Is it just the surface pro that has this tech built in..? Crazy that this feature has not been promoted more.
All Galaxy Note devices have it.
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#112Microsoft shilling
Why would you say that? He likes it, and he's given good reasons for why he does. His wife likes it, I can understand the reasons why she does as well. You disagree with him, but you've given no reasons for it... Mr. Anti Microsoft drone. -- As a developer, I still wouldn't buy the device. Partly because it's on the upper end of my budget, but for the most part because of the downsides: heat, lack of serviceability,…
Not using keyboard on lap is the biggest deal breaker for me, too. Waiting to see how some of these Asus clam-shell convertibles turn out, like that Asus Vivo Tab: http://www.asus.com/vivo/en/vivotab.htm
(But want something more spec'd like the Surface Pro)
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#113Galaxy Note 10.1 also has a Wacom stylus that has 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity. I see most people here weren't even aware of it. And I think it only costs like $400 now, if you're interested in drawing and Sketchbook. The Surface Pro stylus doesn't work on Photoshop anyway, so you're not losing anything, if you're just interested in drawing.
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#114The conclusion I draw from everything I've heard is that the Surface Pro is a terrible iPad and an excellent PC laptop. Issues like the battery life, heat, weight, RAM free, and so on are reasonable for a Windows machine. If my perspective is correct, look for the Surface Pro to cannibalize sales from MS's "partners." I do expect it to appeal to the kind of person who buys a PC laptop and an iPad. And that's a great…
Personally I would go for single device that does everything I need. Something on the lines of what Ubuntu is doing. Even Surface to an extent solves this issue. I don't want to carry an iPhone to call/msg/listen to music, an iPad to casually use internet/read/play games and a laptop for everything else. Better carry one phone which does call/msg/music/internet,reading and minor editing/office stuffs when plugged to…
So an Ubuntu phone?
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#115I'm just impressed that someone's finally found a practical way to do work on a tablet.
I … don’t really get that obsession with doing work on them. Who cares, really? No one ever asks why no one does any work on their TVs. Tablets are perfectly fine and awesome entertainment devices. Plus, I do nearly all my email on them. Why does everyone always act like doing work is the only thing that could ever justify tablets?
I just dislike false or uninformed information, especially when I've seen plenty if people doing work on iPads, just throw a keyboard on one and...bam...a word processor or spreadsheet editor that satisfies 70% user work needs.
But ya, I agree. They didn't have to be useful for work to justify their purchase.
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#117Galaxy Note 10.1 also has a Wacom stylus that has 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity. I see most people here weren't even aware of it. And I think it only costs like $400 now, if you're interested in drawing and Sketchbook. The Surface Pro stylus doesn't work on Photoshop anyway, so you're not losing anything, if you're just interested in drawing.
Interesting, din't know that it came with a Wacom stylus, but still android is far from a full OS. Maybe if you can throw in Ubuntu it might change people's mind. Also, not sure how Sketchbook Pro compares with its android app, is it a cute version or does it have full functionality? How is the performance like? Is there is a drawing lag? What about side by side use of apps? Someone needs to do a review.
>Surface Pro stylus doesn't work on Photoshop anyway.
Not yet, Wacom support on Photoshop is promised in future updates and it will come eventually.
> $400 now
I have to agree that is an awesome price for such a tablet but since I have always been a sucker for full OS, I might shell out more to just get the satisfaction.
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#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been looking for a new laptop recently and the Asus UX31A seems to crop up often, and there is a Touch version (I haven't actually used either the touch or non-touch versions so this is a bit of a pointless comment).
I have a UX31E. The trackpad was atrocious when I first got it, but they rolled out some driver updates and now it's really good. The keyboard is sub-par but doesn't bother me too much, and the newer Zenbooks have much better keyboards. Other than that, everything is awesome. In hindsight I would have waited for the UX31As with the better keyboards but still, I'm not disappointed. It's probably one of the best comput…
Let's not forget that matte FullHD IPS screen, when we're talking about UX31A.
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#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple's been incredibly anti-stylus in the past, if I recall correctly. Didn't Jobs say something along the lines of "if your tablet uses a stylus, you're doing it wrong" at the genesis of the iPad? Although we've seen that isn't necessarily the case, I can't see Apple eating their words in this case. Especially not with the success and visibility of Samsung's Note line.
While I agree with your comment in general, did you really need to make the launch of the iPad an event of religious proportions, as in "the genesis of the iPad"? Sorry about the nitpick, but stuff like this gets on my nerve.
I'm not actually a fanboy or anything- I used a first-gen iPad for about a week once and hated it, but I won't deny that it redefined the word tablet. Perhaps my language was a bit clunky; I was reaching for a word to convey the importance of the original iPad in shaping tablets and genesis was the best I could do after midnight.
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#120I just bought a Sony laptop/tablet thing with a stylus. After some unwanted wrestling with Secure Boot I got Slackware on the thing, patched the kernel to recognize the N-Trig tablet part, and it is now my art box.
It works wonderfully; and I had indeed considered the Surface Pro for such a purpose, but this device is slightly larger and has 6 GiB of RAM.