The Ipad

[joshr]

To be honest with you I am a bit disappointed with what apple has come up with. As far as I understand, it has no USB ports as far as I know, and it's OS isn't really any different than that of the touch/iphone. However a piece of hardware from Hp has caught my attention, and that is the HP slate. It has a bigger screen as well as a full OS, windows 7. Details are sketchy on both, but so far it looks as if HP has apple beat in my opinion, simply due to the more versatile OS...

Ipad
Apple unveils iPad, details gaming potential | Gamezebo

Hp Slate
What Timing! HP Releases More Slate Tablet Details

[Morticia]

I have to say... I'm not impressed at all. It's too small to be a tablet and not small enough to be worth lugging a giant version of the iPod around. I might have been mildly interested if it was the size of a normal 15 in laptop screen, because that way it wouldn't be in the gray area of size that would make it awkward to hold.
It just looks like an expensive electronic child's How-To-Read thing.

[LemonRising]

I prefer just having a laptop and a desktop..

But the HP slate is kind of attractive and would make me feel all high-tech and futuristic.

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I'd get it if I had lots of money and a real reason to get it other than "it looks cool"

[Exodyus]

I don't understand why they're running it on a 3G network, when 4G is already upon us, that's stupid to me.

Second thing is, it only has 1gb of ram.

CANCEL MY THIRD, apparently there is a mic -- so you could download skype and it will act as a GIANT iPhone.

Fourth, it lacks USB inputs.

So essentially, it's a piece of expensive junk, rolled up into a WACOM table, that you can't use for drawing. Lol.

I guess this is just totally retarded then. 699 for the HD, and still a giant iphone.

[suesam21]

well 3G models are costly, 200$ extra for features is something that i can't afford as of now that small screen.

[Morticia]

I prefer just having a laptop and a desktop..

But the HP slate is kind of attractive and would make me feel all high-tech and futuristic.

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I'd get it if I had lots of money and a real reason to get it other than "it looks cool"

I want a tablet laptop so hard..... It would be like having a giant electronic sketchbook that never runs out of pages. D: I'm so broke...

[Exodyus]

Do you have a WACOM drawing tab, Mort?

[Morticia]

Do you have a WACOM drawing tab, Mort?

God I wish, I used to work with one in school. An old intuos.
All I have is a cheap $50 tablet from Walmart...

[jango]

God I wish, I used to work with one in school. An old intuos.
All I have is a cheap $50 tablet from Walmart...

Well considering some of the things you can produce on it Morti it can't be that bad

[KittyCat72]

We were talking about these in my English class... I guess it's just some more technology that I won't own. I suppose it looks interesting, but I think I would be much better of with just a laptop as well.