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06-03-2010, 05:44 AM | #17 |
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It just seems such a jump with this from the typical 9-10" screen to 2x 14" screens, you'd think a single large screen or two smaller ones would be more immediately appealing to most people.
One thing you can definitely say about this device is at least they aren't taking the easy option with their design. |
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06-03-2010, 09:39 AM | #18 |
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Actually I think they are. It's harder to make a compact device than a honking huge one. If the single 14" was easier I bet they'd have done that first.
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06-03-2010, 10:17 AM | #19 |
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I guess I should have said mainstream rather than easy.
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If College students are the target market, cost of the devise and cost of the e-textbooks are going to be two major issues.
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If it wasn't for the weight, this would be a 'nice' size. Yes even at the size of those screens, and yes, two screens ....
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Would be better to just have one screen for academic purposes IMO. But at least it's a bigger screen device--one step closer to someone making a 12"+ single screen tablet with stylus for those of us who need to read and mark up normal letter sized documents etc. |
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I like it, but it's at best a gen 1 device and I have forever sworn off gen 1 devices anymore as they are at best, beta hardware, even with smaller companies trying to make a name. Let them work it out a couple generations (maybe 18-mo max these days) then I'll bite...sure will be interesting to see the Tegra 2 in this thing. It would be nice if you could decouple the panels and use them independently when the need exists...but that, like everything else, takes time... |
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I mean... good god. A "tablet" the size of a Gutenberg Bible? Come. On. |
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Of course, with research articles I'm usually reading printed out PDFs rather than the original journal anyway, so I've been reading one page at a time for most of grad school through starting my career as a professor this past year. So I'd take having to flip back and forth--as long as its LCD or something else with instant page turns and not slow ass e-ink--to have a one screen device that's easier to hold and use. But as you note, there seems to be some like you who do need/want two screen devices so I'm all for them coming out! Like I said above, the more variety in tablet devices the better! |
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I had a buddy who had one of those cell phones which looked like an old WWII ammo box, funny as heck, but ya know, it was better than other options. My first "portable" computer weighed in at 22lbs or so and I was THRILLED to have it...the original Compaq "luggable"...the best looked like an old Singer Sewing Machine in it's case. Quote:
But for me having dual color panels is really super. And it would be a one purpose machine for me with maybe the added bonus of online email access, google docs and such with some web browsing research as well. Plus this will be doable NOW not in 3-4 yrs before we see EPD panels with closer to true color. And even when we finally get large EPD panels with what passes for reasonably accurate color I will still want two of them side by side...last the cost will be MUCH less. They should be able to do this well under $500...well, maybe close to $500...say in the $399 to $500 range. Not cheap but within reasonable reach for a good many. And as long as the publishers can crank out PDF, ADE & EPUB it just might to the trick. One of my reasons for wanting this is I have over 1000 reference books which I can usually have to tote around a good 30-100 with me when traveling for work...with this device...I can glean it down to a 6lb device from several hundred pounds of books. And at home I can just slowly sell off my library as I replace with both old and new editions of each reference (old editions are ofter as important or even more important than new editions). So I hope ya can see why it is a winner for many people in my same situation. yeah, a niche for now, but it's a BIG niche. And oh, to have a real search that works...heck coupled with 3G/Wifi access to the GoogleBooks database could almost eliminate the need for the device to have it's own comprehensive search. A basic search should be good enough since most of the time you have a rough idea where to begin. |
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Breck has a good point... weight and size aside, the best software for academic PDF annotation and management is currently all in Windows, not Linux - this is an artifact of the fact that Tablet PCs have been around for a while (almost a decade?) and they all run Windows.
For a device of this size not to be able to run the most popular desktop OS is a major, highly avoidable drawback. |
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