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Thank you for saying most of what I felt, only so much more clearly! I don't how anyone whose work depends on creating quality content - programmers, journalis

by r0h1n 13y ago

Thank you for saying most of what I felt, only so much more clearly! I don't how anyone whose work depends on creating quality content - programmers, journalists, designers - can achieve even a fraction of their PC (I use that term loosely) productivity on a 'post-PC' device like a tablet. I see people saying they have ditched PCs and laptops altogether in favour of tablets, and I wonder how. I'm not a Luddite, and I've owned the iPad and Nexus tablets for a while, but I still prefer my laptop for my work every. single. time!

ryanSrich 13y ago
I agree. Just a couple months ago I attempted to shift a lot of my programming work towards my tablet, just to try it out. In short; it sucks. You need constant internet connection because you're always ssh'd in. The flow of productivity is interrupted every time you have to lift your hand to physically touch the screen, and even with a high-end keyboard the technology to quickly traverse a screen just isn't there yet.
- dhimes 13y ago
  Here's an old post about an experiment along those lines. http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-for-an-ipad http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-...
FelixP 13y ago
Tablets and mobile devices are primarily consumption devices, and are ill-suited for creating anything. However, going by the 90/9/1 rule, there's a much bigger potential set of consumption consumers than creators.
pjmlp 13y ago
Me too. That is why after thinking for a long time, I ended up buying a netbook instead of a tablet.
Pxtl 13y ago
I keep waiting for a phone vendor to really look at keyboards/touchpads/whatever on their phone and come up with a solid offering that does more than just copy Blackberry's approach. Give me a slide-out keyboard, but don't stop there. Put a laptop-style trackpad on it or a trackball next to the keyboard in a way that emphasizes two-handed operation (like a gamepad). Put shoulder-buttons for shift and ctrl and the mouse-buttons - look at PSPs and gamepads for inspiration. Stick a scroll-wheel on the right shoulder. Our phones are getting huge but hardware keyboards are still thinking like Blackberry, and thinking like Blackberry obviously didn't work for blackberry. Then focus on productivity. Port eclipse to the damned thing. Port your full development chain to the damned thing. Port some PC games - a trackball isn't a mouse, but it beats the heck out of a touchscreen for PC gaming. Give us a phone that feels like a hand-held computer. Sure, it's thick as a brick and weighs more than a tablet, but it's a computer you can use comfortably without a desk.

by r0h1n 13y ago

ryanSrich 13y ago

I agree. Just a couple months ago I attempted to shift a lot of my programming work towards my tablet, just to try it out. In short; it sucks. You need constant internet connection because you're always ssh'd in. The flow of productivity is interrupted every time you have to lift your hand to physically touch the screen, and even with a high-end keyboard the technology to quickly traverse a screen just isn't there yet.

dhimes 13y ago
Here's an old post about an experiment along those lines. http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-for-an-ipad http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-...

FelixP 13y ago

Tablets and mobile devices are primarily consumption devices, and are ill-suited for creating anything. However, going by the 90/9/1 rule, there's a much bigger potential set of consumption consumers than creators.

pjmlp 13y ago

Me too. That is why after thinking for a long time, I ended up buying a netbook instead of a tablet.

Pxtl 13y ago

I keep waiting for a phone vendor to really look at keyboards/touchpads/whatever on their phone and come up with a solid offering that does more than just copy Blackberry's approach. Give me a slide-out keyboard, but don't stop there. Put a laptop-style trackpad on it or a trackball next to the keyboard in a way that emphasizes two-handed operation (like a gamepad). Put shoulder-buttons for shift and ctrl and the mouse-buttons - look at PSPs and gamepads for inspiration. Stick a scroll-wheel on the right shoulder. Our phones are getting huge but hardware keyboards are still thinking like Blackberry, and thinking like Blackberry obviously didn't work for blackberry. Then focus on productivity. Port eclipse to the damned thing. Port your full development chain to the damned thing. Port some PC games - a trackball isn't a mouse, but it beats the heck out of a touchscreen for PC gaming. Give us a phone that feels like a hand-held computer. Sure, it's thick as a brick and weighs more than a tablet, but it's a computer you can use comfortably without a desk.