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"The future of the tablet" isn't bolting a second screen on it to mimic a physical methaphor - aka the book. As PG said, flexibility is key, not replicating exi
by ddagradi 16y ago
"The future of the tablet" isn't bolting a second screen on it to mimic a physical methaphor - aka the book. As PG said, flexibility is key, not replicating existing technology with digital artifacts. Now, the Kno does some interesting things in software, but shackling that to two 14" displays sounds like a recipe for failure. (And it would barely make it through a day of class on that battery).
- buro9 16y agoAlso... it seems to me that using 2 screens just to overcome the current modal nature of tablet applications (that have been upscaled from smaller devices where modal makes more sense) isn't the way to solve the multi-tasking problem (reading and writing at the same time). An iPad is still good for that, the screen real estate is enough to do the job... once the slate computer gets beyond a certain size the modality is what needs addressing. Perhaps move to a, erm... windows approach or more likely... a tiling app manager so that 2 apps run side-by-side on the existing single tablet. Seems weird to overcome a current (and probably temporary) software constraint with a hardware approach.
- ajscherer 16y agoEven with a 27" monitor I choose to use second monitor, and when I am cross referencing two documents I will put one on each monitor. The 27" could easily hold both documents, but it just feels so much easier to use two screens. It seems pretty unlikely that two screens on a tablet would be viable in terms of power and cost, but I can totally see it being a superior experience.