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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
That's the beauty of something like an iPad, you can still type fairly well (although slower) with one hand.
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Really? It might be better than a netbook if you're standing on a train, but if you're holding it with one hand and typing with the other I imagine that would be awful. Seems to me like in that scenario, a BB or an iPhone would be better where you can hold it with both hands and type with your thumbs.
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Originally Posted by Regorium
I also looked for a comparable to the iPad.
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX25117(ME).aspx
Asus 9" netbook with a touch screen is $509 - in the mold of other tablets, where you can swivel the screen to make it look like an iPad. Has a solid state drive too. Weighs 1kg, meaning that if you really wanted you could take this on a bus and read a book like many are saying what they could do with the iPad.
I guess my question is what does the iPad do that this particular netbook doesn't? It combines the best of both worlds for $90 less. (assuming iPad is 599 here if it's 499 in the states) |
Multitouch. But they've got one that does that, just not out in Canada for some reason. It also goes to 32 GB drive, upgradeable to 2 GB RAM, and runs Windows7. iPad wins for battery life, screen size, thickness, weight, eBooks, and Apple-ness (simple and stylish), netbook wins for height, width, multitasking, processing power, open system, USB ports that don't need adapters, camera. I don't know how many people really would care about the touchscreen anyways though when they have keyboard and touchpad.