Bye Bye iPad
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- Mishga
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/…
Watch the videos at the bottom.
- WrappedInBooks0
Judging from the photos I've seen, it looks like it will support Flash.
- JazX0
looks swanky
- ideaist0
Microsoft is able to grab attention slightly through simulated demos; look at their xbox 360: project natal stuff.
It's all simulated so the process of actual usage of the device looks perfect or "ideal" but in real world practice it's a whole other story and the true flawed product is revealed; and crashes and burns.
- i will agree with thatkona
- Microsoft need to revamp their software (even more) before taking on hardware...ideaist
- you haven't tried either of those things and you know they're broken? YOU'RE HIRED!zarkonite
- I already have various jobs thank you zarkonite! ; )ideaist
- but I like your decision making style =( "I'm paid to lead, not to read" -McBeanzarkonite
- time = money bud-e...ideaist
- time = timeMilan
- The whole motion-tracking thing's not really my bag, bu the Natal stuff I've seen is pretty damn impressive.detritus
- ukit0
Yeah was gonna say the same, the demo is cool, but it's all fake.
I'll take the reality of an iPad over Microsoft's Vaporbook for now even with the gay sounding name.
- <monospaced
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- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<...ideaist
- Sorry mate. :) Im getting this more than the iPad. I have an iPhone, and i dont need a bigass iPhone for stuff. :)twistedfork
- kona0
fairly cool but the voiceover makes it seem so ho-hum la-dee-dah. i'm not convinced of the split screen though.
- bitPic0
two screens no thanks.
- ok_not_ok0
I hear it will run on Vista.
- Vista and run are oxy-morons bud-e... http://www.sadtrombo…ideaist
- fooler20
that seems more like a Day Timer/Sketch Book, the iPad is being shown as a media reader....
- ideaist0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zun…
"Zune market share decreased to 2% in the first half of 2009, according to the NPD Group."
Watch out iPod, here comes the ZUNE...
- ROFLukit
- This argument is funny. So does this means that Windows, since it has a very large marketshare is better than OSX? >< Toinkstwistedfork
- OSX?twistedfork
- DoktorDavid0
Personally, the metaphor of a "journal, open to write/draw/work, close when done" makes complete sense. I never liked the idea of a tablet, always on, always exposed - rather crack it open when I need to as opposed to having it "live" at all times. There's a future for this device, especially in my day-to-day activities. Go Microsoft, go. =]
- +1drgss
- you guys are both over 30 right?ideaist
- I agree with this sentiment, although I feel MS is not the answer here.duckofrubber
- So what if someone is over 30, anus?eoin
- kona0
^ i don't know man... "oh man I have a great idea! let me just open my microsoft vaporbook real fast and press the on button *waits 10 minutes for software to boot up* AWESOME!.... now what was i going to do again?"
- yup, like when i see windowz users boot their machine every time they open it. I open my macbook and go...ArmandoEstrada
- You don't have to shutdown a windows based laptop when you close it, you fucking noobs.DrBombay
- lolMilan
- jesus christ dobs. do you partake in any NON argumentative threads? you see an argument and jump in with both feet...kona
- "someone is arguing??! Fuck I HAVE to comment!"kona
- i_monk0
Too bad it's Microsoft, I might actually be interested otherwise.
- jfletcher0
Looks slick, and I hope they can execute. I'm waiting to see how the Mobile7 stuff is. Demos look awesome, but want to use it. Really would like them to pull through and start giving Apple a run for their money on saome of these things.
- dbloc0
it does have a camera....+1
- yeah but i noticed they mentioned it but i never saw any actual controls. "you can take a picture..."kona
- and im' looking but nothing was touched on screen. i want to see how it works.kona
- did you watch the videos?DeSiard
- oh i see. the camera button is on top. a bit awkwardkona
- yeah i watched the video.kona
- bored2death0
it's named after one of the ugliest typefaces ever... of course it's going to suck.
- hahakona
- but it's not named after a feminine hygiene productmonospaced
- ZING!twistedfork
- MSTRPLN0
NSW!