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  Welp. iPad certainly is a high quality product that will be difficult to compete with. : SpaecKow
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    shoehorning a desktop OS into a tablet just isn't going to be compelling to most. The advantage that the ipad has is every single application you'll run on it is designed for a touchscreen

    Apr 29, 2010 8:54pm PDT
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    shoehorning a desktop OS into a tablet just isn't going to be compelling to most. The advantage that the ... : GloriousCow
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      I tried to tell everyone that and got flamed for it. : JohnnyRey
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        thats because nobody likes you : GloriousCow
        • =( i know : JohnnyRey
    • No way. : hankyJR
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      i want a functioning PC though. i don't want to buy a dumbed down device when i could get a better netbo... : dantastic
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        iPad does what I want to it 1000x better then some shitty netbook. : JohnnyRey
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          That's what people don't get. It doest do everything, but what it does' it does a 1000x better than a net... : edgewise
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            Depends on your needs. : Fred Garvin
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              yeah, pretty much. i can't think of a possible use i'd have for an ipad when I already have an android p... : dantastic
              • I will just say that an iPad is more convenient for many of the tasks you do with your netbook. It doesn : WhatIsThisFor
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          i just took nothing more than an 8 dollar hdmi cable and plugged my "shitty" netbook and streamed some tv... : dantastic
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            What kind of netbook? The slate won't be useful because Windows 7 sucks as a touchscreen OS. : WhatIsThisFor
            • asus 1201n. i actually did my research before i bought my netbook. they just released or are about to r... : dantastic
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            What kind of netbook can play CoD4? I thought most of them have Atom processors and no real video card to... : BlackCat9
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              asus 1201n. it has a duo core atom chip and a nvidia ion graphics processor. it plays it on 1024x768 ... : dantastic
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                http://www.anandtech.com/show/2896/5 15-25fps on the lowest settings? I think I'd just skip those game... : BlackCat9
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                  Your consoles or reasonable PC wouldn't be available at lunch and otherwise on the go like she was descri... : DinK
                  • I wouldn't really play those games on a lunch break, but I'd probably play Plants vs Zombies, CivRev or W... : BlackCat9
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                  heh in the end i know its still a netbook. i didnt really buy it to play those types of games, i bought ... : dantastic
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                    It is pretty impressive that it can even run semi-recent PC games, I'll give you that, and it's not a bad... : BlackCat9
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                      i suppose i could if i wanted to. not really interested in that really. would be pretty expensive eread... : dantastic
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                        an e-ink display does make the most sense for that. I also wonder if the fact that a netbook would sit u... : DinK
                        • There are cases for the iPhones that work as stands. It's very comfortable to use in bed or on a couch, f... : BlackCat9
                        • jen's got a nice sony pocket reader. thing is damned light. : dantastic
                        • I don't get the hangup over the ipad's weight. It's comparable in weight to a hardcover book and is a lot... : edgewise
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            how many of those things would you be happy doing without a mouse or keyboard : GloriousCow
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              all of it but the typing at work (ability to use a bluetooth or usb keyboard would still be crucial to me... : dantastic
              • For those things you mention, a real notebook is much much better. For lighter usage, an iPad is better. ... : Serpico74
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            The HP Slate was never going to be good because Windows 7 is a horrible touchscreen OS. If they make an O... : Serpico74
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              Oh Serpico, just let them have their silly half a laptop. We'll never convince them otherwise. : BlackCat9
              • There are so many shitty products out there. I guess someone has to buy them, how else could there be jus... : Serpico74
        • I don't know about you but my 901 Eee is fucking awesome. : MercFox1
        • Just let me have two websites open at once so I can see scores for the Tigers and surf the web AT THE SAM... : Jimbo Ro
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        Don't you already have a PC? I have a desktop for PC stuff but on the road, or in the living room, I nev... : WhatIsThisFor
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          I like the idea of an iPad but then I have to rely on third parties to do what I'd really want to do with... : ieGod
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            Diego it's $100. And you can write open source apps. Latestchatty is open source. You people drank too mu... : multisync
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              I'm talking about the tools being open source, not the apps. Also I don't have a mac, which means I can't... : ieGod
              • It really is annoying that the SDK isn't available on Windows :( : WhatIsThisFor
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            What do you want to do with it? I can totally understand not liking it because it's closed, that argumen : WhatIsThisFor
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              I love writing code. Off the top of my head somethings I'd want are some unraid management apps that inte... : ieGod
              • I don't know what kind of management tool you'd want to create but you can get a pretty awesome fake-app ... : ThomW
          • Wait for the Google tablet man. : Arctic Fox
      • That's not what this device is : multisync
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  makes sense with the Palm purchase; WebOS retooled, gives them more time to come up with something compel... : massdev
  • I'm very happy that HP bought Palm. It means that there will be three good players (and operating system... : WhatIsThisFor
• I am forced to buy an iPad now, I was holding out for MS Jobbie : Tattoo Trav
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  oh man. i think i'll stick with my android phone. i don't want a tablet if it means it's going to be a ... : dantastic
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    I don't see why you would want a full OS interface on a touchscreen device, there is plenty of tablet PCs... : ovrlrd
    • A lot of the people who complain about the iPad not being functional enough remind me of the complaints t : WhatIsThisFor
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      SO I CAN DO THINGS ON IT OTHER THAN RUN APPS THAT COULD BE RUN ON A CELL PHONE. it's not that hard to un... : dantastic
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        Your dream product is now a reality: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop : emcea
        • Or, better, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_PC : Arctic Fox
        • Indeed, some of use just want that in a tablet format, without the keyboard, and preferably with some UI ... : uncleanmonkey
      • We're fine with people wanting something other than the iPad, we just would like you to stop phrasing it ... : BlackCat9
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        Pretty sure you can run ANY of the iPad apps on a phone. Sure you can run iPhone apps on the iPad. : DogDharma
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          You can't run iPad apps on the iPhone. They don't even let you see them in the App Store. : BlackCat9
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            To be fair, dantastic said "could be run on a cell phone" and not "does run on a cell phone. The point i... : DinK
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              the slate promised to be more than that and that's why this news is kind of disappointing. although i do... : dantastic
              • Yeah, I have a smartphone that I love plus I'm around a PC all the time whether at work or home, so I'm n... : DinK
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            So if you have both devices, and you want the same program on both, you have to pay for two separate ones... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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              No, you can either run the iPhone version on the iPad with pixel doubling, or if the developer wants to t... : BlackCat9
              • Ah, thanks for the clarification. : GreatGooglyMoogly
      • Why would you ever use a tablet for any of those things? : Danny5225
      • iPad apps don't run on a cell phone... VPN works on iPad. Document creation tools exist on iPad, and ... : WhatIsThisFor
  • You kill me : multisync
  • have you used an ipad before? I have no real desire to buy one and I kind of didn't care about it but I ... : mikecyb
• I wish some of the software ideas seen in those concepts will be seen in some apps : spiderfill
• Gasp. I am so shocked. </sarcasm> : ThomW
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  i guess they will remake it as a PalmOS device? : grendel
  • Almost guaranteed. I was betting on this as soon as I heard the deal. : Caoster007
  • I hope this is what happens : packav
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    I would love for this to happen. But, um - doesn't sound like a very safe bet from a marketing angle, the... : Durajim
    • Are you sure about that? Have you used the OS? I have and it's very nice. I think the interface is eve... : WhatIsThisFor
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  There's always the JooJoo! : edgewise
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    oh joojoo, what can't you do : GloriousCow
    • Eat pork? : edgewise
• I just want a Tegra 2 slate with a transreflective screen. Something like this: http://www.engadget.com/... : TrptJim
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  That makes sense, now, though; WebOS would be a much better base for an HP slate. : Conan
  • Yup, makes perfect sense. Can't wait to see it. : Serpico74