droid

[Richard Kreiss]

Looks like Mark may get his wish.  HP is about to release a full blown
Windows based pad type computer.

Have to wait a bit to see it, but......


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting
rkreiss at gccconsulting.net
  




> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of Fairlight
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 10:43 PM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: droid
> 
> Is it just me, or did Bill Campbell say:
> >
> > Using an Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 on an iPad with iSSH
> > gets around some of these problems, but not all as control and ESC
> > combinations aren't available via the public APIs.  This might not be
> > an issue on the Droid.
> >
> > In summary, I find the ssh/xterm Apps on the iPod Touch/iPhone to be
> > virtually worthless because of the screen size and keyboard
> > limitations.  They're more useful on the iPad with its much larger
> > screen, but I still find the FilePro usage less than ideal because of
> > termcap problems.
> 
> Realistically, the phones aren't targetted at all to anything substantial.
> 
> The iPad, let's face it, might be "cool", but the target market is really
eBook
> readers, and web surfers.  The onscreen keyboard is really meant for
> entering URLs and posting the odd blurbs to social networking sites.
> 
> In other words, it's a very expensive toy marketed to those with high
> amounts of discretionary income, and those who have bought into the Apple
> brand image.
> 
> I'd much rather blow the extra $300 and get a full Windows laptop that has
> enough power to actually handle all but the most bleeding edge games at
> moderate settings, plus serve as a full computing platform.
> 
> The iPad (the best of the three product lines of Apple's mentioned) is
really
> not intended as a full computing platform.  It's a mobile convenience
device
> for the upper class.
> 
> My opinion, but for what it's worth...
> 
> mark->
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