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> Similar to tablets, I personally just reach for the phone or the laptop or my TV, and never a tablet. That's an interesting point. I, too, never reach for a
by truth_ 5y ago
> Similar to tablets, I personally just reach for the phone or the laptop or my TV, and never a tablet.
That's an interesting point.
I, too, never reach for a tablet. But I use my tablet a lot to read research papers and books- both fiction and nonfiction.
So, to me, it is never a replacement for a mobile phone. It does something else.
So, if MS or anybody else wants to popularize this form factor, I believe that they would have to convince people of its uses _other than_ as a smartphone, and focus on that.
- hellotomyrars 5y agoI use my iPad as a mousepad 95% of the time. It is the most opulent thing I can imagine but most of the time I am either at my computer, which for me is the optimal way to do any real computing, or I'm out and about and I'm not going to carry a full-size tablet, so I use my phone. However when I'm backpacking I will bring the iPad and use it for a map (Much nicer to have the screen real estate compared to the phone and I'm loathe to pull out the paper backup unless I have to). Similarly at night I can use it to watch videos I've downloaded. I very occasionally use it for reference material if I need to look a manual for some piece of equipment since it is nicer to have the bigger screen for that as well, but for normal books I prefer an e-reader (Kobo Libra H20 for me).