09-18-2011, 08:41 AM | #1 | ||
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2005
|
Thinkpad Tablet
I got an iPad last Christmas and the family is primarily using it as an entertainment tool. Other than checking email on the go, I really haven't seen it as a productivity tool.
To me, productivity means
Thinking about the new Thinkpad Tablet. Anyone else been looking at it? Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet - reviews - Broadband - none - PC World Australia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31gAfLLqDrA Last edited by Edward64 : 09-18-2011 at 06:49 PM. |
||
09-18-2011, 09:02 AM | #2 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MA
|
I just can't get over how expensive these things are.
|
09-18-2011, 09:54 AM | #3 |
College Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
|
+1
I mean, as Edward kind of alludes to, I rarely see anybody being "productive" with them. Plus most (perhaps not the iPad) that I have seen are terrible on battery life...and I don't think they were editing massive documents on them so its pretty much just reading email on a bigger screen than a phone. A bigger/better looking email reader? Sure, it does that. Can take an attachment & make major professional looking modifications to it? I'm not so sure. A neat gadget & timewaster while you're waiting at the doctor's office, car wash/oil change, etc. place? That's what I see my use case for it. And that's just not worth the cost over a smart phone. |
09-18-2011, 11:07 AM | #4 |
SI Games
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Melbourne, FL
|
I'd recommend looking at either the triple-E or Acer A500 tablets as more cost efficient units myself.
One of the chaps at SI* has a EEE and I was very impressed generally with its built quality and feel ... haven't seen any of them here in Florida, but the A500 (Acer) looks very similar. *No he's nothing to do with handheld development before you get excited, its his personal device - he's working on FM PC Last edited by Marc Vaughan : 09-18-2011 at 11:08 AM. |
09-18-2011, 11:11 AM | #5 |
Pro Rookie
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Dayton, Ohio
|
Yea, I've considered the Asus Transformer plus keyboard dock or the Thinkpad tablet, but the cost always keeps me away.
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
|
|