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Old 06-20-2012, 01:16 PM   #61
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It wouldn't surprise me to see a docking station, complete with user interface (monitor, keyboard, mouse), extra storage, more ports, etc. etc. And sooner rather than later. MS is touting this thing as being a PC as well as a tablet. Just having a keyboard cover doesn't make it a PC.

Much like the docking stations available for many laptops today.
The edge connector in the photos has a *lot* of connection points.
It would be shocking is there weren't a docking station for it; maybe even a slot-loading one.
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Old 06-20-2012, 02:01 PM   #62
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The keyboard cover does look cool. I look at it and think, "why didn't Apple do that for the ipad?" I don't have an ipad so I don't know what 3rd party keyboards there are for it. Any as cool/light/integrated as the Surface one is or appears to be?
The 'Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover' seems to be highly rated, though pretty much any bluetooth keyboard will work AFAIK.

Not sure I like the way the colour of Microsoft's keyboard cover continues over the keys - anyone buying the pink one and doing a lot of typing is going to feel a bit queasy after a while
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The 'Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover' seems to be highly rated, though pretty much any bluetooth keyboard will work AFAIK.

Not sure I like the way the colour of Microsoft's keyboard cover continues over the keys - anyone buying the pink one and doing a lot of typing is going to feel a bit queasy after a while
Who looks at the keyboard when they're typing? Isn't everyone a 'touch' typist nowadays?
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I love the concept. Execution will be the key.

And I won't consider it until they come up with a 4:3 version (as opposed to the widescreeen version just shown).
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Agree... the Surface is a business device;

Why the consumer colors then?

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Old 06-20-2012, 03:14 PM   #66
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Why the consumer colors then?

Why the high price tag then?

I don't have one friend willing to spend that kind of money on a tablet that isn't an iPad.
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I would consider this only for work stuff. But I don't consider colors incompatible with work (quit wearing suits and little scarf ties 30 years ago)
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It wouldn't surprise me to see a docking station, complete with user interface (monitor, keyboard, mouse), extra storage, more ports, etc. etc. And sooner rather than later. MS is touting this thing as being a PC as well as a tablet. Just having a keyboard cover doesn't make it a PC.

Much like the docking stations available for many laptops today.
It really pains me to say this, but MS is actually going in a direction that tablets should go, but haven't- being full desktop replacements. The only one I'm aware of that comes anywhere close is the EEE Transformer by Asus, and even that has its limits because Android doesn't have a printing stack and thus has to rely on Google's cloud printing.

Now if only someone could light a fire under Red Flag's butt and get a viable Linux-based alternative going...
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Old 06-20-2012, 04:50 PM   #69
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Now if only someone could light a fire under Red Flag's butt and get a viable Linux-based alternative going...
I haven't looked into it, but I think Ubuntu ROMs have been running on a few ARM phones/tabs.
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Who looks at the keyboard when they're typing? Isn't everyone a 'touch' typist nowadays?
No, not by a long way. And even if they were, you don't think they'd find this throbbing pinkness a tad distracting?
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"Microsoft disregarded one key part of Apple's show-and-tell script -- make the hardware available to the press on that day or before, and for customers soon thereafter."
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Agree... the Surface is a business device; whereas the Fire is a consumer device.
There are two models a Windows RT and a Windows 8 Pro. The former is the consumer model,uses ARM) a that competes with iPad/Android the latter is more of a full fledged laptop with beefed up HW and is bigger, thicker, and runs Intel.
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I haven't looked into it, but I think Ubuntu ROMs have been running on a few ARM phones/tabs.
You sure that was an Ubuntu ROM, or someone just rooting it and choosing something to the effect of "load other OS"? Cause if there was an Ubuntu ROM for ARM, I'm sure it would've been all over the message board.
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