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[spihunter]

I'm curious about the price and the size of this thing?. I think tablets have failed to this point beacuse they don't really fit a need?. An Iphone is a computer that fits in my pocket & its also my phone. A tablet is just a laptop?

[spihunter]

maybe someone could make an 80's boombox skin/interface for it and I could mount it on my dash!!. It could have lots of flashing lights/VU/silly scopes going along with the music??  that would be hot!!

[spihunter]

Seriously though..It seems like a tablet would be pretty awkward to use for regular computing. You have have to hold it with one hand and type with the other. You would have to set it flat on a surface to type with two hands. At least with an iphone you can hold it and one hand and use the inteface with your thumb.

It would be good for people that have "clipboard" based jobs like doctors or package delivery people were you need it just to punch in quick data..

Am I really gonna sit there on my couch and hold this thing and dedicate two hands to it. How amI gonna work the remote? Will it be a remote replacement. People really are that lazy....

[spihunter]

Sure, Microsoft may be way ahead of the game in touch interfaces but, Microsoft should know better then anyone that a superior product does not instantly make it  successful...

Why have I never seen or used any Microsoft touch products or interfaces?

A larger ipod touch with the mac desktop enabled how neat.. How about one of these instead and it's not based on the Windows desktop..

http://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet

(note the date of this "leak")..


Here's some video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D58fxzRV5HY&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5DWWRIxxzU

As far as tablets go, I personally like windows 7's touch screen controls and if you haven't used an HP touchsmart then, I'd say your view is kinda bent, Microsoft has been very successful with Windows 7 and touch especially with WPF applications and Silverlight.

 After watching this video if you think Microsoft isn't ahead of the game then I'd be really suprised.. Everything they do here I can do with UI and I develop applications like this in WPF and on the web with Silverlight all the time..

You guys are yet again behind the curve with facts/capabilities.. I own macs as well as PCs.. Unless the slate does all of this, then you guys have a lot to deal with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CStZZrkc7Ck

I use the iphone everyday (have to due to network coverage issues in my area and while I like all their cool apps and safari, yes it kills windows phones) the fact is Microsoft is ahead with touch. They have been researching and researching.. If you haven't used windows 7 with a touchscreen on either a tablet or WPF applications, then just saying this kinda thing is being "platform religious"..  

Here's a 3 year old touch screen app (it requires Windows) from japan, it'a a zoo.. This was done pre-silverlight and is a windows only application that runs in the browser. It requires no installation outside of the browser.. I have yet to see anything like this one my Mac or iPhone..

http://www.asahiyamazoo-aict.jp/asahiyamazoo.xbap

Try it out.. You guys need to get rid of your anti-windows bias and look at what's really going on and happening.. It's not about the OS or the maker it's about making cool apps that run everywhere now..

[spihunter]

Oh man....I just can't let this one go...

I should have known that Microsoft was behind those touch screens at the grocery store.
That explains why they are the worst UI I have ever had the displeasure of using...

I'm really not 100% anti-Microsoft but coming into a thread and babbling on about Microsoft deserves some comments.

They've been pushing Tablets and touch screens to consumers since 2000 and nobody is buying. Its just a fact!

Its safe to day that 50% of my friends own an iphone, 0% develop with Silverlight, and 0% own a HP touchscreen PC.

Most people use microsoft touch screens and scanners at the grocery store every time they use a uscan or self scan in the rapid check out...


And I don't even have to mention project Natal for the Xbox 360 do I?? Which has been announced as being released by holidays 2010..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay9mpb0TN3g&feature=player_embedded

and check this one out..

Betty Crocker's Kitchen Assistant Touch Screen Recipe's on Windows 7 touch screen ready

http://www.bettycrocker.com/kitchenassistant
http://www.youtube.com/kitchenassistant