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Quote: Originally Posted by THT Apple is smart enough to understand that products are built from the user on down. There are ergonomics issues with holding a 11x8.5 device or notepad of similar size, and it gets even worse when you have to do it …
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Quote: Originally Posted by echosonic no offense, but this is pretty much what every naysayer says about new apple products until apple releases them. Remember this is apple. they dont do anything the way everybody else does, and thats why th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vinea I have never understood the UMPC makers. A modern HP Journada or NEC MobilePro 900c running full windows would have done MUCH better than the UMPC that actually got made. The NEC is a tad bigger than your Jou…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 You know I like your perspective on the devices physical size. Nothing you've suggested is out of line with what I expect or want. But then you really loose me with the obsession with Windows software. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross This is the size I've been pushing for this device. for those who don't remember, the Newton was just about this size, though the old technology required that it be too thick, and too heavy. But, it was fin…
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"Projection keyboard" cool thought but just like the pen input and thumb input; it is not that mainstream. Technology needs to make our lives easier. The mainstream market already prefers a touch type keyboard. The market for this can be huge …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hobbes Fascinating report, but I'm really not sure exactly who this product would be for. PDAs are currently dying - they're being wiped out by smartphones. Apple laptops are about to get even sleeker and thinner…
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People do not want another device the size of a subnotebook or notebook; they want a pocket size computer yet one that is as large as possible to fit in say a jacket pocket. Not a device too small like a palm size PDA but more like a modern version…
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Appleeinstein, if that device is the new Apple UMPC, that is not going to attract many mainstream users. That is too large to be jacket pocket size and looks pretty much like the huge variety of UMPC's which only sold 350,000 units according to IDC…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro 5" is the full dimension of an iPhone. I think it needs to be a bit bigger. Personally I have been looking for a ~10" 6:9 form factor. Before anyone gags, that is essentially a steno pad notebook. Just look at…
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Vinea, I agree! You described the untapped market that is missing, the holly grail, a pocket laptop "Big enough to take notes on comfortably, small enough to take everywhere, powerful enough to be useful even standalone. I'd want a stylus though…
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I've been a long time MS user and business man. What most business people hoped for with the UMPC was a simple pocket laptop that enabled them to run business software typically only available in desktop OS. MS pushed everyone to build bulky bible…