The PC is dead. No! Don't listen to him, the Tablet is dead.
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It gets harder and harder to decide who is right. :-D After reading this[^] from today's The Insider[^]. I realised that I had read "I am fed up with tablets", or the equivalent, for the umpteenth time in the last couple of days. I don't own a Tablet (except for a few Paracetamol) so cannot comment but I was wondering if those of you that do have them have become disenchanted and rarely use them any more. Are they the 'Breville' of IT, destined to reside in the cupboard-under-the-stairs of computing?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
I have a netbook with a rotating touch screen (so it's essentially a tablet with a keyboard) and honestly I don't use the touch that much. I got it intending to use it for taking notes...but the screen doesn't work well with a stylus, a whole band of it refuses to respond to anything but my finger, and writing with a finger is hardly faster than typing, except for some more complex mathematical symbols (integrals and such). Then again because it's a netbook it's still running a desktop based OS, thinking of trying a tablet OS and seeing the result...if I ever get around to fixing the screen...got a big ol' crack in it...
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It gets harder and harder to decide who is right. :-D After reading this[^] from today's The Insider[^]. I realised that I had read "I am fed up with tablets", or the equivalent, for the umpteenth time in the last couple of days. I don't own a Tablet (except for a few Paracetamol) so cannot comment but I was wondering if those of you that do have them have become disenchanted and rarely use them any more. Are they the 'Breville' of IT, destined to reside in the cupboard-under-the-stairs of computing?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
I didn't look at the links but what I believe is that the tablet is a good device for the web consumer and the PC is a good device for the web producer. I have both and use them accordingly. :-D
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It gets harder and harder to decide who is right. :-D After reading this[^] from today's The Insider[^]. I realised that I had read "I am fed up with tablets", or the equivalent, for the umpteenth time in the last couple of days. I don't own a Tablet (except for a few Paracetamol) so cannot comment but I was wondering if those of you that do have them have become disenchanted and rarely use them any more. Are they the 'Breville' of IT, destined to reside in the cupboard-under-the-stairs of computing?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
Excellent timing, we just walked into a computer (and electronics) store today for the second time in six months. Six months ago we were agog at all the netbooks and small notebooks and the very limited selection of desktop pc's. Today almost all the netbooks and notebbooks were gone and there were about 30 different tablets on display and I didn't see a PC anywhere. I went in to buy a mouse pad and there was a selection of exactly 3 down from about 40 a few years ago and I expect there to be none the next time I go in. It doesn't matter what you or I think, the world is moving on.
There is no failure only feedback
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Excellent timing, we just walked into a computer (and electronics) store today for the second time in six months. Six months ago we were agog at all the netbooks and small notebooks and the very limited selection of desktop pc's. Today almost all the netbooks and notebbooks were gone and there were about 30 different tablets on display and I didn't see a PC anywhere. I went in to buy a mouse pad and there was a selection of exactly 3 down from about 40 a few years ago and I expect there to be none the next time I go in. It doesn't matter what you or I think, the world is moving on.
There is no failure only feedback
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It gets harder and harder to decide who is right. :-D After reading this[^] from today's The Insider[^]. I realised that I had read "I am fed up with tablets", or the equivalent, for the umpteenth time in the last couple of days. I don't own a Tablet (except for a few Paracetamol) so cannot comment but I was wondering if those of you that do have them have become disenchanted and rarely use them any more. Are they the 'Breville' of IT, destined to reside in the cupboard-under-the-stairs of computing?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
The tablet to me is not just neat technology its a deliver of miracles. While we dont own yet, I cant wait to get one for my son. I have seen what these devices have done for other kids that have autism. We use an android smart phone. To many fine motor control that prevent usage a keyboard and mouse also prevent speech for some individuals. With these devices we are seeing People that had no voice before, have one now. Now that is just something beautiful.
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The tablet to me is not just neat technology its a deliver of miracles. While we dont own yet, I cant wait to get one for my son. I have seen what these devices have done for other kids that have autism. We use an android smart phone. To many fine motor control that prevent usage a keyboard and mouse also prevent speech for some individuals. With these devices we are seeing People that had no voice before, have one now. Now that is just something beautiful.
An excellent reason to own a Tablet.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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It gets harder and harder to decide who is right. :-D After reading this[^] from today's The Insider[^]. I realised that I had read "I am fed up with tablets", or the equivalent, for the umpteenth time in the last couple of days. I don't own a Tablet (except for a few Paracetamol) so cannot comment but I was wondering if those of you that do have them have become disenchanted and rarely use them any more. Are they the 'Breville' of IT, destined to reside in the cupboard-under-the-stairs of computing?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
I'm fed up with trying to use a phone for anything more than talking. I've considered getting a tablet (probably a Tab), but after fondling them and trying some out in the store I think I would be much better served overall by either a netbook or full on laptop. The tablet has it's place, but until it can read my thoughts, a keyboard and mouse will still be more useful for anything requiring more than small inputs. That's the real downfall of compact devices in general, the human interface. It's always a compromise in multiple ways. In the future, I think phones with larger, low power, flexible displays will edge out tablets in general anyway. Maybe someday.
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It gets harder and harder to decide who is right. :-D After reading this[^] from today's The Insider[^]. I realised that I had read "I am fed up with tablets", or the equivalent, for the umpteenth time in the last couple of days. I don't own a Tablet (except for a few Paracetamol) so cannot comment but I was wondering if those of you that do have them have become disenchanted and rarely use them any more. Are they the 'Breville' of IT, destined to reside in the cupboard-under-the-stairs of computing?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
I picked up an iPad2 for development purposes. Other than for testing my mobile apps and web apps, it mostly sits collecting fingerprints (as it gets moved out of the way) plugged into the macbook that I also picked up for development purposes and is also mostly gathering dust. I hate having to use iTunes to sync it and I refuse to put iTunes and its associated bloatware on my Windows systems; so I'm glad I picked up a macbook. ;P And, I hate the whole closed ecosystem apple has created. Shortly after BUILD closed, a blogger wrote (we want) "A tablet that can be as fluid and user friendly as the iPad but as capable as a Windows laptop". http://www.bgr.com/2011/09/13/sorry-apple-windows-8-ushers-in-the-post-post-pc-era/[^] I don't agree with everything he wrote but he hits the nail on the head with that comment. When I get that, I will certainly embrace tablets more than I have the iPad2. That said, as a developer and business person that creates a lot of content, it will be a long time before I give up my PC. Oh, one thing the iPad2 does very nicely is the DIRECTV NFL Sunday Ticket To-Go. The app is nice and the video streaming yields fantastic video. GameMix or RedZone on the TV plus streaming your favorite game on the iPad is a cool NFL experience.
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Being that we are all programmers here it is hard for any of us to ever imagine the PC being dead. I mean even if the PC dies on a social stand point we will still need it for them to use their fancy smancy new interface. For example, the TV is now an easy doorway to the web. Hosueholds that had PCs in them only for web access will likely abonadon the PC. However, we will all still go to work to build the web site, not on a TV but on a PC. Whats my point? Well I am wondering will us "techies", those that are driving technology into the new age, those that understand the new tools, in a couple decades be the dinosours that won't give up their relics? Now I know our beloved PC will not necessarily be compared to rotary phones, but will the non-techies in the world look at it this way. They will walk into my hosue and see this old relic of a PC, and think "Man, what are you living in the dark ages??":~
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
I can't imagine it dying in an office environment either. OK you can use keyboards with tablets, but isn't it easier to just use a laptop at that point.
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Yeah, I don't really get the concept of or need for a tablet... since I can do the same things with my smart phone... if I need a larger screen or a keyboard, at that point, I just go to my laptop or desktop.
+1. My iPhone4 is excellent for anything I need to do while roaming around, for anything else I'm back at either my laptop or desk beast. I [briefly] considered buying an iPad2 but after looking at one for a little while I realized it was just a larger version of what I'm already satisfied with, so what was the point? -Max
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It gets harder and harder to decide who is right. :-D After reading this[^] from today's The Insider[^]. I realised that I had read "I am fed up with tablets", or the equivalent, for the umpteenth time in the last couple of days. I don't own a Tablet (except for a few Paracetamol) so cannot comment but I was wondering if those of you that do have them have become disenchanted and rarely use them any more. Are they the 'Breville' of IT, destined to reside in the cupboard-under-the-stairs of computing?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
I plan to get one within the next six months, finances willing. Most of my intent is based on my iPhone and the use I get from it day to day. Secondary is that my roommate uses his to make his gaming books more portable via a web app that he made available to himself and I like the idea of being able to do something similar. On the other hand, I have an office-issued Galaxy 7" that I don't use for much at the moment mostly because I don't see any apps on it that appeal to me and the battery life is short even when I have it in blank screen idle mode. I don't, however, like the idea of getting yet another data plan in order to be able to use them away from a wireless access point.
I'm not a programmer but I play one at the office
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It gets harder and harder to decide who is right. :-D After reading this[^] from today's The Insider[^]. I realised that I had read "I am fed up with tablets", or the equivalent, for the umpteenth time in the last couple of days. I don't own a Tablet (except for a few Paracetamol) so cannot comment but I was wondering if those of you that do have them have become disenchanted and rarely use them any more. Are they the 'Breville' of IT, destined to reside in the cupboard-under-the-stairs of computing?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
I absolutely love my iPad. It is almost always with me. It is so useful and productive for me. I am very rarely on my laptop anymore. I use it for web, of course. But also for reading docs/email from work, for writing music (many MIDI capable synths, drum machines, sequencers) and live performance, calendar, task lists, incredible photo editing abilities, write notes, design user interfaces and then mail out to my team, plan out my software meetings, play games. With SplashTop, I can walk the iPad over to someone's office and show them something new I've added to the product. I also created an Excel spreadsheet so my wife can keep track of our daughter and her gymnastics team scores during competitions (much easier than bringing a laptop). I recently went on a two week vacation and left my laptop at home. I used the iPad to download all of my photos. Basically everyone around me knows how ecstatic I am over it. It is so useful and productive and fun! I continue to find new uses for it. My wife also has an iPad and likes it as well, though she doesn't use it for nearly all the same things as I do.