Comments on: Tablets Trade-Offs And Compromises http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/11/04/tablets-trade-offs-and-compromises/ Media, Tech & Business Models Thu, 23 May 2013 07:32:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jenna http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/11/04/tablets-trade-offs-and-compromises/#comment-42602 Jenna Sat, 11 May 2013 15:09:21 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=5068#comment-42602 Your own write-up offers verified necessary to me personally. It’s quite educational and you really are obviously extremely educated of this type. You have popped my sight for you to numerous thoughts about this specific matter together with interesting and reliable content material. Your own write-up offers verified necessary to me
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]]> By: pavimentos murcia http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/11/04/tablets-trade-offs-and-compromises/#comment-32358 pavimentos murcia Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:32:56 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=5068#comment-32358 This is very interesting, You are a very skilled blogger. I have joined your feed and look forward to seeking more of your wonderful post. Also, I've shared your web site in my social networks! This is very interesting, You are a very skilled blogger.
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]]> By: Ay Caramba – Is Windows 8 Toast? http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/11/04/tablets-trade-offs-and-compromises/#comment-29753 Ay Caramba – Is Windows 8 Toast? Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:52:22 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=5068#comment-29753 [...] of Windows, is making it hard to use. Sales are below Microsoft’s expectations. As reported two weeks ago, I quickly encountered Windows 8′s split personality when I tried to use my new Surface, but I [...] [...] of Windows, is making it hard to use. Sales are below Microsoft’s expectations. As reported two weeks ago, I quickly encountered Windows 8′s split personality when I tried to use my new Surface, but I [...]

]]> By: Apple Can Finish What Microsoft’s Sinofsky Started | Monday Note http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/11/04/tablets-trade-offs-and-compromises/#comment-29632 Apple Can Finish What Microsoft’s Sinofsky Started | Monday Note Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:39:02 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=5068#comment-29632 [...] reported two weeks ago, I quickly encountered Windows 8′s split personality when I tried to use my new Surface, but [...] [...] reported two weeks ago, I quickly encountered Windows 8′s split personality when I tried to use my new Surface, but [...]

]]> By: Hamranhansenhansen http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/11/04/tablets-trade-offs-and-compromises/#comment-29397 Hamranhansenhansen Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:32:41 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=5068#comment-29397 $600 = one Surface with keyboard or $600 = one iPad mini and one iPhone 5 or $600 = 2 iPad minis or $600 = one iPad mini and one Wintel PC $600 = one Surface with keyboard

or

$600 = one iPad mini and one iPhone 5

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$600 = 2 iPad minis

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$600 = one iPad mini and one Wintel PC

]]> By: online timer http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/11/04/tablets-trade-offs-and-compromises/#comment-29373 online timer Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:26:26 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=5068#comment-29373 First of all I want to say awesome blog! I had a quick question that I'd like to ask if you don't mind. I was curious to know how you center yourself and clear your thoughts prior to writing. I have had trouble clearing my mind in getting my thoughts out. I truly do take pleasure in writing however it just seems like the first 10 to 15 minutes are wasted just trying to figure out how to begin. Any suggestions or hints? Thank you! First of all I want to say awesome blog! I had a quick question that I’d like to ask if you don’t mind.
I was curious to know how you center yourself and clear your thoughts prior to writing.
I have had trouble clearing my mind in getting my thoughts out.
I truly do take pleasure in writing however it just seems
like the first 10 to 15 minutes are wasted just trying to figure out
how to begin. Any suggestions or hints? Thank you!

]]> By: Shooby http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/11/04/tablets-trade-offs-and-compromises/#comment-29293 Shooby Tue, 06 Nov 2012 06:08:12 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=5068#comment-29293 Slightly confused with the comparison. Good point on limitations in Surface w.r.t. Using word.. But iPad does not have this option at all. And then you mention the lack of it as a good thing? I am not a defender of Microsoft but it seems like they are not really comparable products... Slightly confused with the comparison. Good point on limitations in Surface w.r.t. Using word.. But iPad does not have this option at all. And then you mention the lack of it as a good thing? I am not a defender of Microsoft but it seems like they are not really comparable products…

]]> By: Riccardo Mori » Expensive http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/11/04/tablets-trade-offs-and-compromises/#comment-29263 Riccardo Mori » Expensive Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:13:04 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=5068#comment-29263 [...] had hoped Windows RT would be as daring, but when I read Jean-Louis Gassée’s impressions in his Tablets Trade-Off and Compromises Monday Note, and see screenshots like the one he posted, it’s clear that under the surface (no [...] [...] had hoped Windows RT would be as daring, but when I read Jean-Louis Gassée’s impressions in his Tablets Trade-Off and Compromises Monday Note, and see screenshots like the one he posted, it’s clear that under the surface (no [...]

]]> By: ChuckO http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/11/04/tablets-trade-offs-and-compromises/#comment-29261 ChuckO Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:04:40 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=5068#comment-29261 "The “inadequacy” of the mini’s screen quality is an issue — and could become a problem as both Android and Amazon ecosystems keep improving (and continue to undercut Apple’s prices)." I don't get this part. Why would Apple stand still while Android and Amazon keep improving? Retina displays won't be ubiquitous across iPads and iPhones and probably iPods in the near future? I also think Apple has far greater ability to adjust price if necessary. “The “inadequacy” of the mini’s screen quality is an issue — and could become a problem as both Android and Amazon ecosystems keep improving (and continue to undercut Apple’s prices).”

I don’t get this part. Why would Apple stand still while Android and Amazon keep improving? Retina displays won’t be ubiquitous across iPads and iPhones and probably iPods in the near future? I also think Apple has far greater ability to adjust price if necessary.

]]> By: Ravi http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/11/04/tablets-trade-offs-and-compromises/#comment-29229 Ravi Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:11:45 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=5068#comment-29229 I think Apple's decision to keep tablets and laptops separate is probably half-right. I think they're right to keep making tablets that aren't laptops. I think they're wrong to not be making laptops that are tablets. Of course, I wouldn't be surprised by another instance of classic Apple misdirection: working on touchscreen laptops in the basement wile deriding them as "toaster-fridges" in public. Everything I've seen from the reaction to the Surface and with Windows 8 hybrids only confirms the conclusion I reached a few weeks after getting my ASUS Transformer. Adding touch to traditional PCs (both laptops and desktops) is compelling because the use model is so intuitive. Want to make a gesture or tap something on the screen? Just go ahead and do it. Need to type or need finer control over pointing? The keyboard and touchpad/mouse haven't gone anywhere. Smartphones and tablets have trained us to use touchscreens. Once you see a touchscreen in a traditional PC form-factor, it is very hard to un-see it. I know this from personal experience. Soon after I started using my Transformer I unconsciously started touching the "dead" laptop and desktop screens, expecting that to do something. It took me weeks to (mostly) break that habit. I'm certainly going to be thinking about touchscreen support when I get my next laptop and I think plenty of other people will be too. I think Apple’s decision to keep tablets and laptops separate is probably half-right. I think they’re right to keep making tablets that aren’t laptops. I think they’re wrong to not be making laptops that are tablets. Of course, I wouldn’t be surprised by another instance of classic Apple misdirection: working on touchscreen laptops in the basement wile deriding them as “toaster-fridges” in public.

Everything I’ve seen from the reaction to the Surface and with Windows 8 hybrids only confirms the conclusion I reached a few weeks after getting my ASUS Transformer. Adding touch to traditional PCs (both laptops and desktops) is compelling because the use model is so intuitive. Want to make a gesture or tap something on the screen? Just go ahead and do it. Need to type or need finer control over pointing? The keyboard and touchpad/mouse haven’t gone anywhere.

Smartphones and tablets have trained us to use touchscreens. Once you see a touchscreen in a traditional PC form-factor, it is very hard to un-see it. I know this from personal experience. Soon after I started using my Transformer I unconsciously started touching the “dead” laptop and desktop screens, expecting that to do something. It took me weeks to (mostly) break that habit. I’m certainly going to be thinking about touchscreen support when I get my next laptop and I think plenty of other people will be too.

]]> By: Walt French http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/11/04/tablets-trade-offs-and-compromises/#comment-29228 Walt French Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:06:17 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=5068#comment-29228 If the Surface really needs the keyboard (as your evidence suggests) then it's not really a tablet, but rather a streamlined, ARM UltraBook, isn't it? And it really wants to be hooked up to your Domain at work, and your Enterprise Server at work so you can get all your work documents, etc. . It really seems like the Surface will start feeling agoraphobic anxiety when it's off the Microsoft ranch. Do NOT attempt to use the Surface as a free-standing internet device, or expect apps built to just enjoy on their own right. But it ought to be quite productive as long as it's properly sheltered. If the Surface really needs the keyboard (as your evidence suggests) then it’s not really a tablet, but rather a streamlined, ARM UltraBook, isn’t it? And it really wants to be hooked up to your Domain at work, and your Enterprise Server at work so you can get all your work documents, etc.
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It really seems like the Surface will start feeling agoraphobic anxiety when it’s off the Microsoft ranch. Do NOT attempt to use the Surface as a free-standing internet device, or expect apps built to just enjoy on their own right. But it ought to be quite productive as long as it’s properly sheltered.

]]> By: Leo http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/11/04/tablets-trade-offs-and-compromises/#comment-29225 Leo Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:24:20 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=5068#comment-29225 Jean-Louis, Sir Jonathan, not Sir Ive. Apologies for the pedantry, especially coming from another Frog. Jean-Louis,
Sir Jonathan, not Sir Ive.
Apologies for the pedantry, especially coming from another Frog.

]]> By: Gadget Funkie http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/11/04/tablets-trade-offs-and-compromises/#comment-29224 Gadget Funkie Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:53:40 +0000 http://www.mondaynote.com/?p=5068#comment-29224 Jean, Good article but you could have offered more insights into what these products mean for the two companies and what they mean to the future of the industry. Also, was disappointed to see you didn't comment on Apple's new update schedule for the bigger iPad. Any thoughts on why Apple felt the need to offer 4th Gen iPad just 8 months after the last gen release? You might to fix a typo in the following para; "although only in landscape mode, and, even then, only if you’re sitting. If you type while standing or want landscape mode, forget the kickstand" The second landscape reference should be chnaged to portrait. Jean,

Good article but you could have offered more insights into what these products mean for the two companies and what they mean to the future of the industry. Also, was disappointed to see you didn’t comment on Apple’s new update schedule for the bigger iPad. Any thoughts on why Apple felt the need to offer 4th Gen iPad just 8 months after the last gen release?

You might to fix a typo in the following para;

“although only in landscape mode, and, even then, only if you’re sitting. If you type while standing or want landscape mode, forget the kickstand”

The second landscape reference should be chnaged to portrait.

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