04-22-2010, 05:43 PM | #1 |
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Anyone hear about the WePad?
I blogged about it awhile ago. Neofonie is going to be releasing the WePad. I'm quite excited about it. Among other things, it has:
1. Pretty much everything the iPad has 2. Faster processor 3. Multitasking (this is one of my beefs with the iPad) 4. Flash/Adobe Air support 5. Webcam 6. 2 x USB integrated 7. SIM Card Slot It runs on Google Android. I don't know how long it will take to reach North America, but I'm waiting to see how this device looks before I decide on which ereader I want to get. I hope I don't have to wait too long. |
04-22-2010, 06:20 PM | #2 |
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The wee-pad I'm familier was what I house broke my puppy on, a few years ago. I gather it's not the same thing? ;-)
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04-22-2010, 06:25 PM | #3 |
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Looks promising, but the 16:9 ratio kills it for me as I'd use a tablet more in portrait orientation based on time spent messing around with my girlfriend's ipad.
16:9 is great if you'll mainly be doing video and internet surfing, but it's awfully narrow in portrait for most docs, hard to get apps to work well in both orientations etc. |
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And I'm interrested in the WePad, but only if I can run Win7 on it. |
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04-23-2010, 07:45 AM | #5 |
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Really? Win7? That's one of the reasons I'm avoiding the new HP Slate.
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04-23-2010, 08:44 AM | #6 | |
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If you look at some of the info on it, this one doesn't seem like it is actually running android, what they actually state is things like:
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To be honest, until google do more to encourage android use on larger screens then the lack of software support could prove to be a downside to the intial android tablets. Hopefully the likes of asus with their forthcoming eeepad (http://gizmodo.com/5522741/asus-eeep...or-july-launch) and others like it will prove a suitable encouragement to google to get more involved with android tablets and they won't waste so much time with the rather pointless chrome os. |
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I am also keeping a close eye on the HP Slate, which also looks very promising! I also just looked at the ASUS eeepad in the link above, it appears to be a very promising device too! My ASUS netbook has been absolutely fantastic, and is still running strong after several years. A netbook in a tablet format would just be a dream come true for me! Last edited by CyGuy; 04-23-2010 at 08:53 AM. |
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For say academic PDFs that can't be reflowed, have lots of tables and figures etc. it's not good to be that narrow. And that's a main need of a tablet for me. And again, I want apps to work in both orientations like on the iPad and that's tough with wide ratios vs. 4:3 etc. As for Win 7, I'm not sure I want that in a tablet--I just want the OS to have files/folders and drag and drop, and not the closed iPad OS. But I don't really need a full OS as it would mainly just be an e-reader/web browser/streaming video player for me, so I care more about it being fast, intuitive and having 10+ hours of battery life (like the iPad) which I doubt a Windows 7 tablet will do. |
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04-23-2010, 02:49 PM | #9 |
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I'd like to be able to install the applications I know and want to use. One is Kindle4PC (I know there's a Mac version and an Iphone version, not sure about android or linux...), the other the Complete National Geographic. And then there are some other tools I'd like to use, which I already have for the Windows platform.
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