As long as the competition simply tries to copy the iPad, they wil have a hard time beating it. Yet, Apple with its closed business model, will not easily get a dominant market share for a long period, but will be a major force of influence.
I do own a tablet which, except for Germany, is not quite popular; at least not here in the Netherlands, yet it has raised a lot of interest from my colleagues here, by the way I use it. I dropped the MeeGo from it as it is not mature at all yet and put Ubuntu netbook mix (10.10) on it. True, it's far from where the iPad is looking at pure tablet things, but extending it with a usb-.DVI connector and connecting to my 1920x1200 screen it suddenly turns into a perfect dual screen notebook replacement and yet it still is the only thing ( 1kg) that I need to carry around (I happen to have a display that size both at work and at home). Bluetooth keyboard on both desks and a very tiny usb based one for the road to finish things. Plug in a DVB-T stick and watch live TV on it. Mine doesn't have 3G but I can use my N900 phone for tethering. A 3G model does exist as well though. Oh yes, forgot to say it runs a dualcore Atom, so everything running on a Linux PC simply works (or even Windows, if you want/have to).
Ok, I'm not saying my use is "the way" to use a tablet, but I think it shows the potential if you start to think outside the Apple build iPad box. I bought a second one a few weeks ago for experimenting and I can't wait to see what more I can do with it.
So what is real ADHD/ADD? Is it the malfunctioning of the brain that the appr. 30% of the people taking ritalin and "getting better" by? Personally I don't think so. I think it is a diagnosed brain malfunctioning (at least further from normal functioning than most people) which may have multiple causes and treatments. At the moment all these similar things are called ADHD/ADD. None of them being more or less real than the other.
My wife has ADD and she had neurofeedback. It served her very well! It is interesting to see how indeed by watching a movie or playing a game you can rewire your brain (oversimplified). The nice thing is that it all works via the electrodes on your head, so the brainwaves control the output on the screen. No thinking involved.
My wife first had ritalin and it worked, but with a lot of side effects. I know more people with ADHD to whom this is not the price they are willing to pay (all the time). It takes away their creativity, reduces the quality of their work, etc. Neurofeedback, so far, doesn't have this. Besides that, it is a temporary thing you need to do, on the contrary of taking ritalin all your life.
If you ask me personally, I consider ADHD/ADD as a quality (with some negative side effects), because most people that I know of having it, are very creative, high sensitive, etc. Thus having a way to lower these side effects without losing the quality of it is a very positive thing.
I have to admit I never tried it, but my Nokia N95 has TV out and support keyboards via bluetooth, so there you are.
Personally I prefer my Nokia N810 for mobile computing, connecting to the internet via WLAN running Joikuspot on my N95 with a unlimited data subscription with t-Mobile in the Netherlands (HSDPA)
Having bought a T61p with 1920x1200, I now have 2 gnome panels (one left and one on the right side, both 160 pix wide), which offer me lots of room for applets and nicely provide me with a clean 1600x1200 desktop to work on.
I can second this. A friend of mine is going to go on about an identical trip and I advised him to take a Nokia N810. He is/was thinking an EEE too, but thinks it's too vulnerable and even large. The N810 is extremely powerful for it's size and supports up to 8GB micro-sd cards, which are a better idea than DVD's, regardless of the price. Having access to a hotspot may allow you to "beam" stuff home instead of using snail mail.
Taking a device like this, will save you from carrying an mp3 player and a laptop. It comes with skype so if you bring a mobile phone an get yourself a cheap data card, or you go to a hotspot, you can do cheap calls home too. It will just fit into your pocket.
If you plug it into a computer via usb it will show up as an external drive, so it's easy to work with stuff on it that way. It also has a keyboard itself though. It runs linux so you may also just ssh to it, or run vnc to control it. The browser is mozilla based with good javascript support so hardly any limits on that.
Oh, I almost forgot, it has an gps too, with mapping stuff and all.
I'm quite a bit of a gadgeteer. I got my N810 two weeks ago, and I can't remember the last time that a new gadget kept surprising me for such a long time.
Since they all are too pricy to buy 'm all and compare, I decided to buy the iLiad appr. a year ago (a bit of chauvinism may have part of the decision, since I'm Dutch). It really is a magnificent device. I've loaded it with a bunch of technical docs (O'Reilly quick refs in pdf, software manuals, etc.) plus some literature, so I simply carry everything I may need during a day with me. I love the ability to annotate and take notes, allthough the screen is to small for the latter to be a replacement for regular paper (I use an Acecad digimemo A502 for that converting the notes taken from dhw to pdf and load them back on the iLiad).
The iLiad has been updated to a version 2, addressing some minor issues with the first model. It's a bit more sleek design now and the travel hub is better design now (I would still prefer just usb charging, but ok).
I like free beer too, but I'm always scared that the brewery may change the recipe and not tell me why it suddenly tastes so bad. Therefor I'm glad to know how to brew one myself.
I think you mentioned the Key to a possible turnover here, allthough you may not belive so. It's called Bluetooth. Beside all other things the accesoires designed for the iPod make it a killer for me. Both the fact that they work great and integrate seamless, they also locked me in, since they will become worthless if I ever change from the iPod to something else. So what should my next player have: good bluetooth support !!! A2DP and remote control, a few extras would be nice. I'm using bluetooth headsets now with my iPod (and have 3 different transmitters, of which 1 integrates very well), but a player with integrated BT would be even better. I could still use my accesoires and just replace my player.
with respect to the control; well if my phone rings, the music auto-mutes and i can answer my calls. Hey BT grew up last year !!!
In the old USSR age, the states in Eastern Europe also were known as satellites. So spending cleary has increased.
Or does it mean that the US will be on the losing side after all...
Well to me it is. My notebook now runs 7 hrs. on a battery, which forces me to take my power adapter with me every day. What I need is something like 10 hrs. saving me from doing this. Ok, so the 30 mins. is not enough, yet it would be another significant step toward a full working day on battery power.
I don't see what's perverseve about using VOIP over a cellular datalink. I've been using VOIP over my Flatfee UMTS for some time now and it just works.
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As long as the competition simply tries to copy the iPad, they wil have a hard time beating it. Yet, Apple with its closed business model, will not easily get a dominant market share for a long period, but will be a major force of influence. I do own a tablet which, except for Germany, is not quite popular; at least not here in the Netherlands, yet it has raised a lot of interest from my colleagues here, by the way I use it. I dropped the MeeGo from it as it is not mature at all yet and put Ubuntu netbook mix (10.10) on it. True, it's far from where the iPad is looking at pure tablet things, but extending it with a usb-.DVI connector and connecting to my 1920x1200 screen it suddenly turns into a perfect dual screen notebook replacement and yet it still is the only thing ( 1kg) that I need to carry around (I happen to have a display that size both at work and at home). Bluetooth keyboard on both desks and a very tiny usb based one for the road to finish things. Plug in a DVB-T stick and watch live TV on it. Mine doesn't have 3G but I can use my N900 phone for tethering. A 3G model does exist as well though. Oh yes, forgot to say it runs a dualcore Atom, so everything running on a Linux PC simply works (or even Windows, if you want/have to). Ok, I'm not saying my use is "the way" to use a tablet, but I think it shows the potential if you start to think outside the Apple build iPad box. I bought a second one a few weeks ago for experimenting and I can't wait to see what more I can do with it.
So what is real ADHD/ADD? Is it the malfunctioning of the brain that the appr. 30% of the people taking ritalin and "getting better" by? Personally I don't think so. I think it is a diagnosed brain malfunctioning (at least further from normal functioning than most people) which may have multiple causes and treatments. At the moment all these similar things are called ADHD/ADD. None of them being more or less real than the other. My wife has ADD and she had neurofeedback. It served her very well! It is interesting to see how indeed by watching a movie or playing a game you can rewire your brain (oversimplified). The nice thing is that it all works via the electrodes on your head, so the brainwaves control the output on the screen. No thinking involved. My wife first had ritalin and it worked, but with a lot of side effects. I know more people with ADHD to whom this is not the price they are willing to pay (all the time). It takes away their creativity, reduces the quality of their work, etc. Neurofeedback, so far, doesn't have this. Besides that, it is a temporary thing you need to do, on the contrary of taking ritalin all your life. If you ask me personally, I consider ADHD/ADD as a quality (with some negative side effects), because most people that I know of having it, are very creative, high sensitive, etc. Thus having a way to lower these side effects without losing the quality of it is a very positive thing.
I have to admit I never tried it, but my Nokia N95 has TV out and support keyboards via bluetooth, so there you are. Personally I prefer my Nokia N810 for mobile computing, connecting to the internet via WLAN running Joikuspot on my N95 with a unlimited data subscription with t-Mobile in the Netherlands (HSDPA)
Having bought a T61p with 1920x1200, I now have 2 gnome panels (one left and one on the right side, both 160 pix wide), which offer me lots of room for applets and nicely provide me with a clean 1600x1200 desktop to work on.
I can second this. A friend of mine is going to go on about an identical trip and I advised him to take a Nokia N810. He is/was thinking an EEE too, but thinks it's too vulnerable and even large. The N810 is extremely powerful for it's size and supports up to 8GB micro-sd cards, which are a better idea than DVD's, regardless of the price. Having access to a hotspot may allow you to "beam" stuff home instead of using snail mail. Taking a device like this, will save you from carrying an mp3 player and a laptop. It comes with skype so if you bring a mobile phone an get yourself a cheap data card, or you go to a hotspot, you can do cheap calls home too. It will just fit into your pocket. If you plug it into a computer via usb it will show up as an external drive, so it's easy to work with stuff on it that way. It also has a keyboard itself though. It runs linux so you may also just ssh to it, or run vnc to control it. The browser is mozilla based with good javascript support so hardly any limits on that. Oh, I almost forgot, it has an gps too, with mapping stuff and all. I'm quite a bit of a gadgeteer. I got my N810 two weeks ago, and I can't remember the last time that a new gadget kept surprising me for such a long time.
Since they all are too pricy to buy 'm all and compare, I decided to buy the iLiad appr. a year ago (a bit of chauvinism may have part of the decision, since I'm Dutch). It really is a magnificent device. I've loaded it with a bunch of technical docs (O'Reilly quick refs in pdf, software manuals, etc.) plus some literature, so I simply carry everything I may need during a day with me. I love the ability to annotate and take notes, allthough the screen is to small for the latter to be a replacement for regular paper (I use an Acecad digimemo A502 for that converting the notes taken from dhw to pdf and load them back on the iLiad).
The iLiad has been updated to a version 2, addressing some minor issues with the first model. It's a bit more sleek design now and the travel hub is better design now (I would still prefer just usb charging, but ok).
I like free beer too, but I'm always scared that the brewery may change the recipe and not tell me why it suddenly tastes so bad. Therefor I'm glad to know how to brew one myself.
...I can buy a keyboard for that!
... Life of Blian (not Bwian as the movie does).
I think you mentioned the Key to a possible turnover here, allthough you may not belive so. It's called Bluetooth. Beside all other things the accesoires designed for the iPod make it a killer for me. Both the fact that they work great and integrate seamless, they also locked me in, since they will become worthless if I ever change from the iPod to something else. So what should my next player have: good bluetooth support !!! A2DP and remote control, a few extras would be nice. I'm using bluetooth headsets now with my iPod (and have 3 different transmitters, of which 1 integrates very well), but a player with integrated BT would be even better. I could still use my accesoires and just replace my player. with respect to the control; well if my phone rings, the music auto-mutes and i can answer my calls. Hey BT grew up last year !!!
In the old USSR age, the states in Eastern Europe also were known as satellites. So spending cleary has increased. Or does it mean that the US will be on the losing side after all...
Well to me it is. My notebook now runs 7 hrs. on a battery, which forces me to take my power adapter with me every day. What I need is something like 10 hrs. saving me from doing this. Ok, so the 30 mins. is not enough, yet it would be another significant step toward a full working day on battery power.
I don't see what's perverseve about using VOIP over a cellular datalink. I've been using VOIP over my Flatfee UMTS for some time now and it just works.