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Google Unveils Pixel Slate, Its First Laptop-Tablet Hybrid in Three Years (engadget.com)
In addition to announcing new flagship phones today, Google took the wraps off a new premium tablet called the Pixel Slate. It's a Chrome OS-powered slate with a 12.3-inch display that's supposed to be the sharpest in its class. Google claims this isn't just a laptop pretending to be a tablet or a phone pretending to be a computer. From a report: It has a resolution of 3,000 x 2,000 -- i.e., a pixel density of 293 ppi, which Google says is the highest for a premium 12-inch tablet. For reference, the Surface Pro 6 and iPad Pro (12.9 inch) come in at 267 ppi and 264 ppi, respectively. Google was able to make the screen so sharp because of an energy-efficient LCD technology called Low Temperature PolySilicon (LTPS), which let the company pack in more pixels without sacrificing size or battery. In fact, the Pixel Slate is supposed to last up to 12 hours on a charge, which is impressive for its skinny 7mm profile. [...] What stands out about the Pixel Slate is the version of Chrome OS it runs. When docked to a mouse or a keyboard accessory with a trackpad, it runs the regular desktop interface most people are familiar with by now. Disconnect peripherals, though, and it switches automatically to tablet mode, which is optimized for touch. In this profile, the home screen features icons for installed apps, much like the app drawer on Android phones. You can split the screen between up to two apps or drag and drop browser tabs to place them side by side. The Pixel Slate will be available with an Intel Celeron or Core M3, i5 or i7 processor, and 4GB to 16GB of RAM at a starting price of $599. The keyboard will cost an additional $200, should you wish to buy one, and the pen accessory will similarly cost $99.
If you make accessories too expensive, you end up putting yourself in the price range of real laptops running Windows while holding no real competitive advantages. No thanks.
Typical accessory scam.
Google graveyard.
So I read through the article and at the end they link to a YouTube video ad for the Pixel Slate.
For an iPad a video like that would show HD video editors composing and refining video on the fly demonstrating the power of the device.
For the Slate though, the video basically amounts to "it plays videos real good". Google's vision really is tablets as pure consumption, not creation devices I guess (so then why even make a stylus I wonder??).
I can see maybe getting a super cheap Fire tablet for something mostly non-interactive but not as much as Google is charging for a much less functional device.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Where are you getting your numbers?
i5 with 8/128 is 999
keyboard is 199
pen is 99
for a grand total of 1297
I'm geting my $US from here:
https://store.google.com/produ...
One could also make the argument that Google's video is realistic while Apple's is delusional.
Should you wish to be known as someone who lies to himself and others, go right ahead.
I setup the firewalls for a major photo/video studio's different locations around Paris this year. Macs, PC's and iPad Pros were heavily used in production. Not a single Andoid tablet to be found.
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ChromeOS isn't Android. It can run a virtualized version of Android to let you run Android apps, but the underlying OS isn't compatible with Android (a fact that became apparent when Google tried to implement native support for Android apps and failed).
If you're going to rant about Google's products, at least make an attempt to rant about the actual product you're posting in response to. ChromeOS has plenty of rant-worthy flaws, but you didn't actually touch on any of them.