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How not to make a slate! [Asus T91MT]

skubish said:
Wow. I can't believe the bashing on the Asus in this thread.

Its a video of a beta browser running a beta plugin. It really doesn't tell me anything about how the netbook performs. I don't think many of you even watched the video.
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It's not really about Asus or netbook performance, it's about the usability of tablet with a "Full OS".

The advantage of the iPad is that the OS and ALL of the apps were designed for this kind of interaction in this size and resolution of screen, while Windows was designed to be used with a Keyboard/Mouse and they added support to touchscreen devices, which means it works with a touch screen but the experience is not the best.
 
FoxMcCloud said:
...*pssst*...hey.....wanna see a real "slate" ?
http://www.slashgear.com/notion-ink-adam-hands-on-0969281/
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Seriously?

As I said before, I am interested in Android tablet, but the Pixel Qi screen image quality looks absolutely hideous. It changes at every angle and every change in ambient lighting.

You pay a massive image quality price to be able to shut off the backlight, one that certainly isn't worth it for me. Anything will find fans, but Pixel Qi looks like niche product, at best.

That interviewer is hilarious though, so the video is worth watching. "Wow it looks like it is on!!, look at the refresh!!!" It is like he only ever saw e-ink before now. Maybe he doesn't know it is an LCD and all LCDs refresh that fast.

Again this is like one of those "do more things" vs "do one thing much better". Pixel Qi lets you do the backlight off/sunlight trick, but then you get a mediocre display the rest of the time.
 
Bytor65 said:
Seriously?

As I said before, I am interested in Android tablet, but the Pixel Qi screen image quality looks absolutely hideous. It changes at every angle and every change in ambient lighting.

You pay a massive image quality price to be able to shut off the backlight, one that certainly isn't worth it for me. Anything will find fans, but Pixel Qi looks like niche product, at best.

That interviewer is hilarious though, so the video is worth watching. "Wow it looks like it is on!!, look at the refresh!!!" It is like he only ever saw e-ink before now. Maybe he doesn't know it is an LCD and all LCDs refresh that fast.

Again this is like one of those "do more things" vs "do one thing much better". Pixel Qi lets you do the backlight off/sunlight trick, but then you get a mediocre display the rest of the time.
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That's right. The colors look very washed out on the Pixel Qi screen (and that's with the backlight on). It's not surprising because of what they're trying to achieve (which is, try to have their cake and eat it too).

The day we see a side by side comparison between the iPad and the NotionInk screens will be the day the hype about Pixel Qi screens will die.
 
LinkMx said:
It's not really about Asus or netbook performance, it's about the usability of tablet with a "Full OS".
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You are right, of course. However any graphic OS that uses a mouse isn't far away from being touch-friendly. There just needs to be a way to enlarge all the targets that were acceptable for a pointer arrow to a size suitable for human fingers. Throw in a few unique-to-Touch UI commands like swipe and pinch for good measure. Windows 7 provides some of this capability. It still requires a hearty processor along with a hearty graphics chip to run well, and the tablets with Win7 we've seen so far have been neither optimized or running on desktop processors. The iPhone UI is smart enough to know which link you intended to touch in Safari, despite many links being barely big enough to see. I don't think it will take long before the sluggish Win7 tablets are replaced with optimized and smooth ones. I'm enjoying the rush of competition, none the less.
 
whoever designed this thing is probably the same person who came up with the catchy, easily-remembered name that rolls right off the tongue.
 
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