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Pyra - 2nd generation OpenPandora
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Estel
2014-12-07 , 23:39
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This. Devices without resistive screens and stylus reminds me of gaming consoles (media to consume content only), not PC, as in "personal computer" (device used to create and consume things). No amount of processing power changes that, having only a handful of possible input circles on screen (aka smallest thing capacitive can detect) is too limiting.
Side note, as it is gunny enough - there are parts, where resistive screen + real keyboard even surpasses the default mouse + keyboard combo on PC - for example, pressure sensitivity and painting (see creativetone's drawings on N900). Sure, one can achieve it on PCs using not-so-cheap and not most common external hardware (drawing tablet, in the old days called just "tablet"), but it never comes close to drawing directly on the screen like on the piece of paper... With resistive screens and styluses, we have it out of the box.
/Estel
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@Tigerroast/Wikiwidi
I think the main difference between our opinions, is that I see both Pyra and any N900-like devices appealing most to people wanting a full (super)mobile computer experience, with the phone being "just addition" (that can be easily replaced by super-cheap and readily available, lightweight, 3rd party hardware, if needed). Many things add to this, including the quality/price ratio of hardware.
Summing it up, I think that with pyra + N900 combo (especially, that N900 is dirt cheap, nowadays), we get much better "bang for our buck" than with hypothetical Neo900. If one have limited funds, I don't see a "should I keep my N900 and buy Pyra, or spend same amount of money on Neo900?" a real dilemma - it's a no-brainer, unless you have *very* specific requirements that Neo900 and only Neo900 nails ideally (very rare case, IMO), or you can purchase both without considering them a major funds sink (not as rare, probably, but still don't apply to majority of customers, IMO).
/Estel
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