If I were asked “What would you use the Apple tablet, or any other, for?” I would say for everything that I use my laptop for, and more. I think with the right tablet I really could set my laptop aside permanently.
Of course, this would only work if one or more of the tablet manufactures produce a well thought out product that has enough power and features to allow mw to keep doing all the things that I need to do daily.
One thing is certain, the coming decade will yield a continued increase in the products that come to market as part of this industry innovative cycle that we are in. Technology companies will have to continue to try new to find new innovative products and different adaptations of existing technologies in an attempt to find the “next have to have” item.
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I think that what the folks over at Entourage are putting forward as the next generation of netbook style devices is representative of a step in the right direction towards getting the buy in of the innovators and early adapters (such as myself). As someone who comes from a strong IT background. I am always looking for a portable device that can easily handle the host of PDF references and white papers that I am either reading or keeping for reference, my generally extensive list of books that I am reading, and be able to use it in place of a laptop or netbook for web research, document creation, note taking, and whatever else I can get it to do to help me get the job done day in and day out.
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The race for a new generation tablet PC seems to be heating up. Everyone has been waiting to see if Apple’s rumored offering, The recently announced Archos Android based tablet, or the Tech Crunch’s Crunchpad will be first to market, but today on Gizmodo I saw a sneak peek at a Microsoft tablet that is rumored to be in the late testing phase.
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The HTC Hero will be available to Sprint users on October 11th. You can sign up for notifications from Sprint here. Not sure what the hubbub is all about? You can read more about the HTC Hero here and you can take a look at the walkthrough video below to have a peek at it