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egoshin is offline egoshin
2010-04-30 , 22:40
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
I don't like netbooks because they're slow and you need a table to use them properly. Especially in airplanes. Slate form factor is easier to carry, lighter and they manage well most places; You can put them where magazines can go.
There are multiple netbook products and depending from what you want. Basically there is nothing in netbook idea which prevents them to pickup iPad market. The only essential differences between netbooks and iPad for now are a keyboard and a slimness/weight. But that depends - Sony (expensive) is pretty slim.

Granted I can't do all of my sys admin stuffs, because iPad aren't jailbroken yet (yea yea), but right now I got ssh, rdp and vnc on it already to do 90% of what I need. If I need to do plenty of text entry/commands, I just prop the slate up on the table and flip open my bluetooth keyboard (stowaway full sized foldable keyboard).
I don't speak about this stuff - iPad and any touchpad devices are not very good in this anywhere - KBD is absent and thats it. And BT KBD doesn't solve a problem - it is a second device and although it can be used, that solution is not good if there is netbook.

I'm not saying it's superior in all cases to netbook, but it's a very versatile form factor. And the amount of functionalities they crammed in it (digital compass, accelerometer, great doc manipulation, etc) means it can go places where netbooks don't.

imho this is a form factor to watch.
Yes, form factor takes place, and it the reason why i spoke about bedtime. But if we exclude a consumption of prepared content (read - look video, read books) then it doesn't win at all in any situation. And if we speak about airplane then looking video is not the best for it, actually device with N900 form factor is better in it's crammed space. (I am not sure about reading - it may be better to have a bigger screen for many people but Kindles are best here)
 

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