The best Present and Future alternatives to the iPad
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Re: The best Present and Future alternatives to the iPad
#2I want something that can replace my phone and laptop, I think this could probably be accomplished by a tablet you could fit in either a shoulder sling or a large pocket, coupled with a bluetooth headset.
Of course you wouldn't want to be talking into the thing, but as a platform for handling calls I can't see why a tablet shouldn't be able to act as the brain for a bt headset.
This way I could just have the tablet + a powerful desktop at home for "real work".
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#3No matter how good the iPad may be or is, it doesn't replace my laptop! Good try though.
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#4Back in 2004 I got my first Tablet PC, compaq t1000. Later I ditched it and got myself a Sony VGN-UX90PS. My experience after 6 years of tablets: they suck. The interface is terrible to use starting from XP-Tablet Edition, to Windows 7. It is just like a laptop, but too small, to complicated. The iPad will not have the same fault. But I believe, for Apples success the interface will matter much less than the kick-ass content 3rd party developers provide. If I could have all Iphone/Ipad programs on my windows tablet, I would not switch.
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#5Let me sum them up for you: there isn't any.
Just like the iPhone when it appeared, there really is no rival to the experience iPad offers, to its hardware+software+touch combo.
The closest it MAY come, could be Android, someday. Again, just like with the iPhone.
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#6Let me sum them up for you: there isn't any. Just like the iPhone when it appeared, there really is no rival to the experience iPad offers, to its hardware+software+touch combo. The closest it MAY come, could be Android, someday. Again, just like with the iPhone.
Who cares about the "experience" if it doesn't run vim and has no sd card slot?
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#7No matter how good the iPad may be or is , it doesn't replace my laptop! Good try though.
I think that's the point. Apple wants you to buy a Macbook and an iPad.
The advantage of the iPad that most of these alternatives lack is that it's light enough to hold in one hand while reading or viewing content.
Re: The best Present and Future alternatives to the iPad
#8Let me sum them up for you: there isn't any. Just like the iPhone when it appeared, there really is no rival to the experience iPad offers, to its hardware+software+touch combo. The closest it MAY come, could be Android, someday. Again, just like with the iPhone.
Who cares about the "experience" if it doesn't run vim and has no sd card slot?
Those people who don’t use vim and don’t need a SD card slot? I.e. most people?
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#9No matter how good the iPad may be or is , it doesn't replace my laptop! Good try though.
I think that's the point. Apple wants you to buy a Macbook and an iPad. The advantage of the iPad that most of these alternatives lack is that it's light enough to hold in one hand while reading or viewing content.
I think the MacBook Pro 15" is pretty light already, I'm already content with it. If I were to get an iPad, it would be like a downgrade, at least that's how I would feel about it.
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#10The iPad and other tablets will always be made a specification lower than a laptop. Why? So consumers spend more $$ buying the full range of products on the line.