fans to keep cool. I noticed in the Surface presentation they were talking about their innovative venting system, which makes me think heat is possibly a problem. |
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I had written off this tablet based on the rumor that it would sell for $900. But at $499 I'm interested in it. I know the res is not the best but it does have the best pen solution on the market. If Samsung had this on a 7" size I'd buy it in a heart beat. Quote:
Windows 8 is a merge between the two platforms it will be stripping much of the windows features and adopting all the RT limits on apps formerly know as metro. Don't get me wrong it's the right move for MS to do, but I'm not excited about the move. It is going to take some time for them to resolve the merge issues. For fun?... watch a movie for $3.99 it will be more fun and less frustrating. Quote:
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The side-by-side feature works in the "Metro" interface. And that is shared by both versions, so presumably it works in RT, too? On the regular Windows 8, once you hit the desktop you can have as many windows as you want, so I don't see why they would even mention the side-by-side if it wasn't meant for RT? Last edited by HansTWN; 08-17-2012 at 08:58 PM. |
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Well after much debating with myself, I pulled the trigger. The text is better then iPad 1 but not nearly as crisp and sharp as iPad 3. Still, while text isn't sharp, its dark so that helps a lot. The pen, is smooth as butter, at least the couple times I played with it.
Still need to do more testing but my iAnnotate app on iPad works on the same app on Android. I'm able to read and edit my annotations from the iPad.. still need to do more testing though.. been busy. So far I like it for the price.. Oh and my Wacom pen from my old Tablet PC (TC1100) works on the Galaxy Note tablet.. |
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I have the Galaxy Note (5.3") and I think we should give Samsung credit for innovating by including the wacom tablet and pen in the new larger version.
No other tablet that I know of right now (new) offers this capability and, at $500 for a 10.1 " screen it is certainly a good price compared to an iPad which doesn't have the wacom screen and stylus capability. And Samsung offers tablets at 5.3, 7.7, 8.9 and 10.1" whereas the iPad is just one size. Samsung is one of the leaders in the tablet field and rightly so. |
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I am loving the Wacom pen but wow, Android is short on tablet Apps. Between my iPad and my Note 10.1 as far as software go, they aren't even in the same league. I will still need to do a lot of my writing on the iPad, but now I can do my note-taking, annotation and research on the Note. I am thinking of getting a Note 2 for my phone. Need to see the iPhone 5 first. The build quality on Samsung 10.1 Note is all plasticky. Not just plastic, its smooth, shiny plastic and feels kinda cheap. I wish they had rubbertized the back of it so it wasn't so slick and slippery. That said, it is lighter then the iPad. I was surprised at how heavy and solid my iPad is against the Note. Screen, no comparison, iPad 3 takes that hands down. However, Note 10.1 is better then the original iPad and iPad 2 as far as text goes. All that aside, I bought this just for Wacom and in that area I'm giving it a 9 out of 10. Its very responsive, smooth and I can use my older pens with it. I'd give it a 6 on available software. The stuff that is out is pretty good to get you started, there just isn't enough of it out there yet. You're only as good as your software so I'd like more choices for the various things I use a pen for. I'd give it a 7 for the software it comes with. Haven't tried the multi-screen stuff yet. I'll be testing that later today. |
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As far as app availability I know exactly what apps I want to use the pen with and don't really need a score of apps. If the ones that exist are really good. |
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