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**petergraham** · (This post was last modified: 10-08-2010 09:16 AM by Buzz.)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/samsu...ext-month/

This looks very cool .. running android 2.2 and a 1.2 ghz processor .. very cool!

**Harvz** · 08-11-2010, 01:54 PM

as good as it looks and as fun as the ipad is to play with, i cant think of a time when i would really use it. If im at home and cant be arsed getting of the couch to look something up on the net i use my phone and if im out and about i dont really want to be carrying a big slab of glass around waiting for me to drop it. what will others here use a tablet for?

**petergraham** · 08-11-2010, 02:39 PM

Well .. I have an office computer .. a laptop on the coffee table in the lounge and my sgs .. so I guess for me I don't "need" one .. I just "want" one .. lol. Damn you harvz for asking questions that make me realize I don't really need one Tongue

DroidDruid · 08-12-2010, 09:58 AM

Whoah! That looks awesome.

I am very happy with the ipad. I use it primarily as an ebook reader. I'm trying to commit to having a virtual library instead of the clutter of books I have!

But now having made the switch to Samsung Galaxy S on my phones, I think I would prefer this new tablet to the ipad! LOL

TechHead · 08-12-2010, 10:50 AM

I went through all this when the ipad came out. I just don't have a use for it! I'll happily have a play with someone else's every now and again though Wink

bunnybash · 08-13-2010, 09:50 AM

My poor laptop only gets used about half as much as before, and my desktop is only used for gaming and assignments

TieNN89 · 08-13-2010, 02:06 PM

Mate of mine made me think again with these

If they were running full OS like Win7 or something on it
It would be pretty decent

It would replace netbooks but because its Android powered its restricted to what Android has to offer

ilzy · 08-13-2010, 06:41 PM

(08-13-2010 02:06 PM)TieNN89 Wrote: Mate of mine made me think again with these

If they were running full OS like Win7 or something on it
It would be pretty decent

It would replace netbooks but because its Android powered its restricted to what Android has to offer

You definitely have a point there, as nice as the tablet is, it's still not a sufficient replacement for netbooks, I mean think of good old Steve Jobs, didn't he say that the iPad was a productivity device?? .......wtf kind of productivity can you get out of a device with a mobile OS platform and no USB ports?! As said by many and to some friends of mine that own an iPad, 'it's just a huge iPod touch'.

Now, Microsoft's showcase at Computex 2010 was interesting though...... Windows Embedded Compact 7 tablets on show, that OS looks definitely more promising, because unlike it being a mobile OS, ported to a tablet.... it's a full-fledged PC OS modified for tablets, that sounds definitely more promising and possibly something I'd think about buying.

TieNN89 · (This post was last modified: 08-14-2010 01:07 PM by TieNN89.)

But you'll find people will buy it because it's Apple.
In fact I know someone who is buying an iPhone 4 because she has a Macbook and because the iPhone is an Apple.

Apple really have set themselves up really well and know how to market things.
They don't give consumers everything, they leave it for the next version.
Just look at the iPhone 4 they can now do video calls oh wait that's on WiFi only lol.

But I must admit I do like Apples build quality with product housing etc
One piece Aluminum Macbook beautiful now why didn't anyone think of that

(08-13-2010 06:41 PM)ilzy Wrote: Now, Microsoft's showcase at Computex 2010 was interesting though...... Windows Embedded Compact 7 tablets on show, that OS looks definitely more promising, because unlike it being a mobile OS, ported to a tablet.... it's a full-fledged PC OS modified for tablets, that sounds definitely more promising and possibly something I'd think about buying.

Yeah definitely

I currently have a netbook and would love to replace it with a tablet of some sort.
Reason being is it wouldn't be as bulky
Keyboard would be onscreen so I could use it in bed, on the go...

With a mobile operating system you might as well use your phone.

SublimePorte · (This post was last modified: 08-15-2010 08:40 PM by SublimePorte.)

Quote:If they were running full OS like Win7 or something on it
It would be pretty decent

Microsoft's OSs generally don't scale well to smaller devices.

This is going to be much more the domain of Linux I think, and it looks like the MeeGo OS, which was created through initiatives by Intel and Nokia, and now has much broader support is set to do some really interesting stuff in this space.

Linux still has to build it's application ecosystem a lot more though. But this is happening already anyway as more and more software becomes platform-independant, realising that tying yourself into Microsoft is detrimental.