If it's a so-called "Business Tablet", why does it have a HD aspect ratio screen?
I find I can see and interact with apps and web pages better, even if I have to scroll more sometimes, by being able to view a larger 'chunk' at a time using a non-widescreen monitor over a widescreen monitor [and it's one of the things I like about the iPad].
And yes, I know that the reason for them [Dell] using a widescreen display is because it's slightly cheaper than a display with the aspect ratio Apple uses for the iPad. And Dell's tablet will STILL cost significantly more than the iPad.
To try and slow down Apple. If you can just get people to not buy an iPad until they get their 7 Tablet thingy out to market, maybe, just maybe, you can sell enough of your crap to get a slice of the pie Apple created.
What kind of pie?
Shouldn't that end... 'get a slice of the Apple pie.'?
According to report by CNET, the product is aimed at users "who need greater mobility, as well as IT organizations that demand control, security, manageability, and integration with existing infrastructure investments."
Boooooriiing.
When I see lame-ass business gibberish like that I know it'll be either DOA or part of an ill-conceived "reset" plan down the road.
Nothing remotely intense or exciting to see here, folks.
Why bother? Not only are you late to the game but you show up with a non-functional prototype?
Not only why bother, but unless you are looking for a junk-food standard like PC don't look to anything what H(D)ELL manufactures. It's plain garbage. Tablet=Crap, PDA=Crap.
Some while back Michael Hell suggested that Apple close up shop and return the money back to the shareholders. Good advice Mr. Hell, close up your crappy PC shop and return the money (if there's any left) to the shareholders.
To try and slow down Apple. If you can just get people to not buy an iPad until they get their 7 Tablet thingy out to market, maybe, just maybe, you can sell enough of your crap to get a slice of the pie Apple created.
Of course, consumers no longer fall for this routine, so they target their core suckers, err, I mean customers... Corporate IT departments.
Alas a tablet running a full-fledged OS. no need to connect to a mother computer? not using a cellphone based OS?
Stay tuned.
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Originally Posted by axual
MS and Dell have a history of delivering failed handheld devices ... I agree, stay tuned. History is apt to repeat itself here as neither company deemed it important enough to actually show a working product.
I have a feeling he meant "At last" rather than "Alas".
And yes, I know that the reason for them [Dell] using a widescreen display is because it's slightly cheaper than a display with the aspect ratio Apple uses for the iPad.
That, and you get to advertise a "10 inch tablet" while delivering a smaller screen.
Alas a tablet running a full-fledged OS. no need to connect to a mother computer? not using a cellphone based OS?
Stay tuned.
iOS is a full-fledged tablet OS. Why would you put a desktop OS in a mobile device?
And before you suggest laptops are mobile devices, that's only half the truth. Many people, if not most, used them on some kind of desk or table most of the time. So they need to encompass the larger paradigm, at the expense of usability.
The iPad is NOT a netbook. It' NOT a "wannabe laptop"; get over it.
According to report by CNET, the product is aimed at users "who need greater mobility, as well as IT organizations that demand control, security, manageability, and integration with existing infrastructure investments."
This is is specifically designed to fit into market gaps that the iPad doesn't, not to compete with it.
They aren't going to sell like the iPad, and I'd suggest Dell already knows that.
This is is specifically designed to fit into market gaps that the iPad doesn't, not to compete with it.
They aren't going to sell like the iPad, and I'd suggest Dell already knows that.
I disagree. Dell is trying to stop the bleeding caused by uptake by companies of the iPad and other iOS devices. Since corporate kit is the largest chunk of their market, they can't afford to let the iPad threat go unchallenged. The problem is, a majority of Fortune 100 companies and all of the Fortune 50 companies have programs in place to develop and platform for the iPad and iPhone. They are late to market with this, thinking that their stop-gap devices like the Streaks, would slow down Apple's popularity in the rebirthed tablet category long enough to get a decent Android version (sans Dells' UI overlay) into them and into the market. They are vainly hoping that IT managers will opt for familiarity (which isn't really there for Windows 7 with touch GUI overlay on a mobile device anyway) over popularity. If the IT managers rule, then this might work, but most companies I know it's the executives that override the IT manager and the IT manager is tasked with adapting to their wants, needs and desires.
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I find I can see and interact with apps and web pages better, even if I have to scroll more sometimes, by being able to view a larger 'chunk' at a time using a non-widescreen monitor over a widescreen monitor [and it's one of the things I like about the iPad].
And yes, I know that the reason for them [Dell] using a widescreen display is because it's slightly cheaper than a display with the aspect ratio Apple uses for the iPad. And Dell's tablet will STILL cost significantly more than the iPad.
Alas a tablet running a full-fledged OS. no need to connect to a mother computer? not using a cellphone based OS?
Stay tuned.
And with a real keyboard hinged to it we can all get back to laptops the way god intended.
And with a real keyboard hinged to it we can all get back to laptops the way god intended.
I think you're on to something
To try and slow down Apple. If you can just get people to not buy an iPad until they get their 7 Tablet thingy out to market, maybe, just maybe, you can sell enough of your crap to get a slice of the pie Apple created.
What kind of pie?
Shouldn't that end... 'get a slice of the Apple pie.'?
A piece of plastic with an screenshot stuck on the front! Nice work, Dell!
At least the upgrade to Windows 8 will be easy. Just slap on a new sticker.
Boooooriiing.
When I see lame-ass business gibberish like that I know it'll be either DOA or part of an ill-conceived "reset" plan down the road.
Nothing remotely intense or exciting to see here, folks.
Was Dell absent that day in class?
Why bother? Not only are you late to the game but you show up with a non-functional prototype?
Not only why bother, but unless you are looking for a junk-food standard like PC don't look to anything what H(D)ELL manufactures. It's plain garbage. Tablet=Crap, PDA=Crap.
Some while back Michael Hell suggested that Apple close up shop and return the money back to the shareholders. Good advice Mr. Hell, close up your crappy PC shop and return the money (if there's any left) to the shareholders.
And with a real keyboard hinged to it we can all get back to laptops the way god intended.
Is that interface based on real information?
A windowed interface is just embarrassing on a portable touch device at this point.
Microsoft have an opportunity to innovate handed to them on a platter and they deliver the same interface over and over again.
It took them a decade to copy Mac OS X. You don't expect them to copy iOS overnight, do you?
To try and slow down Apple. If you can just get people to not buy an iPad until they get their 7 Tablet thingy out to market, maybe, just maybe, you can sell enough of your crap to get a slice of the pie Apple created.
Of course, consumers no longer fall for this routine, so they target their core suckers, err, I mean customers... Corporate IT departments.
Alas a tablet running a full-fledged OS. no need to connect to a mother computer? not using a cellphone based OS?
Stay tuned.
MS and Dell have a history of delivering failed handheld devices ... I agree, stay tuned. History is apt to repeat itself here as neither company deemed it important enough to actually show a working product.
I have a feeling he meant "At last" rather than "Alas".
And yes, I know that the reason for them [Dell] using a widescreen display is because it's slightly cheaper than a display with the aspect ratio Apple uses for the iPad.
That, and you get to advertise a "10 inch tablet" while delivering a smaller screen.
Alas a tablet running a full-fledged OS. no need to connect to a mother computer? not using a cellphone based OS?
Stay tuned.
iOS is a full-fledged tablet OS. Why would you put a desktop OS in a mobile device?
And before you suggest laptops are mobile devices, that's only half the truth. Many people, if not most, used them on some kind of desk or table most of the time. So they need to encompass the larger paradigm, at the expense of usability.
The iPad is NOT a netbook. It' NOT a "wannabe laptop"; get over it.
According to report by CNET, the product is aimed at users "who need greater mobility, as well as IT organizations that demand control, security, manageability, and integration with existing infrastructure investments."
This is is specifically designed to fit into market gaps that the iPad doesn't, not to compete with it.
They aren't going to sell like the iPad, and I'd suggest Dell already knows that.
Wow... just relax and read...
This is is specifically designed to fit into market gaps that the iPad doesn't, not to compete with it.
They aren't going to sell like the iPad, and I'd suggest Dell already knows that.
Just because they know it will fail does not make it a success when it fails.
Just because they know it will fail does not make it a success when it fails.
That doesn't make any sense.
Originally Posted by iLiver
Alas a tablet running a full-fledged OS. no need to connect to a mother computer? not using a cellphone based OS?
Stay tuned.
I have a feeling he meant "At last" rather than "Alas".
Shhhh.
Ah, the irony......
Wow... just relax and read...
This is is specifically designed to fit into market gaps that the iPad doesn't, not to compete with it.
They aren't going to sell like the iPad, and I'd suggest Dell already knows that.
I disagree. Dell is trying to stop the bleeding caused by uptake by companies of the iPad and other iOS devices. Since corporate kit is the largest chunk of their market, they can't afford to let the iPad threat go unchallenged. The problem is, a majority of Fortune 100 companies and all of the Fortune 50 companies have programs in place to develop and platform for the iPad and iPhone. They are late to market with this, thinking that their stop-gap devices like the Streaks, would slow down Apple's popularity in the rebirthed tablet category long enough to get a decent Android version (sans Dells' UI overlay) into them and into the market. They are vainly hoping that IT managers will opt for familiarity (which isn't really there for Windows 7 with touch GUI overlay on a mobile device anyway) over popularity. If the IT managers rule, then this might work, but most companies I know it's the executives that override the IT manager and the IT manager is tasked with adapting to their wants, needs and desires.