From: karel Jansens (kareljansens_at_tiscalinet.be)
Date: Tue Sep 07 2004 - 12:20:21 PDT
Jon Glass wrote:
> Personally, I cannot see what good such a device would be... I mean, I
> can't carry it around town, as it's too big to use like a Newton or
> Palm. and if I'm home, why restrict myself to the tablet. Give me a
> laptop or desktop. And if you are going to use a keyboard with it, you
> run into the same problem as the Newt. Where do you prop the tablet
> while typing? Ever since the first tablet PCs, I've thought that they
> were a solution in search of a problem. The fact that they have yet to
> take off, after all these years, and the failure of the Newton means
> that the customers agree with me. I can see where there are certain
> applications for such a device, and the vertical markets that exist for
> them bear that out, but for a consumer device, like a laptop or
> Palm---the market just isn't there.
A tablet is great if you have a big house with garden, no fixed
workplace and a bias towards handwriting recognition (PenOffice on
Windows is really good).
And if you are using my tablet, lots of power sockets help as well. :)
Karel Jansens
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