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Tablets will kill laptops

lordofthereef said:
I think there are times when a true keyboard is still necessary. Until they art making peripherals to use a real keyboard and mouse, I don't see tablets killing the laptop market. As it stands, tablets are more or less decives made for the consumption of media. The consumer mindset will have to shift a great deal, I think, for people to adopt the tablet in place of the laptop. Hell, they tried it already with tablet PCs and failed.
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I agree with the hard keyboard. I am a pretty good typer, and have to send out many emails where my speed is dependant on "feeling" the letters on the keyboard.

we are taught to line up our fingers on the ridges that J and F have and I base everything else off of that.

It's why I still like a hard keyboard to text with still as well. The D2 has ridges of F and J as well.

I won't even look at the keyboard or screen a lot of times as I'm typing up a document. I will just read the document itself. Sure would suck if it looked like this


"U wib;t eveb kiij at tge jetbiard ir screeb a kit if tujne as U;n ttoubg yo a dicynebt,


that was simply shifting my right hand over one key. Even if you find a way to "mark" F and J, which I've thought about putting a sliver of clear tape just so I can FEEL for it, it still wouldn't help you locate the other keys, because muscle memory feels for where keys end and begin.

I like "the cloud" and I use a mini laptop now and I'm fine. I wish I had a DVD burner, but other than that.... I would have no problems going to a tablet model except for my reliance on a physical keyboard.
 
EarlyMon said:
Agree - when people advocate using a touch phone with the keyboard in landscape mode - I don't get it.
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on a dx, you can atleast still see the email or text message. On a D2, you lose the entire message for the soft keyboard. I don't like that.

And the other way is no better with a small keyboard. My fingers are too fat for that.
 
I don't use the ridges on F and J at all, once I have my fingers on a few keys, I can just type without looking
 
I have them on many keys too, but I orient myself based on the ridges. With no ridges on a tablet, I'd be lost. I find myself pressing the r/t key, or the q/w. I hit a lot of double keys when I'm shooting for just one or the other.
 
I just don't think it'd be as comfy looking at an on-screen keyboard all day. Unless we can use e-ink?
Can you change part of a screen to e-ink for a bit then change it back? The Notion Ink Adam can change the full screen can't it?
I'm sure it's possible
 
Reading this thread I couldn't help but remember what a wise man once told me.

"They will never replace my reel to reel tape player with 8-tracks or cassettes. Sure they are portable but I can get 12 hours of music on one tape. Lets see them replace that and make it portable."

Now granted that was maybe a little more than five years ago but I think you get my drift. I dont think laptops are going away anytime to soon but then I wouldn't bet the farm on it either.
 
Motormech said:
Reading this thread I couldn't help but remember what a wise man once told me.

"They will never replace my reel to reel tape player with 8-tracks or cassettes. Sure they are portable but I can get 12 hours of music on one tape. Lets see them replace that and make it portable."

Now granted that was maybe a little more than five years ago but I think you get my drift. I dont think laptops are going away anytime to soon but then I wouldn't bet the farm on it either.
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nice post. Really makes you think about it...:D
 
Anthony1 said:
It will be a long time coming yet, but tablets will eventually kill off laptops, or rather both tablets and laptops will evolve convergently until eventually you won't really be able to tell the difference between the two. The biggest difference will be in what OS you decide to go with.
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I whole heartedly agree with you. I believe that the next wave will be 'dual laptop-tablet' that have both laptop functionality and the monitor becomes a tablet when removed from the laptop dock. These will be able to dualboots Windows/Unix/whatever in laptop mode, and when you remove the tablet monitor, it will be in tablet mod (android ftw :)) There are some prototype outs now and will be releases *soon* (I hope), lol. I'm just excited for CES and see where some of these companies are heading with this concept in the next couple of days. I find that this is best of both world (tablet and keyboard) and it's convenient for everyone.

Lenovo's IdeaPad U1 This article is old, but last rumour in June 2010 is that the tablet will be booting Android.
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Asus Eee Pad EP121



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Before this happens I really believe that we will see great improvements in battery life --- because the current one sucks. The old phones with the pixilated black and white displays were able to stay up for 2 weeks now we have problems keeping them on for the whole day. It is the same with a tablet we need nice hefty power source which will be able to give us nice use all day (meaning 25 hours) use time.

Second deal with laptops disappearing is the onscreen keyboard. If companies are able to make it so that the on screen keyboard works similarly to the physical standard keyboard tablet will truly replace the laptop. When you are using your tablet to write an email think about this would this typing thing be a bit faster on a laptop. The logical answer is yes so if we stop typing with two fingers and start doing it with 10 again tablets will be better in every respect. Big companies will start investing in tablets for their employees instead of expensive and bulky laptops.

I know that there is 24 hours in a day it is just to prove a point.
 
Yeah I don't see the Tablet taking over the laptop . I personally have a only a laptop but plan on getting rid of it for a Desktop and a Netbook . I'll probably eventually buy an android tablet once there are some good ones but I don't see it replacing my Laptop or Netbook

I do really like the look of the Asus Epad above
 
Roze said:
I whole heartedly agree with you. I believe that the next wave will be 'dual laptop-tablet' that have both laptop functionality and the monitor becomes a tablet when removed from the laptop dock. These will be able to dualboots Windows/Unix/whatever in laptop mode, and when you remove the tablet monitor, it will be in tablet mod (android ftw :)) There are some prototype outs now and will be releases *soon* (I hope), lol. I'm just excited for CES and see where some of these companies are heading with this concept in the next couple of days. I find that this is best of both world (tablet and keyboard) and it's convenient for everyone.
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Lenovo cancelled the U1 :'(
 
adi19956 said:
Lenovo cancelled the U1 :'(
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Are you serious? When did this happen? :mad::( WHY!!!! :mad::( NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! *sigh*

I have been following the U1's news (or lack there of) and I haven't heard of anything :< Link please!!!!
 
Tablets will really start taking over from laptops once they have built in keyboards. Instead of sliding them out like on smart phones they could have you open it as a clamshell so when closed the screen is protected. For when you only wanted the touch interface, you could swivel the screen and close it so the keyboard is hidden like this:

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(HP Pavilion tx1000 circa 2007)
 
Although very entertaining, everyone of these pictures have only proved how completely useless a tab is and that no one even wants one. All these pics might as well be of laptops. Tablets will be done in less than 3 years at this point.
 
Ultimately I mostly agree with the OP. I do think tablets will take most of the market from laptops but it won't be today's tablets and I doubt it will be a straight up replacement.

I'm thinking of a future when tablets have 500+ gb of storage. When the battery lasts 4 or 5 days reliably. When they have larger screens like 14". When their processors can run high performance programs lightning fast.

More importantly they must have docking ports where you can drop the tablet in the port and swipe it fully on in 2 seconds. Where it docks to a station with a monitor and mouse and keyboard. At the end of the day you just pick it up off the dock and take it home.

Yes - real apps need to come out that are hard core - MSVC, office, graphics/photo editing, music editing etc. This part is not far off. My company already develops a technical computing app for iPad and many other companies are doing he same. When the hardware gets better we will add more to the app that is intensive. The limitation is the hardware not the software. And hardware is not that hard to improve. Hell 25 years ago the damn iPad probably would have been considered a super computer.

People love portability. But when they park their butt down to work they like an expanded work surface. This is all doable. The idea that tablets won't take the majority market share is probably because your thinking about today tablets - which clearly would never displace a laptop. But I really think tablets 5 - 10 years out will be better than laptops and more flexible.

On a side note. I remember when I bought a new pc, a 486DX2 with a whopping 200 mb hard drive. After loading DOS, windows 3.1, office a handful of other apps and a ton of games I still had 120 mb of space left. My comment to my self was "200 mb, why would I ever need more?"

Things change. Technology gets faster and smaller all the time.
 
gamul1 said:
Ultimately I mostly agree with the OP. I do think tablets will take most of the market from laptops but it won't be today's tablets and I doubt it will be a straight up replacement.

I'm thinking of a future when tablets have 500+ gb of storage. When the battery lasts 4 or 5 days reliably. When they have larger screens like 14". When their processors can run high performance programs lightning fast.

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On a side note. I remember when I bought a new pc, a 486DX2 with a whopping 200 mb hard drive. After loading DOS, windows 3.1, office a handful of other apps and a ton of games I still had 120 mb of space left. My comment to my self was "200 mb, why would I ever need more?"

Things change. Technology gets faster and smaller all the time.
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Been around a long while so have seen most of this technology come and mature... finally scrapped the Sinclair x86 built from a kit, Apple Lisa, Amiga1, and many others over the last 10 years... all were fun... current generation of tablets can be fun too as long as you understand somthing new and faster is coming right behind them... enjoy the moments... they can be made to last, but they too will eventually pass to be replaced by something new...
 
I don't think tablets will kill laptops. It'll definitely take the place of netbooks. You can easily turn a tablet to a netbook by adding a case with a usb keyboard built in. I do agree that dual tablet/laptops will replace the traditional laptops of today. I mean, all forms of computers are gonna end up having some sort of touch interface. That's where the trend is going with computers.
After that, our traditional desktops will be replaced by Tony Stark type holographic interfaces! :p That's one of two things I hope to see and own in my lifetime, the other is a freakin flying car? Where's my freaking flying car?!?!:mad:
 
ASUS just showed an interesting dockable laptop - the screen pulls completely off and I think it's a tablet - early display at a CES blog, so no details yet - but something to look for, if anyone's interested in that sort of thing.
 
adi19956 said:
scrap that, they HAD cancelled it, I read it somewhere. anyway, official press release looks like they've resurrected it Lenovo bringing two tablets to CES 2011: U1 Hybrid resurrected? - SlashGear

oh and they deleted it off their website when it was on before
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Yes, thank goodness!!!! Though the price is a bit *cough* high at almost $1400 :/

More info from Phandroid

IdeaPad U1 for a Complete Laptop
For users who need the full functionality of a mainstream laptop for doing content creation with Windows-based productivity applications, the LePad can slide into the U1 base. The IdeaPad U1 hybrid laptop with a full keyboard transforms the user interface on LePad into Windows 7. The base features a Windows 7 Home Premium operating system and an Intel CULV processor. With the Hybrid Switch feature, users can seamlessly change operating systems to support a continuous Web browsing experience.
Pricing and Availability

The Lenovo IdeaPad U1 with LePad will be available beginning in China in the first quarter of 2011. The LePad slate can be purchased separately from the U1 base. The LePad slate starts at approximately RMB 3,499 (approximately US $520), and the U1 hybrid laptop starts at approximately RMB 8,888 (approximately US $1,300). For detailed pricing and availability for other markets, please contact your Lenovo representative.
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EarlyMon said:
ASUS just showed an interesting dockable laptop - the screen pulls completely off and I think it's a tablet - early display at a CES blog, so no details yet - but something to look for, if anyone's interested in that sort of thing.
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Yup: ASUS Eee Pad Transformer and Eee Pad Slider Announced ? Tegra 2 Honeycomb Hybrids | Android Phone Fans
http://www.androidcentral.com/asus-unveils-trio-android-tablets
 
You guys are missing it all. (well, not all of you)

My archos tablet and my evo compliment each other. My Archos tablet compliments my laptop. My laptop compliments my desktop.

What I want is choice. I do personally think I can go without a laptop, I did ditch the netbook. But, I want two things from my tablet. BT keyboard/mouse combo (half size like my HTPC...preferably the same keyboard paired to whichever I tell it to), and a dock. I want my basic info (calendar and email and tasks) on every device of mine-that part works. I don't feel the need to have every file of mine with me at all times. I like that I can access most of them if I needed to. Integration between my devices....it's here. Usability keeps getting better.
 
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