I'll take a moment and respond to this. This problem is exactly why I created Gigatracks.com. I spend a LOT of time wading through crap bands to find some real gems. My taste does run a bit mainstream and while I do think that a lot of what gets promoted by the majors is watered down, it still has mass appeal. That's why they market it.
So since I spend so much time digging for new music, many of my friends started asking for my advice in recommending bands. It started happening with enough frequency that I decided to try turning it into a website. The idea that being that instead of being a come-one come-all type site such as Garageband or Soundclick, we'd act as a filter. So far we've had pretty good luck and we've had a lot of good responses. We'd like to even round up a few more people to help us find and spotlight tracks, so if you'd be interested, you can always drop by the site and shoot us a line.
I and my fellow reviewers try to find stuff that has a wide range of appeal. So maybe you should try visiting it and checking us out. We've got free downloads in mp3 of everything that we offer. You may be surprised that you find some bands that will totally change your opinion about 'free' music.
Actually, I run a company that creates software for chiropractors to create all of their various patient treatment forms. The software was designed with the tablet in mind as the portability is of great use. Several of our offices also used to do all of their notes on paper, so it provides a familiar form-factor. Plus, they can continue to handwrite which also eases the transition to being paperless. So for them, tablets have been a great choice for equipment.
We have used the Electrovaya's before in our implementations. The response has been so-so about quality, but the battery life gets RAVE reviews. The chiropractors love it because they can carry it for a full day of treating patients with no recharging necessary. However, some of the one's that we have used in the past tend to be quite heavy, like the SC300. This thing weighs a TON when you have to carry it around all day.
So to answer the question, this is a market which is very much in need of tablets as they definitely fill a market void.
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I'll take a moment and respond to this. This problem is exactly why I created Gigatracks.com. I spend a LOT of time wading through crap bands to find some real gems. My taste does run a bit mainstream and while I do think that a lot of what gets promoted by the majors is watered down, it still has mass appeal. That's why they market it.
So since I spend so much time digging for new music, many of my friends started asking for my advice in recommending bands. It started happening with enough frequency that I decided to try turning it into a website. The idea that being that instead of being a come-one come-all type site such as Garageband or Soundclick, we'd act as a filter. So far we've had pretty good luck and we've had a lot of good responses. We'd like to even round up a few more people to help us find and spotlight tracks, so if you'd be interested, you can always drop by the site and shoot us a line.
I and my fellow reviewers try to find stuff that has a wide range of appeal. So maybe you should try visiting it and checking us out. We've got free downloads in mp3 of everything that we offer. You may be surprised that you find some bands that will totally change your opinion about 'free' music.
Actually, I run a company that creates software for chiropractors to create all of their various patient treatment forms. The software was designed with the tablet in mind as the portability is of great use. Several of our offices also used to do all of their notes on paper, so it provides a familiar form-factor. Plus, they can continue to handwrite which also eases the transition to being paperless. So for them, tablets have been a great choice for equipment.
We have used the Electrovaya's before in our implementations. The response has been so-so about quality, but the battery life gets RAVE reviews. The chiropractors love it because they can carry it for a full day of treating patients with no recharging necessary. However, some of the one's that we have used in the past tend to be quite heavy, like the SC300. This thing weighs a TON when you have to carry it around all day.
So to answer the question, this is a market which is very much in need of tablets as they definitely fill a market void.