What Do You Prefer -- A Mini-Tablet or a Pocket PC?

[arebelspy]

While I don't care for thiis device, I do have my Sony U70 with me wherever I go, and i can't imagine going back to a PPC/Tablet PC setup again. Syncronizing files? Why do that when you can have all of them with you all the time?

-arebelspy

[arebelspy]

While I don't care for thiis device, I do have my Sony U70 with me wherever I go, and i can't imagine going back to a PPC/Tablet PC setup again. Syncronizing files? Why do that when you can have all of them with you all the time?

-arebelspy

[JGUI]

Yes, I spend my time in a few research projects of new GUI.
it covers one-hand operating, voice commands recognizing, text-to-speech engine (with much more louder voices than typicall PDA sounds), motion recognizing (both bye special sensor and typical built-in camera)
and others.

The one example of some GUI concept: it is MY|TODAY|SCREEN
I just realized lately:
www.jgui.net/mytodayscreen/

Few years ago I made XPPC GUI for older PDAs.

I hope I will do more with GUI this year.

[Kowalski]

you cant combine small size of pda and usability of notebook.
pda should be as small as possible, so that the device will fit your pocket easily
and the notebook should be small so that you can carry everywhere you go and big enough to have a full sized keyboard for touch typing.
i find 12" notebooks have the best balancer between size and usability. my asus s5 has a full sized keyboard so i can touch type on it and very small so that i can take the device everywhere. i like sony tr series but they have crampled keyboards. i also like thinkpad x40

[dochall]

Originally Posted by JGUI

Yes, I spend my time in a few research projects of new GUI.
it covers one-hand operating

Wahey....I bet there's a whole raft of websites going to thank you for that one. :devilboy:

I currently use a 4700 and a Tosh 3500 Tablet PC. I can't say I would give up either one of them for the P50 and certainly not both. They both have distinct uses and the overlap between them is actually very little.

The only change I'm currently looking at is replace the Tosh with a pure slate rather than a covertible. I'm now a total convert to Tablet PCs. Oh and I'm sure I will replace the 4700 with a magneto machine when they eventually come out.

[lapchinj]

Originally Posted by Janak Parekh

Despite the buzz, this unit just doesn't do it for me. In my opinion, it's not small enough to be truly mobile, and not large enough to be truly useful -- I'd much rather have a Pocket PC alongside a full Tablet PC (which, in fact, is my current setup )....

It's not for me either mainly for the same reasons you mention. My current setup is a laptop and a iPAQ (couple of them, BT and wireless - real sweet). The tablet was always out of my pricerange. The laptop works better for me when running Visual Studio and SQL Server on the road or by a client.

Jeff-

[gt24]

Why is it, when I look at the picture, do I think the following...

"All that engineering innovation, all that money, all that time... all so that the developer can play minesweeper!?!? I can play minesweeper just FINE on my Axim X30... "

Then again, I'm quite silly, and I like minesweeper...

[powder2000]

I don't see much wrong with this type of idea. The one thing I do see is that no matter what, if you are going for a market that replaces the desktop with a mini windows machine, I would think that it would need to have a screen aspect similar to all other desktops. Whether I'm running remote desktop or excell, I want the view to be at least square if not landscape. This seems to be the most important factor to me.

[ctitanic]

Originally Posted by Janak Parekh

Despite the buzz, this unit just doesn't do it for me. In my opinion, it's not small enough to be truly mobile, and not large enough to be truly useful -- I'd much rather have a Pocket PC alongside a full Tablet PC (which, in fact, is my current setup ). I'm glad to see the miniaturization, but at the same time I'd just love to see the Pocket PC OS integrate more functionality, as it's a great base for tablet-style applications. What do you think?

I agree, in my case the best setup is a Pocket PC alongside with a Laptop.

[kkelley]

I can see that this type of device would be useful in a data acquisition / entry role, but not necessarily handheld entry.

It is larger than a PPC, presumably easier to read from 2-3 ft away, has a keyboard so I don't need a stylus and the form factor (while I would rather have landscape or square like was mentioned previously) is appropriate for use in a vehicle or cab where space is limited. I don't remember from the article, but I would hope this device has a screen similar to a PPCs so that it is at least semi-readable outdoors.

For today to today use though, I would prefer a tablet with a PPC.

[beq]

Originally Posted by Kowalski

i also like thinkpad x40

I love my X40 and its acclaimed keyboard (though I admit the T43 keyboard still feels nicer and sturdier). I also like its balance of usability and portability.

Currently I carry the 12" ultraportable laptop + PDA2k/MDA3 Phone Edition + BlueSpoon headset. I guess it could be argued the laptop is a bit on the small side and the PDA phone a bit on the bulky side.

Speaking of which I'm typing this on the laptop now and the battery's at 6% so I better post this now. Connecting via the PDA2k as a GPRS Bluetooth modem (because the VPN server is broken where I'm at right now, which is required for Internet access via the Wi-Fi hotspot).