11-13-2012, 12:47 PM | #136 | |
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To each their own. I would much prefer tablet specific apps that I can use offline. That doesn't mean I require them though, it's just one of many factors. |
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11-13-2012, 01:00 PM | #137 | |
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Both did have great web browsers. And they actually have been well designed products. Both did bomb disastrously. HP TouchPad was taken from the market, BlackBerry PlayBook still sells but only for less than half of the original price. Obviously, most consumers don't want to be limited to web apps. Offline usage is one argument. Optimisation of layout, display size and such certainly another argument. And lots of stuff simply isn't available as web apps. I'm into navigation apps for example. Love to look for Points of Interest for example when on vacation. Navigon and the likes don't have web apps and I don't want to be limited to Google Maps. |
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11-13-2012, 02:23 PM | #138 | |
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11-13-2012, 02:38 PM | #139 | |
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11-13-2012, 02:44 PM | #140 | |
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11-13-2012, 03:07 PM | #141 |
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Your judgment of what counts as a meaningful review is pretty laughable, considering it's obvious you've never seen, much less used one. Feel free to chime in when you have an inkling of the subjet matter, not before.
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11-13-2012, 03:12 PM | #142 | |
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Just need to get down to the AT&T store to get a little hands on with one. |
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11-13-2012, 03:14 PM | #143 | |
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If other people (whose opinions I might actually care about) want to laugh at me for thinking that 10 minutes is too short a time to base a meaningful review on, so be it. It is, after all, just an opinion. |
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11-13-2012, 03:31 PM | #144 | |
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ZDNet, too.
http://www.zdnet.com/sinofskys-depar...97/?s_cid=e539 Quote:
(Most likely: a start-up doing software for Windows. Or maybe he'll go to Apple. They have a vacancy. ) |
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11-13-2012, 03:45 PM | #145 |
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11-13-2012, 04:07 PM | #146 |
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11-13-2012, 04:08 PM | #147 | |
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Anyway, for me the Surface RT is a PC that can also double as a tablet. I can use it for work and play, a different class of device. No Android or iOS device would allow me to leave my laptop at home. This one does, not for everyone, of course. A lot of people will need the Pro version. Last edited by HansTWN; 11-13-2012 at 04:15 PM. |
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11-13-2012, 04:50 PM | #148 |
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11-13-2012, 05:05 PM | #149 |
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11-13-2012, 06:51 PM | #150 |
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I was contemplating the Yoga.
Sounded great except for $999 starting cost. Really great laptop with fine Office, and adequate though large tablet on a hinge. Then the review said the screen actually wasn't that good. Well anyway $999 was probably too much anyway. Starting to sound like an Apple cost wise. |
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