Which Tablet is Right for You?

[cablechewer]

What I am really looking for in this market is a replacement for my current binder, highlighter, and coloured tabs. I am on a business trip with a binder that contains about 7cm of paper (almost 3"), about 80 colour tabs and an unknown amount of text I have highlighted in different colours (blue for the meat of a section, yellow for really important points and green for things I must point out to my class). I have also written a number of notes in the margin where highlighting didn't suit my needs.

What I want is a tablet that takes this heavy monstrosity and replaces it with a small and light datapad that allows me to replace several kilos with less than one. Looking at these devices I don't see how to make them meet my needs.

I love the other features like being able to browse the net, read a book or watch a movie in the airport, taxi, etc, but I see those as strictly entertainment. When I go on the road to teach I don't want to carry my phone, entertainment tablet, laptop and the binder.

And before anyone asks the pages are all double sided with two pages per face (4 pages per piece of paper). I can't read smaller text for extended periods.

 

[mauskau]

I am looking forward to the Slate to see how it works out in my industry. We sell Point of Sale devices and to this point the mainstay of mobile / handheld devices for servers to take orders at the table or out on a patio has been devices like the Motorola MC55 or some PDAs. While these work fine, the screen size on these small devices really limits how much of the menu can be accessed efficiently by the servers. Throw in a device like the Slate with a larger screen and similar weight and I think this could perfectly fit for some of those applications where mobility is required but full functionality is desired.

As a personal device though, I am not interested in such things. I have a desktop at home and a smartphone for when I am out. That gets me by fine

 

[Guest]

Oh god, someone in apple/lenovo marketing better here this,

I have an enormous demand for remote connection in some form, any form on a tablet like that ipad that can last most of the day. The remote desktop connection apps that'll be available for the ipad are far too slow over 3G

So far I have no options, I am going to have to wait it out I think for either connection speeds or for a focus on cloud computing

you fools! do something like onlive.com. Cloud computing is the future and I want some space already on a server to host all my applications to a smartbook/ipad thing. I could access everything needed anywhere in the world for god sake.

cloud computing > better smartphone/book hardware
battery life > everything

 

[TurinX]

For me, i'm pretty keen on the ipad. Now I know it doesn't have many of the features the others do, but then neither does my iphone, which i love. What makes the iphone so usable is the ease of use. I'm giving apple the benifit of the doubt in that it will work seamlessly...

I won't use it as an actual PC: I have a dedicated Desktop for that, and I have a work laptop for when I go on holiday and need to actually work. (neither are macs, but then I've always used windows....)

What I really want is an ereader, and i don't think i really need e-ink - i read LOTRs on my iphone without too much issue (though it was a little small!)

The only other product that really tempts me is notion ink's Adam: for its Pixel Qi’s screen, which i think could be a game changer. But so hard to know how polished it will feel....
http://www.slashgear.com/notion-ink-adam-hands-on-0969281/

 

[invlem]

Owning a Touch, I'd have to say I can't see going after the iPad,

The lack of flash support still irks me (No free TV streaming from the networks is a big let down) and access to applications being restricted to the ones on their online store really seems to overly limit the device.

I expect a tablet to be more like a net book in terms of usage, not an mp3 player

 

[Guest]

Hey, I have had an Archos 5 for a couple of years. It has internet and lets me watch videos on travel. Basically, all I want while on the road. With laptops going for under $500, why would I buy a tablet for more. Anything above this price point will not sell, and this has been the case with other devices. Freescale has the right price point, and for most people this is a good enough of a computer. The vendors don't want to go there cause there is no money in the low end.

 

[pojih]

There was an article on Tom's Hardware front page, something along the lines "Why tablets suck and you'll never buy one"...

getting mixed signals here

 

[Guest]

You guys forgetting ..
http://www.notionink.in/adamtechspecs.php