Thread: Nokia FCC filing reveals more details on next tablet
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2006-11-02 , 03:00
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Andrew:
Effectively, then, something with the power to afford the flexibility of a full-blown desktop computer, with the comparable computing power and expansion options. In a device smaller than an A6 piece of paper, which is lightweight and costs around £250.
Yes! Exactly! Except smaller and lighter with a bigger screen and easier input. How is that possible? I don't know, that is for Nokia to figure out (though I could offer a number of ideas.)


SD69,
You don't get it - the key to having a good internet tablet is knowing what to leave out. Try to do too much and you lose mobility.
Respectfully, I DO get it. There are only three dimensions of inputs that can be on a single device: Point-like events (points, keypreses), linear information (e.g., sound) and planar information (video). For higher dimensions triangulation and thus multiple, inter-communicating devices are needed. However, a single device should have inputs for all three dimensions of information. If you are not using a camera you may not be using all the information you could be using to optimise your life (whatever that means for you). E.g., If you see a train schedule, do you manually copy it into a note book or take a picture? With faster processors gestures and other pieces of information can become part of your process. There are hundreds of ways that audio and video information can be used in the future, but only if the machines first have the sensors. If no machines have those sensors then no one will write the software that uses them.

Bruce