One can turn this question around.

When I'm away from a full size computer, the majority of what I'm doing does
not require any significant input. Watching movies, playing games, reading
news/books/email, etc. Why in the world would I want to waste the weight
involved in a keyboard for something I would only rarely use, and would mar
the form-factor?

In my experience though, there is no deficiency in using the built-in
software keyboard for the cases it's needed, and if I'm dong longer form
work a Bluetooth keyboard is more than adequate. (at least on iOS devices; I
hated the soft-keyboard when I had an android phone).


Kris Browne
kris.browne at gmail.com
http://www.google.com/profiles/kris.browne

"the least expensive, most bug-free line of code is the one you didn't have
to write." - Steve Jobs


On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 02:14, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 17 May 2011, Steve McGrath wrote:
>
>  I have a gTablet, it's crap.
>>
>
> [snip]
>
>  Any interest here?
>>
>
> The thing I wonder about is why I would want one.  I have a netbook -- I
> like that for when I travel, for taking notes at lectures, etc.  It has a
> keyboard, which helps.  I see a lot of interest in tablets right now but I'm
> not sure of why I'd want one.  When I see an ad for the iPad tablet, they
> make it look great, but most of what they are showing is really nice
> software that has nothing to do with the device, as far as I know.
>
> The one thing I an appreciate about it is that it must be nice for reading
> stuff, like newspapers, maybe books or journal articles.  It would be
> awkward to turn a netbook sideways, but it's easy with tablet. Is that the
> main selling point? - That it's nice for reading stuff?  For movies it seems
> like a netbook would be nicer because it automatically holds the screen in
> the right position and it gives me a keyboard that I can use easily for
> pause, rewind, fast-forward, etc.
>
> So I'm not sure I'm getting the attraction unless it's all about reading
> (as it is with Kindle or Nook), but maybe someone here can fill me in.
>
> Mike
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