Can convertible tablets give iPad some competition? (images)
Summary: With the iPad making a huge splash in the world of tablet PCs, what's going on with its Windows-based competition? Is there any?
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With the iPad making a huge splash in the world of tablet PCs, what's going on with its Windows-based competition? A lot of improvements can be seen among recent models with better touchscreens, more powerful chips for performance and battery life, and integrated 3g wireless. Read this blog by John Morris on the current lineup of convertible tablets. Can they stand up to the iPad?
The 12-inch HP Elitebook 2540p (review) comes with Intel's latest Core i7 processor. Convertibles also include the features of a full-fledged laptop such as up to 8GB of memory, expansive hard drives, 2-megapixel Webcams, integrated 3G wireless, memory card slots, three USB 2.0 ports and FireWire. This model does not have an internal DVD drive.
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RE: Can convertible tablets give iPad some competition? (images)
And it's a little pricey, but that will probably change when there's more competition.
RE: Can convertible tablets give iPad some competition? (images)
So in other words this comparison post isn't really contextually correct and could probably be considered link bait. Just sayin'.
No
The iPad is different because it's smaller, simpler and easy to use and get applications. It is more closely related to a smartphone than to these computers.
What is the next article going to be ?
stylus?
RE: Can convertible tablets give iPad some competition? (images)
Tablet PCs are fully functional PCs in a particular form factor. The Ipad is a display device.
Different Animals
@Monkeypox: Many (most?) tablets have touchscreens. You can use a stylus if you choose to, but it's never required. Personally I find the stylus a much better input choice for writing, but if I wanted to use an on-screen, no-stylus-required, virtual keyboard I could. Everything I can do without a stylus on the iPad I can do without a stylus on a tablet.
RE: Can convertible tablets give iPad some competition? (images)
Tablets (like the iPad) have an economic model that doesn't match the Tablet PCs (convertible or slates). The iPad applications tend to be low cost and single purpose (not fully loaded software programs). Tablets are instant on, light-weight, extremely easy to use and a small efficient OS. Simple to use for a lot of purposes. The iPad is more than a media consumption device, but it is not quite the full blown content creation device either. A limitation of the applications currently available, the web applications available and the hardware. Over time it can overcome these limitations.
My Tablet PCs (Fujitsu T4220 and soon a TH700) are great devices, they can handle pretty much anything, but Windows Vista and Windows 7 aren't compact efficient OSes like iOS, the 4+ lbs is too heavy for constant use and portability, it takes awhile to boot up, the software programs are large, costly, and requires additional drivers, memory, graphics and the overall overhead is much higher. They are great devices but they are never going to replace an iPad in the foreseeable future, unless a manufacturer rethinks the convertible tablet design from scratch.
I think the iPad and similar devices will have hardware improvements, applications and web applications that will further increase the usefulness of the iPad a greater expansion in client server applications and cloud applications will allow the iPad to become more of an all around device moving up the food chain.
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RE: Can convertible tablets give iPad some competition? (images)
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