It's obviously a capacitive touchscreen using a capacitive stylus. But look at the detail in the "handwriting". There's absolutely no way to get that much detail using a Wacom stylus, much less an eraser head capacitive stylus.
This product is vaporware. It'll never happen like this.
I like their motherboards (for my gaming boxes) but I don't know if I'd buy a tablet from them. The iPad just has too much of a lead for now, but we'll see later in the year.
I have never seen anyone using an Asus product, and in fact never heard of them.
What ever they make will be a POS.
Then you have been living under a rock.
ASUS makes extreme top-of-the-line PC hardware, geared towards gamers and are very well known and praised in the gamer circle. If you can satisfy the needs of gamers, then you are definitely doing it right.
I regularly buy their hardware when upgrading my desktop because they generally much more bang for the buck than their competitors. And they're usually among the first companies to adopt the latest advancements in hardware design from the source companies (Intel, AMD, nVidia, etc).
More Apple roadkill. Move along. STILL nothing to see.
I've been following the ASUS tablets since they were rumored and am excited to see some hands-on videos. I'm personally edging towards the model with the slide-out keyboard.
If they are as good as they make them out to be, then it will make Apple roadkill indeed.
I like their motherboards (for my gaming boxes) but I don't know if I'd buy a tablet from them. The iPad just has too much of a lead for now, but we'll see later in the year.
Same thing as the iPhone. It took Apple's competitors a bit to get moving, but they caught up quick in the last year. I see the same thing happening on the tablet side.
Does Steve Jobs have a patent on the hidden microphone? That Asus executive looks like Justin Timberlake with that Star Trek apparatus appended to his face.
Before the iPhone prototype Android phones looked like Blackberries with plenty of buttons. Look at the photos in the illustrative chart in the article.
Before the iPhone prototype Android phones looked like Blackberries with plenty of buttons. Look at the photos in the illustrative chart in the article.
After the iPhone Android phones like the Nexus One look like iPhones and functioned like iPhones with touch vs button interface.
Before iPhone Android phones were Blackberry Clones, after they were iPhone clones.
You don't say!
Could it possibly be because at the time, BB OS was the most popular smartphone OS out there? And then after the success of the iPhone with the touch interface, Android switched to that to match where the market was going?
From a purely business sense, would you have continued to keep it the same as BB OS? Look where BB has ended up now and where Android is now. Look down on the decision to switch all you want, but at the end of the day, it was the right choice to make.
And I would hardly call it a pure clone at this point. Both OSs have very similar features, but still have enough of their own features to keep them distinguished. For example, Android's widgets, notification blind, and home screen launcher are things that set it apart from iOS.
I like their motherboards (for my gaming boxes) but I don't know if I'd buy a tablet from them. The iPad just has too much of a lead for now, but we'll see later in the year.
I wouldn't. A friend of mine got a Eee PC last year and it didn't last.
On the positive side: I DO see these devices selling boatloads to the enterprise though.
Similar to IE6/Windows... they will be "good-enough" and cheaply priced in bulk to definitely be attractive to businesses running locked-down devices and vetted backend-systems and programs, with a full-time IT staff.
Will they really sell like boatloads though:
Will enterprise employees be required to carry a personal tablet and a business tablet?
I think that battle is already being won.
Consider:
1) Many enterprises already allow employees to choose the smart phone they carry
2) Other enterprises support employees to BYOP -- Bring Your Own Phone.
Also, many enterprises already have budget, trained developers in place, systems designed and solutions being implemented for the iPad. These solutions are designed to give the enterprise a competitive or technological advantage.
Many of these implementations will be completed before most of these new tablets are available in any reasonable quantity and stage of completion.
Seriously. you are the CIO with a proven solution in hand -- the iPad, the SDK, the Developers and the infrastructure. You are 6 months down the road on your projects.
Will you stop, re-evaluate, and repurpose your effort on a whim and a promise -- whatever the price?
Take, the PlayBook, for example? Or any of these new tablets. When will all the necessary pieces be in place -- so that you are confident enough to bet your company's resources (and your CIO job) on them?
The race is already being run and some horses are just approaching the starting gate.
It's obviously a capacitive touchscreen using a capacitive stylus. But look at the detail in the "handwriting". There's absolutely no way to get that much detail using a Wacom stylus, much less an eraser head capacitive stylus.
This product is vaporware. It'll never happen like this.
Actually, you can get that level of detail on an iPhone or an iPad -- with your finger or a Pogo stylus.
There are apps that allow you to zoom in and draw/write with brushes or pens of varying thickness.
Then zoom out and you have something similar to what is shown.
Actually, you can get that level of detail on an iPhone or an iPad -- with your finger or a Pogo stylus.
There are apps that allow you to zoom in and draw/write with brushes or pens of varying thickness.
Then zoom out and you have something similar to what is shown.
When I was in college, I had two different tablet PCs (the ones that swiveled around) and on both of them, the pointer jumped around a lot because I think the digitizers used radio frequencies fired from around the screen to ping a chip in the stylus.
With capacitive screens, I don't see that happening anymore. I think this is because the whole screen is a sensor so you can get pinpoint accurate writing.
When I was in college, I had two different tablet PCs (the ones that swiveled around) and on both of them, the pointer jumped around a lot because I think the digitizers used radio frequencies fired from around the screen to ping a chip in the stylus.
With capacitive screens, I don't see that happening anymore. I think this is because the whole screen is a sensor so you can get pinpoint accurate writing.
We’ve seen reviews of how different capacitance systems react to slow moving input devices and input near the edge of the display. I think the OP has a valid point when looking at the results from previous tests. Maybe Asus was able to work out a solution to write that well at the edge of a display or maybe that is just a really great stylus, I suppose we’ll find out in 4-10 month when these finally ship. LOL
We?ve seen reviews of how different capacitance systems react to slow moving input devices and input near the edge of the display. I think the OP has a valid point when looking at the results from previous tests. Maybe Asus was able to work out a solution to write that well at the edge of a display or maybe that is just a really great stylus, I suppose we?ll find out in 4-10 month when these finally ship. LOL
Oh, he was talking about the edge. I thought he meant the overall smoothness of the writing. But I do remember the articles about the weird performance at the edges of capacitive screens.
Sucks that we'll have to wait a few months before the ship. I hope that brick and mortar stores will sell them so I can go see for myself.
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Are you kidding ? Perhaps get your fingers out of your nose and do some research.
They started off with a Blackberry clone and suddenly changed to an iPhone clone.
This action reeks of copyism in any language.
This is a fact and the author of the article can include this fact if they want to.
its so true. only an idiot couldn't tell the difference between using a mac and a windows machine. same goes for android vs ios.
More Apple roadkill. Move along. STILL nothing to see.
the 7 inch tab looks very interesting. its looking like the hardware and software is going to finally merge this year and i like the options.
It's obviously a capacitive touchscreen using a capacitive stylus. But look at the detail in the "handwriting". There's absolutely no way to get that much detail using a Wacom stylus, much less an eraser head capacitive stylus.
This product is vaporware. It'll never happen like this.
I have never seen anyone using an Asus product, and in fact never heard of them.
What ever they make will be a POS.
Then you have been living under a rock.
ASUS makes extreme top-of-the-line PC hardware, geared towards gamers and are very well known and praised in the gamer circle. If you can satisfy the needs of gamers, then you are definitely doing it right.
I regularly buy their hardware when upgrading my desktop because they generally much more bang for the buck than their competitors. And they're usually among the first companies to adopt the latest advancements in hardware design from the source companies (Intel, AMD, nVidia, etc).
More Apple roadkill. Move along. STILL nothing to see.
I've been following the ASUS tablets since they were rumored and am excited to see some hands-on videos. I'm personally edging towards the model with the slide-out keyboard.
If they are as good as they make them out to be, then it will make Apple roadkill indeed.
I like their motherboards (for my gaming boxes) but I don't know if I'd buy a tablet from them. The iPad just has too much of a lead for now, but we'll see later in the year.
Same thing as the iPhone. It took Apple's competitors a bit to get moving, but they caught up quick in the last year. I see the same thing happening on the tablet side.
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Yeah, How'd he do dat, Howdy Doody?
For a close up example I'll provide a link:
http://buy-google-phone.com/?p=18
After the iPhone Android phones like the Nexus One look like iPhones and functioned like iPhones with touch vs button interface.
Before iPhone Android phones were Blackberry Clones, after they were iPhone clones.
Before the iPhone prototype Android phones looked like Blackberries with plenty of buttons. Look at the photos in the illustrative chart in the article.
For a close up example I'll provide a link:
http://buy-google-phone.com/?p=18
After the iPhone Android phones like the Nexus One look like iPhones and functioned like iPhones with touch vs button interface.
Before iPhone Android phones were Blackberry Clones, after they were iPhone clones.
You don't say!
Could it possibly be because at the time, BB OS was the most popular smartphone OS out there? And then after the success of the iPhone with the touch interface, Android switched to that to match where the market was going?
From a purely business sense, would you have continued to keep it the same as BB OS? Look where BB has ended up now and where Android is now. Look down on the decision to switch all you want, but at the end of the day, it was the right choice to make.
And I would hardly call it a pure clone at this point. Both OSs have very similar features, but still have enough of their own features to keep them distinguished. For example, Android's widgets, notification blind, and home screen launcher are things that set it apart from iOS.
I like their motherboards (for my gaming boxes) but I don't know if I'd buy a tablet from them. The iPad just has too much of a lead for now, but we'll see later in the year.
I wouldn't. A friend of mine got a Eee PC last year and it didn't last.
On the positive side: I DO see these devices selling boatloads to the enterprise though.
Similar to IE6/Windows... they will be "good-enough" and cheaply priced in bulk to definitely be attractive to businesses running locked-down devices and vetted backend-systems and programs, with a full-time IT staff.
Will they really sell like boatloads though:
Will enterprise employees be required to carry a personal tablet and a business tablet?
I think that battle is already being won.
Consider:
1) Many enterprises already allow employees to choose the smart phone they carry
2) Other enterprises support employees to BYOP -- Bring Your Own Phone.
Also, many enterprises already have budget, trained developers in place, systems designed and solutions being implemented for the iPad. These solutions are designed to give the enterprise a competitive or technological advantage.
Many of these implementations will be completed before most of these new tablets are available in any reasonable quantity and stage of completion.
Seriously. you are the CIO with a proven solution in hand -- the iPad, the SDK, the Developers and the infrastructure. You are 6 months down the road on your projects.
Will you stop, re-evaluate, and repurpose your effort on a whim and a promise -- whatever the price?
Take, the PlayBook, for example? Or any of these new tablets. When will all the necessary pieces be in place -- so that you are confident enough to bet your company's resources (and your CIO job) on them?
The race is already being run and some horses are just approaching the starting gate.
"For wete you well the tyde abydeth no man"
Tablets and Tide wait for no man!
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This mockup is just ridiculous.
It's obviously a capacitive touchscreen using a capacitive stylus. But look at the detail in the "handwriting". There's absolutely no way to get that much detail using a Wacom stylus, much less an eraser head capacitive stylus.
This product is vaporware. It'll never happen like this.
Actually, you can get that level of detail on an iPhone or an iPad -- with your finger or a Pogo stylus.
There are apps that allow you to zoom in and draw/write with brushes or pens of varying thickness.
Then zoom out and you have something similar to what is shown.
Actually, you can get that level of detail on an iPhone or an iPad -- with your finger or a Pogo stylus.
There are apps that allow you to zoom in and draw/write with brushes or pens of varying thickness.
Then zoom out and you have something similar to what is shown.
When I was in college, I had two different tablet PCs (the ones that swiveled around) and on both of them, the pointer jumped around a lot because I think the digitizers used radio frequencies fired from around the screen to ping a chip in the stylus.
With capacitive screens, I don't see that happening anymore. I think this is because the whole screen is a sensor so you can get pinpoint accurate writing.
When I was in college, I had two different tablet PCs (the ones that swiveled around) and on both of them, the pointer jumped around a lot because I think the digitizers used radio frequencies fired from around the screen to ping a chip in the stylus.
With capacitive screens, I don't see that happening anymore. I think this is because the whole screen is a sensor so you can get pinpoint accurate writing.
We’ve seen reviews of how different capacitance systems react to slow moving input devices and input near the edge of the display. I think the OP has a valid point when looking at the results from previous tests. Maybe Asus was able to work out a solution to write that well at the edge of a display or maybe that is just a really great stylus, I suppose we’ll find out in 4-10 month when these finally ship. LOL
We?ve seen reviews of how different capacitance systems react to slow moving input devices and input near the edge of the display. I think the OP has a valid point when looking at the results from previous tests. Maybe Asus was able to work out a solution to write that well at the edge of a display or maybe that is just a really great stylus, I suppose we?ll find out in 4-10 month when these finally ship. LOL
Oh, he was talking about the edge. I thought he meant the overall smoothness of the writing. But I do remember the articles about the weird performance at the edges of capacitive screens.
Sucks that we'll have to wait a few months before the ship. I hope that brick and mortar stores will sell them so I can go see for myself.