On Wednesday 24 June 2009 20:52:11 Paul A. Pennington wrote: > Nat said: > > ...Personally I just don't see the appeal of netbooks. If it's going to > > be a small computer with most of the features one expects, then it > > might as well have a keyboard and screen of a reasonably usable > > size, like the ThinkPad X series (or the old TP 240). Once you start > > compromising on the screen and keyboard size, then it might as well > > be as small as a PDA phone. Why bother with anything in between?... > > Actually, that "in between" is exactly what I'm waiting for: a tablet with > no separate keyboard, about the size of a half-sheet of paper (5.5 x 8.5 > inches), which would fit in the side pocket of my cargo shorts. There was > a big to-do last year that many like that were about to hit the market, and > silence ever since. They were called MID's for Mobile Internet Device. > Apple will probably bring one out next year and everyone will gush over > their innovation. > > Paul Pennington > Augusta, Georgia
Hmmm. I'm waiting for Alan Kays Dynabook, or Arthur C Clarke's minisec. The good news is that we're getting there. Slowly. --STeve Andre' _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
