I like the touchscreen on the back side. I can see that catching on with other tablets.
The screen that works in direct sunlight is nice too. I'm looking forward to the day I can get one of those on my laptop.
Video: Notion Ink Adam, iPad alternative
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#52What I'd like is a device that can fold (but has a seamless screen when unfolded) so it fits more easily in small places. Also you can type and have part of the screen angled up at you (this would still be an ergonomic nightmare for as a 6'4" guy wanting to improve his posture, but less of one than a purely flat item).
I'd also like one I can set up as a small tv screen (in-built stand) and remote mouse/trackpad so I can surf you-tube without having to hold it up.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Personally, I prefer a platform, where I won't potentially run into an application designed for a device with hardware that I don't have. I would prefer a device that is consistent. It doesn't have to do everything under the the sun. It just has to do what it claims to be able to do, well. By contrast a gigantic portion of applications for the iPad will be designed to be run on a phone... the iPhone Can't really talk…
Without even getting into the multiple generations of iPhones, each with different processors and hardware capabilities, the iPod Touches that don't have cameras or the fact that applications written for the iPhone/iPod Touch will run on the iPad, I'll just point out that the 3G iPad will have GPS and the WiFi iPad won't. So what where you saying about not wanting a platform with applications designed for a device wi…
When you buy an iPod touch, you buy it with the understanding that you cannot use any camera or GPS-based apps from the App Store.
When you buy a phone running a more generic OS, you can't really be sure if any given app will work on your phone, especially if you don't have a popular phone. I'd be wary of buying an Android phone outside of the G1, Droid, or Nexus One for that reason alone.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Otherwise, it's basically the same concept ... In that case, cell phones aren't a new concept. Its the same as talking to my neighbor, only through this speaker... Or maybe a car isn't a novel concept. It is, after all, the same as walking somewhere. Only slower. Or even a book. Its just another representation of stories that have been told verbally for thousands of years, after all. Sharing functional similarities i…
> Or maybe a car isn't a novel concept. It is, after all, the same as walking somewhere. Only slower. I think this is a case of Driving, you're doing it wrong ;)
I just assumed that he lives in Manhattan :-)
Re: Video: Notion Ink Adam, iPad alternative
#55This looks like it's going to be technically quite impressive versus the iPad: Pixel Qi screen[1024x600], multi-touch (plus a backside trackpad!), camera, 3 USB ports, running Android, Ubuntu, or Chromium, with a dual-core 1Ghz Tegra CPU + GPU. More specs: http://www.technoholik.com/news/exclusive-a-sneak-peek-at-th...
running Android, Ubuntu, or Chromium Then its not an iPad competitor or alternative. It might be a tablet, but it is not in the same market as Apple is in with the iPad. None of these three OS's is a drastic change from what a computer is or how a computer is currently used, which the iPad is shaping up to be.
Huh? Isn't the iPad running iPhone OS? I've got a Nexus 1 and I've used my friends iPhone a few times. They seem pretty damn similar. Certainly more similar to each other than either are to Windows or OSX.
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In what way is the iPad OS so different from a traditional desktop OS that Android or Chrome are not?
Android has a file browser. Plus, it seems to be designed around small, portable devices. Which the iPad (and the tablet in the video) isn't. And are there any devices with ChromeOS available or about to be available in the next month or two? It was announced months and months ago. Can you write apps specifically targeting it yet? Do you even want to? What kind of device is Google targeting with ChromeOS? Whatever it…
Android does not come with a file browser, although there are third party file browsers available in the Android Market. By default, all access to files on the SD card are through the individual that manage those types of files. For example, there's a built in service that index's all media files (mp3s, AAC's, etc) and presents them, with metadata, to any app that wants them. Same goes for pictures.
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He mentions in the video that he filed a patent for it not so long ago. I suppose there might prove to be a few problems there that may ultimately end up delaying its release, or worse, killing it altogether.
Filing a patent != having a patent. The Sony device is clearly prior art. I had one of those Sony's, BTW. I can't believe anyone would compare this device favorably vs. an iPad. That's willful ignorance, I guess.
I will happily compare it favorably vs the iPad for two simple reasons. 1. Better screen for what I'll be using it for and 2. more open and thus easier to make it work the way I want a tablet to work.
Will it outsell the iPad? No. To want this device more than an iPad? Very much so.
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The iPad (and this tablet, for that matter) is not a netbook. Throwing Gnome without the bar on the bottom on it won't magically make Ubuntu usable on the tablet in any way that makes sense. I can go compile an X server for the iPhone and run all of those apps on it as well (or, most of them. Some apps or their dependancies might do weird things with bits that may break). That doesn't mean that I will have a good exp…
These tablets are essentially netbooks that use a touch screen instead of a mouse. As such, I think that UNR would be pretty much just as usable on this as it would on a netbook.
No. Your finger is fat and lacks buttons.
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#59If you're interested in more behind the display interaction check out the LucidTouch project. http://www.patrickbaudisch.com/projects/lucidtouch/index.htm...
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#60WOW, a real computer actually. This is pretty much what I was expecting the iPad was going to be instead of just an oversized ipod touch that doesn't run real applications but a bunch of jokes from the app store. After the iPad was officially announced I thought I was going to have to get a joojoo instead but this looks way more promising.I think I will wait a few months then.
> I thought I was going to have to get a joojoo instead
You could always just not get a tablet thing and make do with whatever technology you already have. The stuff we have now seems to work OK.