OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/26034/Windows_8_tablets_laptops_and_all-in-ones_arrive_at_Computex Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Fri, 24 May 2013 08:16:48 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com 12" http://www.osnews.com/thread?520763 http://www.osnews.com/thread?520763 I have found that 12" is quite bad size for a tablet (I have exopc, and it sucks for finger use) Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:55:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (vivainio) Comments Let's see if any of these actually sell... http://www.osnews.com/thread?520764 http://www.osnews.com/thread?520764 3 YEARS late to the tablet party! WELCOME Microsoft! You are just in time to view your own devolution into irrelevance!

Thanks for bringing such a lackluster product to the table...sure it sucks for doing real work on, but hey, at least you can't run real desktop apps on it either!

I am sure that people will rush right out to buy your sad excuse for a desktop OS to complement their sad excuse for a tablet as well. Oh, and maybe a soon-to-be-obsolete Windows Phone 7.5 handset to go with it? SUUUUURE! Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jnemesh) Comments RE: Let's see if any of these actually sell... http://www.osnews.com/thread?520765 http://www.osnews.com/thread?520765 Why so emotional for something that doesn't concern you? (Assuming you won't buy one) Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (vivainio) Comments RE[2]: Let's see if any of these actually sell... http://www.osnews.com/thread?520768 http://www.osnews.com/thread?520768
Why so emotional for something that doesn't concern you? (Assuming you won't buy one)


Because you criticize the thing you're afraid of... Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (tomcat) Comments RE: 12" http://www.osnews.com/thread?520769 http://www.osnews.com/thread?520769
I have found that 12" is quite bad size for a tablet (I have exopc, and it sucks for finger use)


JOOC, what size screen do you think works best, based on your experience? Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (tomcat) Comments Looks nice http://www.osnews.com/thread?520770 http://www.osnews.com/thread?520770 But I am still waiting for sub-300$ WoA Tegra tablets. And these are too big. Small than 10" is perfect.

Acer seems not willing to go the Arm way. Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ronaldst) Comments RE[2]: 12" http://www.osnews.com/thread?520771 http://www.osnews.com/thread?520771 I own, and have only tried 7", 10" and 12". 7" is best for thumb typing, 10" for pdf/desktop website reading. 12" is a disaster overall.

If you are in market for 5" monster phone, 7" doesn't make much sense, but otherwise it's a good ergonomic choice; especially since you'll probably get it cheaper than a 10" one anyway. Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (vivainio) Comments RE: Looks nice http://www.osnews.com/thread?520772 http://www.osnews.com/thread?520772

Acer seems not willing to go the Arm way.


That, or WoA is not yet ready for prime time? Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (vivainio) Comments RE[3]: 12" http://www.osnews.com/thread?520773 http://www.osnews.com/thread?520773
I own, and have only tried 7", 10" and 12". 7" is best for thumb typing, 10" for pdf/desktop website reading. 12" is a disaster overall.

If you are in market for 5" monster phone, 7" doesn't make much sense, but otherwise it's a good ergonomic choice; especially since you'll probably get it cheaper than a 10" one anyway.


Windows 8's soft keyboard has a split option that divides the keyboard into two parts, and moves them close to either side (in landscape mode). Allows you to do thumb-typing on larger form factors. Check it out.

http://cdn.nirmaltv.com/images/Keypad.pngEdited 2012-06-04 19:09 UTC Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (tomcat) Comments I am building my own. http://www.osnews.com/thread?520775 http://www.osnews.com/thread?520775 I have started building my own tablet. My core components is an 8" multi-touchscreen a Via Pico board and raspberry PI arm board. (just thought it to be fun to have both x86 and ARM in the same device.) I think it will be lots of fun, i will be running Debian+AmiWM with my own modifications, and both mortherboards will be "on" at the same time so i can swap between them in KVM style. It will not be for sale, just my hobby project. If anyone is interested i will post a build journal when i recieve the boards (ordered today) Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (judgen) Comments RE[4]: 12" http://www.osnews.com/thread?520776 http://www.osnews.com/thread?520776 I have tried it on 12" (I have the release preview on my exopc), it still sucks (you have to turn the focus of your vision from left to right all the time).

It might work better with 10", have to try it out someday. Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (vivainio) Comments RE[2]: Looks nice http://www.osnews.com/thread?520777 http://www.osnews.com/thread?520777 Acer previously mentionned that they didn't like the MS enforced specs for WoA tablets. Too bad for them. I want longer battery life.

http://blogs.nvidia.com/2012/06/asus-nvidia-unveil-worlds-first-win...

I want this one. Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ronaldst) Comments RE: I am building my own. http://www.osnews.com/thread?520808 http://www.osnews.com/thread?520808 Interested!!! Tue, 05 Jun 2012 02:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ricegf) Comments This is what I want http://www.osnews.com/thread?520824 http://www.osnews.com/thread?520824 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaeA--rMRyA

Go read about it on my anglefire page
http://www.angelfire.com/nt/andyt/qbe_reviews.HTM

(not actually mine)


Almost makes one wish apple had went with this guy instead of jobs back in the 90s.

Before some schmuck yells out it's crap, first consider it lacks 12 years of evolution, and consider that it predates the invention of the tablet in 2010 (need I note sarcasm?) Tue, 05 Jun 2012 06:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Alfman) Comments This http://www.osnews.com/thread?520838 http://www.osnews.com/thread?520838 is what it looks like to have the collective of PC OEMs fire back at Apple. This time, with a true solution, not some half baked Android OS. Tue, 05 Jun 2012 07:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Nelson) Comments RE: Let's see if any of these actually sell... http://www.osnews.com/thread?521620 http://www.osnews.com/thread?521620
3 YEARS late to the tablet party! WELCOME Microsoft! You are just in time to view your own devolution into irrelevance!

They were also, what, 5 or 7 years late with proper desktop GUI? (which, BTW, ~"sucks for doing real work, and DOS applications - in which you do real work - don't quite fit" - or at least, that's what many said) 10 years late with office suite? 20 years late with console?
And look how "irrelevant" they are in those fields...

You're in for quite a ride. Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (zima) Comments RE: This is what I want http://www.osnews.com/thread?521628 http://www.osnews.com/thread?521628 http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkPad_History
Yes, the first Thinkpad was a "pure" tablet.

Or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRiDPad
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/6565/GRidPad-1910/
an x86 tablet, hw manufactured by Samsung BTW.

And before you yell out its crap, first consider they lack 2+ decades of evolution. ;)

But both actually brought to the market and kinda used - not some dotcom bubble rider (and I seriously doubt handing over Apple to him would end up good...), whose tablet isn't even much different (certainly isn't thinner...) than laptop-tablet convertibles that were around that time. And which ~failed.Edited 2012-06-12 00:08 UTC Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (zima) Comments