REAL interesting... I’ll have to check one out! Looks like a great device, and the ability to use microSD cards for expanding memory (I typically have 2 cards with me on long-distance flights, one with a few dozen movies, the other with my entire music library in WMA Lossless format - which Android plays, and iOS does not) make it a serious contender for a mobile entertainment platform, especially on planes (where even a netbook or iPad can be a bit too big).
VERY interesting comments about the antenna, too - antennas have always been a problem for Apple. They put them in the wrong place, or cover with the wrong material, mainly because of the push of form over function. Put the important devices where they need to be, cover them with what they need to be covered, and then make the rest look the best you can. Yeah, not as sexy, but what good is a sexy phone if it doesn’t operate as a phone?
Thought you’d all be interested in this, given the discussions on alternative tablets/mobile computing devices.
This - or the Toshiba Libretto W100 - are a good sweet spot, I think. Anything much bigger foot-print wise (like an iPad, or the original Slate) and you’re not really “gaining” anything over a traditional laptop other than a little weight savings (are we so lazy that an extra pound or two will kill us?) and the wow-factor.
But having a screen and UI bigger than a typical phone allows so much more functionality. Something in the 5” to 7” screen range allows you to carry it in a pocket, or a very small bag/pouch.
Now I can’t wait for the HP Slate to come out!
FR has a boycott so and so company threads and posts almost daily, however I try not to get involved.
On this occasion, I beg you all to read up on Michael Dell’s dealings with George Soros and the destructive company they co-own, One West Bank, (successor to the well known IndyMac)
BOYCOTT DELL.
Let them rot in hell.