Consolidated Tablet Thread

[gprsh924]

I don't know what kind of pants you wear, but I'd venture that 99% of people would look like massive tools with a galaxy tab in their pockets.

Not to mention that it would be uncomfortable.

Something in between the size of the iPhone and the EVO is about all I want in my pocket day in and day out.

[island911]

Yes, carrying around an iPad purse certainly says the opposite of massive tool. :blink . blink:



Seriously, A 9mm Glock is harder to conceal than most of these 7" tabs.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by island911

Yes, carrying around an iPad purse certainly says the opposite of massive tool. :blink . blink:



Seriously, A 9mm Glock is harder to conceal than most of these 7" tabs.

A Keltec P3AT is much easier to conceal than a 7" tablet...

Just saying...

THe 7" tab will fit in my pocket, but then I already look like a massive tool...

[gprsh924]

If I'm walking around somewhere that I need a tablet computer, I will have some type of briefcase or backpack with me.

Something as big as a tablet would not make sense as a 24/7 device for most people. Its simply too big to go *everywhere*. I can put my iPhone in my jeans pocket on Saturday night and not really know that its there. I can sit down without being jabbed in the side. The same can absolutely NOT be said for a galaxy tab or similar sized device.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by island911

Seriously, A 9mm Glock is harder to conceal than most of these 7" tabs.

Well that would depend on the particular Glock 9, a 17 maybe, a 26, not likely.

[jyl]

They need a camera that tracks your eyes and magnifies the part of the screen that you are looking at. Then you could, effectively, carry a 10" tablet in your pocket. Add a roll-up or light-sensor keyboard and you can effectively carry a notebook computer in your pocket. You know Apple and others are working on this stuff right now.

In 5 years, we'll be carrying the equivalent of an 8-way server, a cable modem speed broadband connection, and a big monitor, in our pockets. Not our cargo pockets, either.

Of course, it will be reporting our location, conversations, metabolic status, credit scores, and political leanings to multiple billion-dollar corporations and several government agencies, but them's the breaks.

I started using a free app called CardMunch. You take a picture of a business card, it is scanned and checked by a person (in India no doubt), and added to your contacts on the phone, and - since LinkedIn owns the app developer - you have various options for contacting the person on LI. Handy. And now LI starts building a database of everyone I meet, and when, and the types of people and businesses I interact with, and potentially where I meet them. Hmm. I'm thinking of paying for a standalone app . . .

[jyl]

Tablet production plans for 2011, excluding iPad, are falling meaningfully. Sales for Motorola, RIM, Samsung, Acer/Asus, etc tablets have been disappointing. No-one has yet released a tablet that is meaningfully better (for most buyers, not for geekoids) than the iPad, and everyone is having trouble beating Apple's pricing. But build plans are reportedly still significantly above most expectations for sales, so the Overstock.com bonanza of 2H11 remains in sight.

Intel is pushing the Ultrabook form factor for 2012. This is super-thin notebooks (like the MacAir) using SSD, metal cases, 22nm chips, instant-on.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by jyl

In 5 years, we'll be carrying the equivalent of an 8-way server, a cable modem speed broadband connection, and a big monitor, in our pockets. Not our cargo pockets, either..

If someone can create a projection holographic display, a pocket device can replace everything.