Tablets look set a displace the netbook, if figures from market watcher
DisplaySearch are to be believed.
DisplaySearch tracks all mobile computer sales, from netbooks through
ultraportables right the way up to desktop replacement behemoths.
The telling figures are netbooks' share of the overall mobile computer
market. According to DisplaySearch's data, that share rose from just
under 14 per cent in Q3 2008 to around 20 per cent in Q2 2009 - this
time last year. Since then the share figure has stayed static at just
over 20 per cent.
....
This shows netbooks have found their niche - though at a fifth of the
mobile computer market, it's a big one.
But now it's being eaten into the the tablet, and the iPad in
particular.
DisplaySearch puts the Apple gadget's share of the netbook segment at
6.5 per cent in Q1 2010 - Apple shipped 700,000 of them into retail
channels, DisplaySearch said - rising to 30 per cent in Q2, though that
remains a forecast - the quarter's not done yet.
Crucially, that plateau share of the overall portable PC arena includes
tablets. So as iPad sales have come primarily at the cost of netbook
sales, eating into the latter to keep the overall group's market share
the same.
That's just the iPad - more tablets are coming, from HP and Samsung to
name but two.
> John Navas wrote:
>> Tablets look set a displace the netbook, if figures from market watcher
>> DisplaySearch are to be believed.
>
> Will reverse as soon as word gets out that current tablets are woefully
> inadequate, under-performing netbooks and an untenable form factor pda.
>
Naw. The buyers are stupids looking for an appliance that operates like
their DVD player. They'll accept anything if they don't have to open the
instruction manual to get it to play.
Larry wrote:
> News <News@Group.Name> wrote in news:k7-dnTf_IPH2
> _ofRnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@speakeasy.net:
>
>> John Navas wrote:
>>> Tablets look set a displace the netbook, if figures from market watcher
>>> DisplaySearch are to be believed.
>> Will reverse as soon as word gets out that current tablets are woefully
>> inadequate, under-performing netbooks and an untenable form factor pda.
>>
>
> Naw. The buyers are stupids looking for an appliance that operates like
> their DVD player. They'll accept anything if they don't have to open the
> instruction manual to get it to play.
That covers maxiPad stupidtinos. What about the rest?
News <News@Group.Name> wrote in
news:98WdnfVXbctBHofRnZ2dnUVZ_oSdnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t:
> Larry wrote:
>> News <News@Group.Name> wrote in news:k7-dnTf_IPH2
>> _ofRnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@speakeasy.net:
>>
>>> John Navas wrote:
>>>> Tablets look set a displace the netbook, if figures from market
>>>> watcher DisplaySearch are to be believed.
>>> Will reverse as soon as word gets out that current tablets are
>>> woefully inadequate, under-performing netbooks and an untenable form
>>> factor pda.
>>>
>>
>> Naw. The buyers are stupids looking for an appliance that operates
>> like their DVD player. They'll accept anything if they don't have to
>> open the instruction manual to get it to play.
>
>
>
> That covers maxiPad stupidtinos. What about the rest?
>
There IS a hard core of computer lovers that remains steadfastly holding
onto control of their stuff.
Last night I was booted to MeeGo, the new Nokia Maemo - Intel open
source OS for sellphones and other mobile devices. It's going to be a
very fast, very tight Linux-based OS specifically designed for ATOM-
based mobiles. It boots from a USB flash in 25 seconds from a cold
start. Google Chrome is the currently loaded browser. The whole OS,
games, utilities, Chrome, and other pre-installed toys only takes up
800KB! True multiwindowed multitasking. Everything runs in background
as a real operating system should. It's still in beta even though they
are calling it 1.0 for Netbooks. For the small mobile screens, it will
be a very neat package. I even got one of the Linux Skypes to run on it
so I could get on VoIP. Very cool....(c;]
Larry wrote:
> News <News@Group.Name> wrote in
> news:98WdnfVXbctBHofRnZ2dnUVZ_oSdnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t:
>
>> Larry wrote:
>>> News <News@Group.Name> wrote in news:k7-dnTf_IPH2
>>> _ofRnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@speakeasy.net:
>>>
>>>> John Navas wrote:
>>>>> Tablets look set a displace the netbook, if figures from market
>>>>> watcher DisplaySearch are to be believed.
>>>> Will reverse as soon as word gets out that current tablets are
>>>> woefully inadequate, under-performing netbooks and an untenable form
>>>> factor pda.
>>>>
>>> Naw. The buyers are stupids looking for an appliance that operates
>>> like their DVD player. They'll accept anything if they don't have to
>>> open the instruction manual to get it to play.
>>
>>
>> That covers maxiPad stupidtinos. What about the rest?
>>
>
> There IS a hard core of computer lovers that remains steadfastly holding
> onto control of their stuff.
I was thinking of the broad middle region of the bell curve that
considers function more of a requirement than appearances.
NEWS: Analyst expects iPad to pass Mac by September
The iPad is set to surpass Apple Mac computer shipments by September,
while production levels for the yet-to-be-released iPhone 4G will hit 12
million by that time, according to an analyst.
"By the September quarter, iPad sales volumes should exceed Mac, which,
on average, are about 3 million on a quarterly basis," said Ashok Kumar,
an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, in a phone interview Friday. Kumar said
that iPad shipments will "easily" reach 4 million by the end of the
September quarter.
Kumar also commented on the production ramp for the iPhone 4G. "Supply
chain checks indicate that 4G production volumes will approach 12
million units by the September quarter," he wrote in a research note
sent out Friday. The iPhone 4G is Apple's next-generation iPhone, due
later this year.
"Along with 3GS shipments, total iPhone quarterly volume could approach
15 million units in September. If these trends manifest, iPhone volumes
for the year will top 40 million units or well above current street
estimates. The production volumes are a confirmation that Apple is
increasingly becoming carrier agnostic," Kumar wrote.
Kumar continued. "Verizon launch (is) on track for the holidays: With
FCC certification behind, the primary gating factor remains the terms of
engagement with Verizon. Supply chain checks indicate that Apple will
launch the product in time for the holidays. If these events unfold as
planned, iPhone quarterly volume (all flavors) could reach 17 million
units by December," Kumar wrote.
NEWS: Verizon May Follow AT&T’s IPhone to Tiered Pricing
Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, may follow AT&T
Inc. in introducing tiered pricing and eliminating unlimited data plans
this year as it moves to its faster fourth-generation network
technology.
“We will probably need to change the design of our pricing where it will
not be totally unlimited, flat rate,” John Killian, chief financial
officer of Verizon Communications Inc., the wireless unit’s parent, said
in an interview at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York today.
The company anticipates “explosions in data traffic” over wireless
networks as new phones on 4G networks incorporate data- heavy
applications, such as video downloads, he said. Verizon is working to
keep its network running smoothly as more of its customers switch to
smartphones that connect to the Internet.
The company is finalizing new data plans for the 4G network, which is
expected to provide 10 times faster data rates than older networks, and
isn’t ready to announce specifics, said Killian, 55. AT&T, the exclusive
U.S. carrier for Apple Inc.’s iPhone, said this month it will introduce
plans based on the amount of data customers use and stop offering
unlimited plans to manage the soaring data traffic.
“The more bandwidth that you make available, the faster it will be
consumed,” said Craig Moffett, analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in
New York. “From Verizon’s perspective, the last thing you want is for
another generation of consumers to be conditioned to the idea that data
is always going to be uncapped.”
In article <k7-dnTf_IPH2_ofRnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@speakeasy.net>, News@Group.Name says...
> John Navas wrote:
> > Tablets look set a displace the netbook, if figures from market watcher
> > DisplaySearch are to be believed.
>
> Will reverse as soon as word gets out that current tablets are woefully
> inadequate, under-performing netbooks and an untenable form factor pda.
>
What really bugs me about the iPad and recent "tablets" is that they are
so far from being a "REAL" tablet pc that they need a new term, maybe
"app-pad" or something.
FWIW there ARE real tablets on the market, and have been for years, that
are full-function PCs that run everything modern laptops and desktops
can run--plus pen-centric stuff you can't even run on standard pcs. I do
90% of my day-to-day PC work on a 5 year old Motion M1400 tablet
(complete with docking station, keyboard, mouse, extended desktop on 2nd
monitor, and multiple usb hubs) and it's 1.1Ghz Pentium M/2GB memory is
ancient compared to the multi-core models available now.
--
Jud
Dallas TX USA
In article <MPG.26856575f940b951989684@news.albasani.net>, Jud
<I5i5changethistodash5rbo@xemaps.com> wrote:
> What really bugs me about the iPad and recent "tablets" is that they are
> so far from being a "REAL" tablet pc that they need a new term, maybe
> "app-pad" or something.
where is this definition written?
> FWIW there ARE real tablets on the market, and have been for years, that
> are full-function PCs that run everything modern laptops and desktops
> can run--plus pen-centric stuff you can't even run on standard pcs. I do
> 90% of my day-to-day PC work on a 5 year old Motion M1400 tablet
> (complete with docking station, keyboard, mouse, extended desktop on 2nd
> monitor, and multiple usb hubs) and it's 1.1Ghz Pentium M/2GB memory is
> ancient compared to the multi-core models available now.
Jud <I5i5changethistodash5rbo@xemaps.com> wrote in
news:MPG.26856575f940b951989684@news.albasani.net:
> What really bugs me about the iPad and recent "tablets" is that they are
> so far from being a "REAL" tablet pc that they need a new term, maybe
> "app-pad" or something.
>
>
We could call it "WebTV", but I think that name is branded and we'd get
sued....(c;]
iPad is just another WebTV device....connecting to the cloud.
Jud wrote:
> In article <k7-dnTf_IPH2_ofRnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@speakeasy.net>,
> News@Group.Name says...
>> John Navas wrote:
>>> Tablets look set a displace the netbook, if figures from market watcher
>>> DisplaySearch are to be believed.
>> Will reverse as soon as word gets out that current tablets are woefully
>> inadequate, under-performing netbooks and an untenable form factor pda.
>>
>
> What really bugs me about the iPad and recent "tablets" is that they are
> so far from being a "REAL" tablet pc that they need a new term, maybe
> "app-pad" or something.
maxiPads
>
> FWIW there ARE real tablets on the market, and have been for years, that
> are full-function PCs that run everything modern laptops and desktops
> can run--plus pen-centric stuff you can't even run on standard pcs. I do
> 90% of my day-to-day PC work on a 5 year old Motion M1400 tablet
> (complete with docking station, keyboard, mouse, extended desktop on 2nd
> monitor, and multiple usb hubs) and it's 1.1Ghz Pentium M/2GB memory is
> ancient compared to the multi-core models available now.
All of which leave maxiPads in the sanitary circular file
"News" <News@Group.Name> wrote in message
news:MaCdnfZb4sULI4bRnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t...
> Jud wrote:
>> In article <k7-dnTf_IPH2_ofRnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@speakeasy.net>,
>> News@Group.Name says...
>>> John Navas wrote:
>>>> Tablets look set a displace the netbook, if figures from market watcher
>>>> DisplaySearch are to be believed.
>>> Will reverse as soon as word gets out that current tablets are woefully
>>> inadequate, under-performing netbooks and an untenable form factor pda.
>>>
>>
>> What really bugs me about the iPad and recent "tablets" is that they are
>> so far from being a "REAL" tablet pc that they need a new term, maybe
>> "app-pad" or something.
>
> maxiPads
>
>>
>> FWIW there ARE real tablets on the market, and have been for years, that
>> are full-function PCs that run everything modern laptops and desktops can
>> run--plus pen-centric stuff you can't even run on standard pcs. I do 90%
>> of my day-to-day PC work on a 5 year old Motion M1400 tablet (complete
>> with docking station, keyboard, mouse, extended desktop on 2nd monitor,
>> and multiple usb hubs) and it's 1.1Ghz Pentium M/2GB memory is ancient
>> compared to the multi-core models available now.
>
>
> All of which leave maxiPads in the sanitary circular file
Over 2,000,000 people have disageed with you by voting with their wallets.
Just for fun how many real people can you round up that even remotely agree
with you? By agree with you I mean that are equally viscous Apple haters. I
know you can get Larry and Mark and a few others but far less than
2,000,000. That pretty much leaves you pissing in the wind. Eh?
John B. Coarsey, PE <jcoarsey wrote:
> "News" <News@Group.Name> wrote in message
> news:MaCdnfZb4sULI4bRnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t...
>> Jud wrote:
>>> In article <k7-dnTf_IPH2_ofRnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@speakeasy.net>,
>>> News@Group.Name says...
>>>> John Navas wrote:
>>>>> Tablets look set a displace the netbook, if figures from market watcher
>>>>> DisplaySearch are to be believed.
>>>> Will reverse as soon as word gets out that current tablets are woefully
>>>> inadequate, under-performing netbooks and an untenable form factor pda.
>>>>
>>> What really bugs me about the iPad and recent "tablets" is that they are
>>> so far from being a "REAL" tablet pc that they need a new term, maybe
>>> "app-pad" or something.
>> maxiPads
>>
>>> FWIW there ARE real tablets on the market, and have been for years, that
>>> are full-function PCs that run everything modern laptops and desktops can
>>> run--plus pen-centric stuff you can't even run on standard pcs. I do 90%
>>> of my day-to-day PC work on a 5 year old Motion M1400 tablet (complete
>>> with docking station, keyboard, mouse, extended desktop on 2nd monitor,
>>> and multiple usb hubs) and it's 1.1Ghz Pentium M/2GB memory is ancient
>>> compared to the multi-core models available now.
>>
>> All of which leave maxiPads in the sanitary circular file
>
> Over 2,000,000 people have disageed with you by voting with their wallets.
> Just for fun how many real people can you round up that even remotely agree
> with you? By agree with you I mean that are equally viscous Apple haters. I
> know you can get Larry and Mark and a few others but far less than
> 2,000,000. That pretty much leaves you pissing in the wind. Eh?
>
>
Ha! cnet luminary in the 1 PM hour on CNBC live stated most maxiPad
buyers haven't even figured out what they can and can't do with it!
Wait until they find its highest/best use is as an overpriced coaster.
On 6/18/10 2:04 PM, in article hvgg0t$44d$1@news.eternal-september.org,
"John B. Coarsey, PE @yahoo.com>" <jcoarsey<nospam> wrote:
>
> "News" <News@Group.Name> wrote in message
> news:MaCdnfZb4sULI4bRnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t...
>> Jud wrote:
>>> In article <k7-dnTf_IPH2_ofRnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@speakeasy.net>,
>>> News@Group.Name says...
>>>> John Navas wrote:
>>>>> Tablets look set a displace the netbook, if figures from market watcher
>>>>> DisplaySearch are to be believed.
>>>> Will reverse as soon as word gets out that current tablets are woefully
>>>> inadequate, under-performing netbooks and an untenable form factor pda.
>>>>
>>>
>>> What really bugs me about the iPad and recent "tablets" is that they are
>>> so far from being a "REAL" tablet pc that they need a new term, maybe
>>> "app-pad" or something.
>>
>> maxiPads
>>
>>>
>>> FWIW there ARE real tablets on the market, and have been for years, that
>>> are full-function PCs that run everything modern laptops and desktops can
>>> run--plus pen-centric stuff you can't even run on standard pcs. I do 90%
>>> of my day-to-day PC work on a 5 year old Motion M1400 tablet (complete
>>> with docking station, keyboard, mouse, extended desktop on 2nd monitor,
>>> and multiple usb hubs) and it's 1.1Ghz Pentium M/2GB memory is ancient
>>> compared to the multi-core models available now.
>>
>>
>> All of which leave maxiPads in the sanitary circular file
>
> That pretty much leaves you pissing in the wind. Eh?
>
With his mouth agape. He's into the 'recycling' thing, ya' know?
> John B. Coarsey, PE <jcoarsey wrote:
>> "News" <News@Group.Name> wrote in message
>> news:MaCdnfZb4sULI4bRnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t...
>>> Jud wrote:
>>>> In article <k7-dnTf_IPH2_ofRnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@speakeasy.net>,
>>>> News@Group.Name says...
>>>>> John Navas wrote:
>>>>>> Tablets look set a displace the netbook, if figures from market watcher
>>>>>> DisplaySearch are to be believed.
>>>>> Will reverse as soon as word gets out that current tablets are woefully
>>>>> inadequate, under-performing netbooks and an untenable form factor pda.
>>>>>
>>>> What really bugs me about the iPad and recent "tablets" is that they are
>>>> so far from being a "REAL" tablet pc that they need a new term, maybe
>>>> "app-pad" or something.
>>> maxiPads
>>>
>>>> FWIW there ARE real tablets on the market, and have been for years, that
>>>> are full-function PCs that run everything modern laptops and desktops can
>>>> run--plus pen-centric stuff you can't even run on standard pcs. I do 90%
>>>> of my day-to-day PC work on a 5 year old Motion M1400 tablet (complete
>>>> with docking station, keyboard, mouse, extended desktop on 2nd monitor,
>>>> and multiple usb hubs) and it's 1.1Ghz Pentium M/2GB memory is ancient
>>>> compared to the multi-core models available now.
>>>
>>> All of which leave maxiPads in the sanitary circular file
>>
>> Over 2,000,000 people have disageed with you by voting with their wallets.
>> Just for fun how many real people can you round up that even remotely agree
>> with you? By agree with you I mean that are equally viscous Apple haters. I
>> know you can get Larry and Mark and a few others but far less than
>> 2,000,000. That pretty much leaves you pissing in the wind. Eh?
>>
>>
>
> Ha! cnet luminary in the 1 PM hour on CNBC live stated most maxiPad
> buyers haven't even figured out what they can and can't do with it!
>
CNBC. No THERE'S a reliable source of news. NOT!
No wonder that you use that P.O.S. For your handle. Peas in a pod...
George Kerby wrote:
>
>
> On 6/18/10 2:49 PM, in article
> PZidnUnJXcUyUIbRnZ2dnUVZ_ridnZ2d@speakeasy.net, "News" <News@Group.Name>
> wrote:
>
>> John B. Coarsey, PE <jcoarsey wrote:
>>> "News" <News@Group.Name> wrote in message
>>> news:MaCdnfZb4sULI4bRnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t...
>>>> Jud wrote:
>>>>> In article <k7-dnTf_IPH2_ofRnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@speakeasy.net>,
>>>>> News@Group.Name says...
>>>>>> John Navas wrote:
>>>>>>> Tablets look set a displace the netbook, if figures from market watcher
>>>>>>> DisplaySearch are to be believed.
>>>>>> Will reverse as soon as word gets out that current tablets are woefully
>>>>>> inadequate, under-performing netbooks and an untenable form factor pda.
>>>>>>
>>>>> What really bugs me about the iPad and recent "tablets" is that they are
>>>>> so far from being a "REAL" tablet pc that they need a new term, maybe
>>>>> "app-pad" or something.
>>>> maxiPads
>>>>
>>>>> FWIW there ARE real tablets on the market, and have been for years, that
>>>>> are full-function PCs that run everything modern laptops and desktops can
>>>>> run--plus pen-centric stuff you can't even run on standard pcs. I do 90%
>>>>> of my day-to-day PC work on a 5 year old Motion M1400 tablet (complete
>>>>> with docking station, keyboard, mouse, extended desktop on 2nd monitor,
>>>>> and multiple usb hubs) and it's 1.1Ghz Pentium M/2GB memory is ancient
>>>>> compared to the multi-core models available now.
>>>> All of which leave maxiPads in the sanitary circular file
>>> Over 2,000,000 people have disageed with you by voting with their wallets.
>>> Just for fun how many real people can you round up that even remotely agree
>>> with you? By agree with you I mean that are equally viscous Apple haters. I
>>> know you can get Larry and Mark and a few others but far less than
>>> 2,000,000. That pretty much leaves you pissing in the wind. Eh?
>>>
>>>
>> Ha! cnet luminary in the 1 PM hour on CNBC live stated most maxiPad
>> buyers haven't even figured out what they can and can't do with it!
>>
> CNBC. No THERE'S a reliable source of news. NOT!
> George Kerby wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 6/18/10 2:49 PM, in article
>> PZidnUnJXcUyUIbRnZ2dnUVZ_ridnZ2d@speakeasy.net, "News" <News@Group.Name>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> John B. Coarsey, PE <jcoarsey wrote:
>>>> "News" <News@Group.Name> wrote in message
>>>> news:MaCdnfZb4sULI4bRnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t...
>>>>> Jud wrote:
>>>>>> In article <k7-dnTf_IPH2_ofRnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@speakeasy.net>,
>>>>>> News@Group.Name says...
>>>>>>> John Navas wrote:
>>>>>>>> Tablets look set a displace the netbook, if figures from market watcher
>>>>>>>> DisplaySearch are to be believed.
>>>>>>> Will reverse as soon as word gets out that current tablets are woefully
>>>>>>> inadequate, under-performing netbooks and an untenable form factor pda.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> What really bugs me about the iPad and recent "tablets" is that they are
>>>>>> so far from being a "REAL" tablet pc that they need a new term, maybe
>>>>>> "app-pad" or something.
>>>>> maxiPads
>>>>>
>>>>>> FWIW there ARE real tablets on the market, and have been for years, that
>>>>>> are full-function PCs that run everything modern laptops and desktops can
>>>>>> run--plus pen-centric stuff you can't even run on standard pcs. I do 90%
>>>>>> of my day-to-day PC work on a 5 year old Motion M1400 tablet (complete
>>>>>> with docking station, keyboard, mouse, extended desktop on 2nd monitor,
>>>>>> and multiple usb hubs) and it's 1.1Ghz Pentium M/2GB memory is ancient
>>>>>> compared to the multi-core models available now.
>>>>> All of which leave maxiPads in the sanitary circular file
>>>> Over 2,000,000 people have disageed with you by voting with their wallets.
>>>> Just for fun how many real people can you round up that even remotely agree
>>>> with you? By agree with you I mean that are equally viscous Apple haters. I
>>>> know you can get Larry and Mark and a few others but far less than
>>>> 2,000,000. That pretty much leaves you pissing in the wind. Eh?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Ha! cnet luminary in the 1 PM hour on CNBC live stated most maxiPad
>>> buyers haven't even figured out what they can and can't do with it!
>>>
>> CNBC. No THERE'S a reliable source of news. NOT!
>
>
> Reading comprehension a problem, Geo?
>
> CNET, ****tard, CNET.
>> "in the 1 PM hour on CNBC live stated"
CNBC Douchbag, CNBC! Get an appointment with an Optometrist -- better yet, a
Shrink, yo moron!
George Kerby wrote:
>
>
> On 6/18/10 4:50 PM, in article
> gdadncZFU95Ud4bRnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@speakeasy.net, "News" <News@Group.Name>
> wrote:
>
>> George Kerby wrote:
>>>
>>> On 6/18/10 2:49 PM, in article
>>> PZidnUnJXcUyUIbRnZ2dnUVZ_ridnZ2d@speakeasy.net, "News" <News@Group.Name>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> John B. Coarsey, PE <jcoarsey wrote:
>>>>> "News" <News@Group.Name> wrote in message
>>>>> news:MaCdnfZb4sULI4bRnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t...
>>>>>> Jud wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <k7-dnTf_IPH2_ofRnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@speakeasy.net>,
>>>>>>> News@Group.Name says...
>>>>>>>> John Navas wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Tablets look set a displace the netbook, if figures from market watcher
>>>>>>>>> DisplaySearch are to be believed.
>>>>>>>> Will reverse as soon as word gets out that current tablets are woefully
>>>>>>>> inadequate, under-performing netbooks and an untenable form factor pda.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What really bugs me about the iPad and recent "tablets" is that they are
>>>>>>> so far from being a "REAL" tablet pc that they need a new term, maybe
>>>>>>> "app-pad" or something.
>>>>>> maxiPads
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> FWIW there ARE real tablets on the market, and have been for years, that
>>>>>>> are full-function PCs that run everything modern laptops and desktops can
>>>>>>> run--plus pen-centric stuff you can't even run on standard pcs. I do 90%
>>>>>>> of my day-to-day PC work on a 5 year old Motion M1400 tablet (complete
>>>>>>> with docking station, keyboard, mouse, extended desktop on 2nd monitor,
>>>>>>> and multiple usb hubs) and it's 1.1Ghz Pentium M/2GB memory is ancient
>>>>>>> compared to the multi-core models available now.
>>>>>> All of which leave maxiPads in the sanitary circular file
>>>>> Over 2,000,000 people have disageed with you by voting with their wallets.
>>>>> Just for fun how many real people can you round up that even remotely agree
>>>>> with you? By agree with you I mean that are equally viscous Apple haters. I
>>>>> know you can get Larry and Mark and a few others but far less than
>>>>> 2,000,000. That pretty much leaves you pissing in the wind. Eh?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Ha! cnet luminary in the 1 PM hour on CNBC live stated most maxiPad
>>>> buyers haven't even figured out what they can and can't do with it!
>>>>
>>> CNBC. No THERE'S a reliable source of news. NOT!
>>
>> Reading comprehension a problem, Geo?
>>
>> CNET, ****tard, CNET.
>
>>> "in the 1 PM hour on CNBC live stated"
>
> CNBC Douchbag, CNBC! Get an appointment with an Optometrist -- better yet, a
> Shrink, yo moron!
>
Go directly to remedial grammatical analysis, ****wit.
"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
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> Jud <I5i5changethistodash5rbo@xemaps.com> wrote in
> news:MPG.26856575f940b951989684@news.albasani.net:
>
>> What really bugs me about the iPad and recent "tablets" is that they are
>> so far from being a "REAL" tablet pc that they need a new term, maybe
>> "app-pad" or something.
>>
>>
>
> We could call it "WebTV", but I think that name is branded and we'd get
> sued....(c;]
>
> iPad is just another WebTV device....connecting to the cloud.
>
>
> --
> http://www.goveg.com/feat/agriproces...UStatement.asp
> Watch the FULL video. I dare ya! Shechitah barbarians!
>
> Larry
><My take if you don’t like it don’t buy it, most of us that did buy it
>didn’t expect a full blown PC, didn’t need it have 2 pcs at home, desk top
>and lap top kind of tough to carry a desk top around or a laptop along with
>a long power cord for when the batteries run down.
the Ipad fits my needs, portable, long battery life, easy to read books with
old eyes, some internet access almost anywhere, photos, music, etc many
things to keep me amused.
On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 07:28:23 -0400, in
<hvi9kp$434$1@news.eternal-september.org>, "Tom" <tc@comcast.net> wrote:
>the Ipad fits my needs, portable, long battery life, easy to read books with
>old eyes, some internet access almost anywhere, photos, music, etc many
>things to keep me amused.
To my eyes the Kindle display is much easier to read for long periods of
time.
--
Best regards,
John
If the iPhone and iPad are really so impressive,
then why do iFans keep making excuses for them?
John Navas <jncl1@navasgroup.com> wrote in
news:upkp16ptivt7pef872hu0hr7p815mcibm7@4ax.com:
> To my eyes the Kindle display is much easier to read for long periods of
> time.
>
Absolutely! There's no comparison to the Kindle in bright sunlight. The
brighter the sun shines on it, the brighter the display as it's sunlit, not
backlit.
Looking through that damned mirror is just awful outdoors.
--
Creationism is to science what storks are to obstetrics...
In article <Xns9D9CDB7C6F3B8noonehomecom@74.209.131.13>, Larry
<noone@home.com> wrote:
> Absolutely! There's no comparison to the Kindle in bright sunlight. The
> brighter the sun shines on it, the brighter the display as it's sunlit, not
> backlit.
which is great if you are outside. most people don't read books
outside, they read them *inside*, especially when the weather is not
all that great.
there is even a kindle clip-on light because the screen is not usable
in dim light, such as reading in bed.
In message <Xns9D9CDB7C6F3B8noonehomecom@74.209.131.13> Larry
<noone@home.com> was claimed to have wrote:
>John Navas <jncl1@navasgroup.com> wrote in
>news:upkp16ptivt7pef872hu0hr7p815mcibm7@4ax.com :
>
>> To my eyes the Kindle display is much easier to read for long periods of
>> time.
>>
>
>Absolutely! There's no comparison to the Kindle in bright sunlight. The
>brighter the sun shines on it, the brighter the display as it's sunlit, not
>backlit.
Fantastic. Now try that again in a dimly lit plane in a seat with the
light unfortunately located slightly ahead of you, or when your partner
is sleeping in bed beside you.
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:18:04 -0700, in
<hjst161bkq26rc1djmtl95j7nk0tl7utso@4ax.com>, DevilsPGD
<Still-Just-A-Rat-In-A-Cage@crazyhat.net> wrote:
>In message <Xns9D9CDB7C6F3B8noonehomecom@74.209.131.13> Larry
><noone@home.com> was claimed to have wrote:
>
>>John Navas <jncl1@navasgroup.com> wrote in
>>news:upkp16ptivt7pef872hu0hr7p815mcibm7@4ax.co m:
>>
>>> To my eyes the Kindle display is much easier to read for long periods of
>>> time.
>>
>>Absolutely! There's no comparison to the Kindle in bright sunlight. The
>>brighter the sun shines on it, the brighter the display as it's sunlit, not
>>backlit.
>
>Fantastic. Now try that again in a dimly lit plane in a seat with the
>light unfortunately located slightly ahead of you, or when your partner
>is sleeping in bed beside you.
>
>Neither is ideal in all situations.
True, but the Kindle display is easier to read in the most common
conditions, and works quite nicely with an Itty Bitty Book Light,
whereas nothing will help the iPad out in the sun (e.g., at a park
or the beach).
--
Best regards,
John
If the iPhone and iPad are really so impressive,
then why do iFans keep making excuses for them?
> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:18:04 -0700, in
> <hjst161bkq26rc1djmtl95j7nk0tl7utso@4ax.com>, DevilsPGD
> <Still-Just-A-Rat-In-A-Cage@crazyhat.net> wrote:
>
>> In message <Xns9D9CDB7C6F3B8noonehomecom@74.209.131.13> Larry
>> <noone@home.com> was claimed to have wrote:
>>
>>> John Navas <jncl1@navasgroup.com> wrote in
>>> news:upkp16ptivt7pef872hu0hr7p815mcibm7@4ax.com:
>>>
>>>> To my eyes the Kindle display is much easier to read for long periods of
>>>> time.
>>>
>>> Absolutely! There's no comparison to the Kindle in bright sunlight. The
>>> brighter the sun shines on it, the brighter the display as it's sunlit, not
>>> backlit.
>>
>> Fantastic. Now try that again in a dimly lit plane in a seat with the
>> light unfortunately located slightly ahead of you, or when your partner
>> is sleeping in bed beside you.
>>
>> Neither is ideal in all situations.
>
> True, but the Kindle display is easier to read in the most common
> conditions, and works quite nicely with an Itty Bitty Book Light,
> whereas nothing will help the iPad out in the sun (e.g., at a park
> or the beach).
NavASS, I can see you now with your "Itty Bitty Book Liight" looking for
your "Itty Bitty". LOL!!!
In article <k6su165uvmca1me36k98ba4qfh0fn2cdap@4ax.com>, John Navas
<jncl1@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> >Fantastic. Now try that again in a dimly lit plane in a seat with the
> >light unfortunately located slightly ahead of you, or when your partner
> >is sleeping in bed beside you.
> >
> >Neither is ideal in all situations.
>
> True, but the Kindle display is easier to read in the most common
> conditions,
nope. most people read indoors in less than ideal light, which is why
there are add-on lights for it.
> and works quite nicely with an Itty Bitty Book Light,
'it's not a bug it's a feature.'
> whereas nothing will help the iPad out in the sun (e.g., at a park
> or the beach).
the ipad works fine in sunlight, which if you actually used one you
would know.
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