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I tried using an Eee Transformer as my primary computer for two weeks. It was just about tolerable for casual usage, but had the amount of holes in basic functi
by jsnell 15y ago
I tried using an Eee Transformer as my primary computer for two weeks. It was just about tolerable for casual usage, but had the amount of holes in basic functionality was pretty shocking. E.g. I never realized how many Google Docs spreadsheets I actually deal with weekly, and how totally crippled Docs is on Android. It doesn't help that Android apps are really not designed with keyboards in mind, or that the trackpad support is a joke. Using a touchscreen in a laptop configuration turns out not to be very comfortable.
It was intolerable for development even with an Ubuntu install to chroot into.
Basically the whole tablet + keyboard form factor looks cool but is useless in practice with Android. I hope the situation improves in the future, but don't really expect it given how tiny part of the whole Android ecosystem these devices are.