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HP Slate Officially Launches for $799

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Re: HP Slate Officially Launches for $799

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Post by mitchellhislop »

larsberg wrote: post #9
cryptoz wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That video makes it look even worse. Don't they realize that people can type faster than they can write with a pen? It took that guy a long time to pull out the pen, write "Rear Light" and put the pen back. Should have been <2 seconds with a touch keyboard.

Evidently you've never tried to write something like "Rear Light" one-handed on the iPad keyboard. Or, you don't have ogre fingers like I do. More seriously, the pen is pretty fantastic for things like reviewing papers. Having used tablet PCs for years and now having used an iPad for a while, I can say it takes significantly longer to annotate PDFs via iAnnotate or goodreader and either my finger or the iPad keyboard…

Have you looked at the Pogo Sketch?

Re: HP Slate Officially Launches for $799

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Post by ahi »

acabal wrote: post #23

I remember some time ago seeing a Youtube video of a leaked testing version of the Slate. The reviewer flipped it over and pointed out the hardware ctrl+alt+del button on the side. Everybody thought the video and device were fakes or a prank, because who in their right mind would include a hardware ctrl+alt+del button? But now I see according to this Wired article that it is indeed for real: http://www.wired.com/gadg…

I think it's the button to the left of the home button in this : http://www.engadget.com/photos/hp-slate-hands-on/#3494151

Re: HP Slate Officially Launches for $799

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Post by babeKnuth »

endtime wrote: post #10
cryptoz wrote: post #4

Fantastic. A touch-screen with small buttons, stock Windows 7. Ships with IE8. $200-$300 more than an iPad: you could buy a netbook and an iPad for the same price. WTF? Total shit. Who wants Windows 7 on a tablet?

Actually, I kind of do, but not for $800. Not everyone likes the constraints of iOS, you know.

Right. So you just reinforced the original comment's point. You don't want one because it's too expensive.

Re: HP Slate Officially Launches for $799

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Post by babeKnuth »

dgabriel wrote: post #24
narkee wrote: post #20

With the Galaxy Tab and now the HP Slate priced the same or higher than the iPad, I wonder if the "Apple tax" meme will give way to a "non-Apple tablet tax".

If history is any indicator, it's only a matter of time before the pc tablet prices drop below the cost of the iPad.

ummm, what history of pc tablet prices dropping below ipad prices is this?

the history i'm aware of is when mac products start out fairly expensive then slowly drop in price over new generation releases.

Re: HP Slate Officially Launches for $799

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Post by glhaynes »

chollida1 wrote: post #30
yequalsx wrote: post #12

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I'm a heavy user of Captivate and Camtasia and I teach math. I need digital ink for my classes. It allows me to markup graphs and all other documents. I would be a user of this tablet. I think the greatest shortcoming of the iPad is the lack of digital ink and native pen support. Also, screen recording apps. From the promo videos it seems that this device is targeting vertical markets.

> I would be a user of this tablet. I think the greatest shortcoming of the iPad is the lack of digital ink and native pen support. My wife agree's. She's also a teacher of math and physics and she was excited to get an iPad until she found out she couldn't use a stylus to mark with. if this tablet fulfills that need then this may be the tablet for her.

There are some very nice feeling styluses (and some that aren't nice feeling at all, too) that work on iPad - this one from Griffin is by far my favorite from the ones I've tried. http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/stylus

Re: HP Slate Officially Launches for $799

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Post by yequalsx »

glhaynes wrote: post #35
chollida1 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I would be a user of this tablet. I think the greatest shortcoming of the iPad is the lack of digital ink and native pen support. My wife agree's. She's also a teacher of math and physics and she was excited to get an iPad until she found out she couldn't use a stylus to mark with. if this tablet fulfills that need then this may be the tablet for her.

There are some very nice feeling styluses (and some that aren't nice feeling at all, too) that work on iPad - this one from Griffin is by far my favorite from the ones I've tried. http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/stylus

The problem though is that a stylus is not enough by itself. What is needed is the concept of digital ink. With my tablet PC I can markup any object that can be printed.

Re: HP Slate Officially Launches for $799

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Post by endtime »

babeKnuth wrote: post #33
endtime wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, I kind of do, but not for $800. Not everyone likes the constraints of iOS, you know.

Right. So you just reinforced the original comment's point. You don't want one because it's too expensive.

Well, I was responding to this part: "Who wants Windows 7 on a tablet?"

Re: HP Slate Officially Launches for $799

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Post by endtime »

callahad wrote: post #29
endtime wrote: post #13

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Wow, it lags when zooming a picture (0:17), in their promo video. Not inspiring.

At the same time, kudos for showing actual product performance. Thanks to their advertising, I feel like I can make an accurate judgment of the device's performance. Contrast the Slate's ad to the overly-aggressive critique of Nokia's advertising for the N97 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJpEuMidcSU

Fair enough - I guess I was taking the perspective that since things are usually portrayed unrealistically in a promo video like this, the perf must really suck.

Re: HP Slate Officially Launches for $799

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Post by chollida1 »

glhaynes wrote: post #35
chollida1 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I would be a user of this tablet. I think the greatest shortcoming of the iPad is the lack of digital ink and native pen support. My wife agree's. She's also a teacher of math and physics and she was excited to get an iPad until she found out she couldn't use a stylus to mark with. if this tablet fulfills that need then this may be the tablet for her.

There are some very nice feeling styluses (and some that aren't nice feeling at all, too) that work on iPad - this one from Griffin is by far my favorite from the ones I've tried. http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/stylus

I didn't know this, thank you:)

The use case my wife has is she wants to mark math homework, similarly to how you would mark it on paper, ie arbitrary pen input anywhere.

Does the iPad allow for this? or is there any app that does this?

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