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The Frankentablet: Windows and Android Mashup

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the better-than-zombiephone dept.

GMGruman writes "What happens if you take a netbook, remove its keyboard, put Windows 7 in one partition, a custom version of Android 2.2 in another, throw in a Linux bootloader, and physical buttons that match none of these? You get the ViewSonic ViewPad 10, a Frankenstein creation of technology body parts that just don't fit together. As this InfoWorld review shows, it's definitely a 'were they even thinking?' class of product."

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  1. All on one page... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.infoworld.com/print/160508

  2. No pictures by iONiUM · · Score: 4, Informative

    TFA has no pictures. I can't really read a review about a tablet that has no images of it at all. Is there a better review with some?

    1. Re:No pictures by Flyerman · · Score: 3, Informative

      Haven't read it yet, but here's one with pictures:

      http://www.laptopmag.com/review/tablets/viewsonic-viewpad-10.aspx?page=all

    2. Re:No pictures by _0xd0ad · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Nobody wanted to use it long enough to find out.

  3. Do NOT insult the Frankenstein monster. by mfh · · Score: 4, Informative

    Anyone party to the specific details of the Frankenstein story by Mary Shelly, will know that the supposed monster created was actually quite articulate, kind and thoughtful even. It was his creator who was the true monster.

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    The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
    1. Re:Do NOT insult the Frankenstein monster. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Uh.. except for that part where he "accidentally" strangles a child, frames a nanny for that child's murder, and deliberately murders two other people?

    2. Re:Do NOT insult the Frankenstein monster. by mfh · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Uh.. except for that part where he "accidentally" strangles a child, frames a nanny for that child's murder, and deliberately murders two other people?

      The position I carefully take is that of pity for the monster for being abandoned. Had Victor Frankenstein provided love to his creation, as a good parent would, the creation would have no hatred for humanity. Had the boy William not threatened to harm the monster, and also invoked the name of Frankenstein, the monster would not have harmed the boy. This is an unfortunate case of the monster not fully grasping the true nature of the problem it faced; the monster believed the boy and therefore the monster acted out of self preservation. Remember that once the monster realized what had truly transpired he did level himself with a great deal of guilt, but it was too late.

      No, it was human cruelty that caused the monster to hate. I feel he was very much justified in his actions, sadly.

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      The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
    3. Re:Do NOT insult the Frankenstein monster. by sdguero · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I think Mary Shelly's story actually fits pretty well. There is a lot of good qualities to the hardware and software in this Frankentablet, but the monster it has become is the result of Viewsonic's decisions.

  4. Re:Dear Viewsonic: by h4rr4r · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not only that, but why can't they add a DVI-D/HDMI/mini-DP input on those nice digital photo frames? They'd make really nice, low-cost secondary monitors.

    You do realize you just answered your own question, right?

  5. Re:Get a 10.2" Viewsonic gTablet instead by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd rather spend $400 on this. And then if I love it another $150 on the keyboard+extended battery+port replicator unit. I trust Asus a million times more than Viewsonic. Maybe literally.

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    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"