[geeks] iPad - a 'Miss' for me I'm afraid

[velociraptor]

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 02:35:44PM -0800, Nadine Miller wrote:
>
>> For my two cents on the thing:
>> A) it's a Cintiq that is not a one trick pony (ditto, ebook reader)
>
> However, it doesn't do either trick anywhere near as well.  Both
> probably have merit.

Both hubby and I have been reading almost exclusively on LCDs for a
while, so from that perspective, I think it'll be fine.

As for the "Cintiq" notion--well, I'm not going to pony up $999 for a
12" Cintiq that *only* does that so, "near enough" is a good
compromise for my useage.

>> I'm not interested in Chrome or Android, because they both have too much
>> google in them. I went with used 2G iPhones to get my PDA phone fix.
>
> Too much google in them?  You realize that a third party supplied
> Chromium or Android can be monitored, audited, and modified to eliminate
> google reporting (if they actually do anything unpleasant) now or in the
> future.
>
> I'd much rather see similar hardware running a modified android with
> proper multi-touch support.

Sure, but what team has the resources to do that and keep it up to
date?  Likewise Linux (in the broad sense) has supported Wacom tablet
screens for quite a while, but there's been no real push to integrate
that into OSS software.  I just don't think the impetus is there.
Apple on the other hand, has a driving reason to pursue these
technologies in HW and SW.

I just checked out the Apple pages, the "Camera Connection Kit"
suggests USB host controller to me, though as an add-on.

=Nadine=