Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/...ebfa10a8d9.jpg

This device is big indeed, but comparing to a slipper? Ahahaha, surely the funniest size comparison I have yet seen in my life...

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

I don't use my keyboard on the N810 that much, except when I have to for certain programs. It's a surprisingly bad keyboard, I think, even compared to the keys on my Centro.

I recently made an embarrassing discovery -- I think that the "thumbboard" or whatever it's called on my N810 is really nice for many purposes. I just had never tried it much till lately, so it's a new feature for me :)

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

Well, we don't all have a 5-second attention span, Jay...

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

Assuming the phone accesses your thought commands in user mode.

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

Reasons I'm glad the N900 isn't like this:

1) doesn't have a keyboard

2) too big to be a phone (4.3", maybe 4.5" is about as big as I'd go), and yet too small to be a mid-range (netbook, umpc size tablet, etc.)

3) no dpad (nor arrow keys)

An Android or Maemo tablet at 9" or 10" -- yes, good. Even without a keyboard (as long as it'll take a USB keyboard, and hook up to a KVM). A 4.1"-4.5" Android or Maemo phone (with physical keyboard) -- yes, good.

5" non-phone no-keyboard tablet? No thanks. Not even with Android or Maemo.

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

Why is screen-size always measured in inches here. This 'huge' 5" Dell has the exact same resolution as the N900, so you should be able fit the same amount of web page on the screen anyway. Stuff will ofcourse be a fair bit smaller on the N900, and for some people that will mean more zooming on the N900, but even then this Dell won't get that much more content onto the larger screen.
It does make the battery run out faster though (more backlight) but it will probably also make the device a bit cheaper.

Anyway, you should all buy whatever you like, not what I like (unless your planning to send it to me ;))

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

Yes, all devices are insufficient until they come with DWIM technology.

(DWIM == "Do What I Mean" ... we used to joke about adding that instruction to our assembly level designs in classes, as an optional "to be implemented in a future release" instruction)

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

I might use a tablet or mobile computer for it. Hooked up to an external keyboard at a meeting. Or on a KVM at my desk. But definitely not using a thumb keyboard, nor an onscreen keyboard.

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True, and I've done so. The reality is that use cases don't have to suffer "black and white" handoffs from one platform to another. There are various modes and appendages one could employ to make transitions more gradual. For example, the next step up from your scenario is using video out to an external monitor.