That new one you're looking at does indeed look cool. Now I have to figure out a story to tell my wife about why I need another toy <g>

>Couldn't agree with you more. It's for sure a fun little toy (and quite handy at times) - but I'm not going to sit down and type up a long email with the touch-screen keyboard on the thing - although I am in the market for one of those neat folding bluetooth keyboards kinda like this one http://www.amazon.com/Stowaway-Ultra-Slim-Bluetooth-Blackberry-Handhelds/dp/B0002OKCXE
>..and yes the screen size is small - but hey thing thing fits in my pocket and the resolution is amazing.
>I actually installed Windows 7 Ultimate on it and have one of those tiny USB TV tuners and it even works with that in HDTV. So yes quite handy - it's my PC, my phone, my TV and my FM radio as the tv tuner has one of those, and its my GPS device too because that's built in...(not that I really need GPS on this tiny island..ha). I just plug the thing in when I get home to my larger screen(s) and speakers and do the same when I go to the office. Only bummer on it is that it doesn't have a built in webcam and I have to use a dongle for HDMI or VGA out. The new one I want fixes both of those problems.
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>>And looks like a lot of fun. But without an external monitor and and external keyboard pretty much limited to what I describe below, except on a very small screen with low res. ( Kind of a Kindle Fire on steroids. )
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>>Fun to play with, but if you want to get some work done a hi spec notebook just makes a lot more sense.
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>>>>Ok I have had my ASUS 700 for a week and love it. Docking station hasn't arrived yet but the tablet itself is fun.
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>>>>That said:
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>>>>What a tablet does, it does very very well. Reading PDF books ( or others ), various music apps for transposing etc, games, web browsing, Pluralsight tutorials, HBO GO, Netflx. All wonderful.
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>>>>But it's not a computer, it is a bumped up cell phone ( albeit without the ability to make phone calls :-) This is not something you own *instead of* a real PC unless you really never needed a real PC to begin with. This is a consumer toy which can be adapted to certain very specialized productivity uses.
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>>>>I could easily picture a hybrid where the docking station was big and powerful enough to do real work ( 8 gb, genuine multitask operating system, multi gig storage that does't require a cloud with up/down speeds you'd never tolerate in a HD ) and a touch-screen detachable as tablet with its own mobile OS, mem and storage so you could use it either way. Lots of possibilities there.
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>>>>But any nonsense about how these tablets that are considered state of the art today - iPad 3 and this thing - threaten laptops or desktops ( though undoubtedly they will outstrip in sales ) is silly. As to writing software for that market - not creating extensions of real business apps for clients but consumer products that sell for $1 to $5 - if that is your idea of fun you're welcome to it, but I don't think it is a good way to get rich - or even move out of your parents' basement.
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>>>I've got one of these right now:
>>>http://www.dynamism.com/top-notebooks/viliv-s5-premium.shtml
>>>...but I'm planning on upgrading to one of these:
>>>http://www.dynamism.com/top-notebooks/u-touch-500.shtml
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>>>Really kinda cool - full PC in your pocket - plus it can be used as a phone too.