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ackblom12:
Wait, and no Flash support?

What exactly are they doing with this device again?

I also find the idea that it is a replacement for an e-reader ridiculous. It seems like the only peopel who could seriously make that argument are folks who have never used an e-reader because goddamn is an e-reader useful for reading sessions.

Scandanavian War Machine:
When I first heard about this thing, I was like "ooh maybe this will be a sleek, sexy e-reader replacements that I could actually afford."

Oh, how wrong and naive I was.

Ikrik:
I have yet to see a single good reason to get this device.  I've heard some sources calling it a netbook killer....and yet no flash support and no multitasking?  Seriously?  A replacement for the E-Reader? You have to do better than that.  Can someone tell me what separates this thing from being a big iPod touch without telling me how the specs/hardware has changed?

est:
A quick list of things I would like the iPad to have: multitasking, flash support, direct usb in/out, direct to hdd storage that is shared across apps & accessible if you dock it with a computer, an elegantly-executed photo-frame style pop-out stand so you didn't necessarily require a dock or their fucking ugly bag/stand contraption to stand it upright, a user-facing webcam so you could videochat with it, the ability to make phonecalls with the 3g version (especially with a bluetooth earpiece)

In fact, most of those are not "would like", more like "expected".  Flash was always going to be left out because the iPod, iPhone and now iPad are all content-delivery systems first and a consumer device second.  Flash takes control out of Apple's hands, so it's never going to get into any of their devices without extreme restrictions.  Everything else though? Come the fuck on.

bicostp:
I think Lenovo actually pays attention to the Internet, because they're working on what the iPad should have been: a convertible netbook tablet with multitouch. It's only $50 more than the 32 gig, 3G-less iPad too. (Reportedly there's a $550 model with the same screen and form factpr, but the slower 1.66 ghz Pine Trail Atom and a 160 gig HD.)

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/lenovo-ideapad-s10-3t-multitouch-tablet-up-for-order-with-atom-n/

It's Pine Trail based too, so it has the GMA 3150 built in. Not as good as the Nvidia Ion (GeForce 9400m), but better than the GMA 950 and 500 the Atom has usually been paired up with. (Much more efficient, less heat output, longer battery life, better video performance...)

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