On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 23:17:07 -0500
Tom Metro tmetro+...@gmail.com wrote:
What relevance is that? What are the practical differences that are a
result of the bolt-on alternatives?
Tablets are devices of convenience. Bolt-on accessories are the
opposite of convenience. Bolt-ons add weight and
On 01/06/2013 02:50 PM, Rich Pieri wrote:
On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 09:13:01 -0500
Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote:
The trend today is toward touch-screen devices, but as we all know you
can get a number of different keyboard options.
None of which are any good. If I want to use Surface as a
On 01/07/2013 10:47 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
On 01/06/2013 02:50 PM, Rich Pieri wrote:
On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 09:13:01 -0500
Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote:
The trend today is toward touch-screen devices, but as we all know you
can get a number of different keyboard options.
None of which
On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:14:10 -0500
Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote:
This is quite different from the Surface, though.
Indeed, it is. Unfortunately, I think that Envy X2 misses the target.
What makes Surface interesting and IMO compelling is that it is both
tablet and netbook/ultrabook at the
I would agree that touchscreens cannot compete with a standard keyboard and
mouse for most things. However, I find touchscreens on smartphones far less
awkward than the tiny keyboards that are small enough to build into a
smartphone. .
For occasions where lugging a laptop is undesirable, a
The trend today is toward touch-screen devices, but as we all know you
can get a number of different keyboard options. I tend to use my Android
smartphone quite a bit including the soft keyboard. I love my Nook
Tablet that I use primarily as a book reader, but I can also use it as a
web browser or
On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:18:28 -0500
Tom Metro tmetro+...@gmail.com wrote:
How is that different from the countless Bluetooth keyboard options
available for all tablets, and the Asus Transformer series that has
optional keyboard docks?
The difference is that those are bolt-on devices. They
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote:
One thing I'd like to see is an Ubuntu smartphone
with a portable plugin screen option (7in, 10in, larger). Use the
smartphone as my only device, then bring out the screen and keyboard for
desktop work, maybe dock it at home
On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 09:13:01 -0500
Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote:
The trend today is toward touch-screen devices, but as we all know you
can get a number of different keyboard options.
None of which are any good. If I want to use Surface as a tablet then I
open the cover and use it as a
From: Rich Pieri
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 11:55 AM
To: discuss@blu.org
Subject: Re: [Discuss] [OT] iOS from a power user's perspective
I would bet that it is far more probable that 5 years from now tablets
will have Kinect-like hardware built-in, than Microsoft
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Rich Pieri richard.pi...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:18:28 -0500
Tom Metro tmetro+...@gmail.com wrote:
I would bet that it is far more probable that 5 years from now tablets
will have Kinect-like hardware built-in, than Microsoft will still be
On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 18:03:02 -0500
Nilanjan Palit tollyg...@hotmail.com wrote:
Worth a look: an up coming gesture recognition device:
https://leapmotion.com/
Oh, it's not that I don't expect the technology to happen. It's that I
don't expect mobile device makers to take it seriously enough
Rich Pieri wrote:
Tom Metro wrote:
How is that different from the countless Bluetooth keyboard options
available for all tablets, and the Asus Transformer series that has
optional keyboard docks?
The difference is that those are bolt-on devices. They aren't part of
the device like the
John Abreau wrote:
Rich Pieri wrote:
Tom Metro wrote:
I would bet that it is far more probable that 5 years from now tablets
will have Kinect-like hardware built-in, than Microsoft will still be
making Surface tablets.
I don't foresee it. It'll be nice if it happens but I'm not holding my
An article where a power user (app developer), who was well entrenched
in the iOS universe (owned all iPhopne and iPad models), tries out a
Google Nexus 4 phone and compares his experiences:
http://gizmodo.com/5973073/an-iphone-lovers-confession-i-switched-to-the-nexus-4-completely
In various
I've used several versions of iOS (on iPod Touch) and several versions
of Android (on HTC Incredible and nook Color). I hated all of them. I
have problems with touch interfaces in general. I don't like them, and
some of the problems with them are insurmountable.
One of my little psychoses is that
Rich Pieri wrote:
You can't touch type on a flat surface. It's simply not possible.
There's no touch to ensure that your fingertips are lined up on the
keys, no feedback to tell that you've actually typed something.
You could use a silicone keyboard overlay. :-)
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