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having used the Cr48 and a 3g iPad for several months in the US and Japan, I think Apple's vision is more robust, ultimately better for me, the end user. When I

having used the Cr48 and a 3g iPad for several months in the US and Japan, I think Apple's vision is more robust, ultimately better for me, the end user. When I'm mobile, whether I'm doing sysadmin, reading, listening to music, I can do more of it, in more locations (especially offline), with better, more reliable apps, on an iPad. edit: reposted here from a comment on the webian group: === I wrote this a few weeks ago, seems relevant as the mobile space heats up with WWDC announcements. http://wherein.posterous.com/i-review-the-cr48 http://wherein.posterous.com/i-review-the-cr48 bottom line: don't forget about international travelers, spartan environments, and that whole, whacky "offline" idea. You want to be relevant 50 years from now on Mars, where the light speed round-trip to earth takes minutes, offline use remains fundamental.

powerje 15y ago
Apple's vision is more robust in the framework presented by Daring Fireball, but is that really correct? Comparing iOS to ChromeOS, yes - but shouldn't he be comparing iOS to Android, which also focusses on native applications for mobile devices?
paulirish 15y ago
> offline use remains fundamental Absolutely agree. The ChromeOS platform is absolutely focused on offline capability as well. A huge number of apps within the Chrome Web Store work offline without any connectivity. Many regular web apps work offline. All of Google Apps will within a few months. I think many people forget that you can take web apps offline, perhaps because launching a mobile browser while you have no connectivity feels so awkward. Anyway it's just a myth to be dispelled, and some remaining evangelism work to be done. (Disclaimer: I work on the Chrome team or whatever.)
- niels_olson 15y ago
  I tested this for four days at a local orthopedics convention ( well, local for me). With 30,000 users in a convention center, no wireless was truly reliable. I lost a lot of notes before turning to qemacs.
- niels_olson 15y ago
  > A huge number of apps within the Chrome Web Store work offline without any connectivity. Many regular web apps work offline. Could you name some for me? SourceKit died so many times at that conference I felt physically ill. Switching to qemacs was an easy decision. MagicScroll for my books never really worked. Seriously, I would like to know because the Cr48 form factor, battery life, weight, temperature and speed would be great in Japan, but for me it was a paperweight, while my roommate brought his iPad2 and was loving life by comparison. I'm not talking about being offline for a few hours. Try weeks. Sure, the military provides me plenty of wired network access, for ports 80 and 443, for sites they believe are appropriate (like Fox News, but not NPR). But if I'm in the field, not at headquarters unit or near a WiFi hotspot, the Cr48 has only been truly useful for qemacs. In my experience.
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revorad 15y ago
Do you mind posting some pictures of your Cr48?

powerje 15y ago

Apple's vision is more robust in the framework presented by Daring Fireball, but is that really correct? Comparing iOS to ChromeOS, yes - but shouldn't he be comparing iOS to Android, which also focusses on native applications for mobile devices?

paulirish 15y ago

> offline use remains fundamental Absolutely agree. The ChromeOS platform is absolutely focused on offline capability as well. A huge number of apps within the Chrome Web Store work offline without any connectivity. Many regular web apps work offline. All of Google Apps will within a few months. I think many people forget that you can take web apps offline, perhaps because launching a mobile browser while you have no connectivity feels so awkward. Anyway it's just a myth to be dispelled, and some remaining evangelism work to be done. (Disclaimer: I work on the Chrome team or whatever.)

niels_olson 15y ago
I tested this for four days at a local orthopedics convention ( well, local for me). With 30,000 users in a convention center, no wireless was truly reliable. I lost a lot of notes before turning to qemacs.
niels_olson 15y ago
> A huge number of apps within the Chrome Web Store work offline without any connectivity. Many regular web apps work offline. Could you name some for me? SourceKit died so many times at that conference I felt physically ill. Switching to qemacs was an easy decision. MagicScroll for my books never really worked. Seriously, I would like to know because the Cr48 form factor, battery life, weight, temperature and speed would be great in Japan, but for me it was a paperweight, while my roommate brought his iPad2 and was loving life by comparison. I'm not talking about being offline for a few hours. Try weeks. Sure, the military provides me plenty of wired network access, for ports 80 and 443, for sites they believe are appropriate (like Fox News, but not NPR). But if I'm in the field, not at headquarters unit or near a WiFi hotspot, the Cr48 has only been truly useful for qemacs. In my experience.
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revorad 15y ago

Do you mind posting some pictures of your Cr48?