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MSI Will Launch iPad Alternative
itwbennett writes "Underwhelmed by the iPad? Don't give up on tablets just yet, says blogger Peter Smith. MSI has a tablet coming in the second half of 2010 that measures up on price and size and addresses a lot of the iPad's most noted shortcomings. 'The iPad runs iPhone OS while the MSI runs Android,' writes Smith. 'That means the MSI will multitask of course, and Flash support in Android should be a given by launch time (though that isn't certain). It has a camera. It's running on an Nvidia Tegra2 chip which Ars Technica suggests puts it on par with the iPad's A4 as far as computing horsepower. And of course Android doesn't live in a walled garden.'" The post notes that the MSI device does not support multitouch in its built-in apps. Still, would an Android-powered iPad-alike tempt you?
Update: 01/29 17:58 GMT by KD : Dave Altavilla suggests Hot Hardware's coverage of Asus's recently announced tablet, also based on the Tegra2 chip.
Update: 01/29 17:58 GMT by KD : Dave Altavilla suggests Hot Hardware's coverage of Asus's recently announced tablet, also based on the Tegra2 chip.
You're worried about price/performance ratios and overall utility rather than being cool and popular by jumping on yet another overpriced 'best thing since sliced bread' bandwagon?
You must be new here...or you must actually have a functioning brain!
tablets build muscles by requiring you to hold the tablet out in front of you and to hold your arms up to the screen when doing any interacting with the device. So it burns calories and is good for you. Something a laptop or netbook won't do because they sit on your lap, desk, or coffee table and you rest your hands on them when using them.
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"Anyone who stands out in the middle of a road looks like roadkill to me." --Linus
people.
"I can either outfit you with Gentoo on an 64-way 128GB NUMA server with a 16TB ZFS RAID that you access via ssh over gigabit ethernet... or with your basic hunk of steel... if the 64-way Linux box is too complicated for you. No, you don't want that iPad. All it does it access the web, your email, Facebook, YouTube, and iTunes with the touch of a finger, but only over a wireless network so unspecial you'll find it anywhere in the world, and it doesn't do anything beyond that, really. Oh, and it won't force you to learn anything while you're at it. Naw, either stick to the Gentoo server or the hunk of steel, those are your two best bets, depending on what sort of person you are."
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Like in a yaris, at night, while someone else is driving down a gravel road.
Then buy a Hummer.
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I figured the biggest downside of these tablets is that they don't have functional Etch-a-Sketch knobs on them. ;)
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Shit.
Excuse me. Slashdot exists since 1997. “Web 2.0” is a term from 2004.
Slashdot is so old, it barely counts as Web 1.0.
Also, it’s not ultra-stupid, since there are a ton of actually educated experts here, and their comments are worth a lot.
An example: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1525428&cid=30911212
That’s what makes /. different than Failbook and Twitter, etc.
Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
I most certainly can. Well, I was able to, until I tripped and broke it and my nose when I didn't notice the end of the side walk. Good thing I didn't get hit by the car that came around the corner at just that moment. ...
Standing and using a tablet, fine. Walking and using one, no thanks.
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