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Is it touchscreen? I want a touchscreen something I don't have on any
of the other running computers in the house.
Louise

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On Jan 28, 2010, at 7:25 PM, "halfhoff" <gerrysair@shaw.ca> wrote:

> At CES 2010 the Lenovo IdeaPad U1 is a hybrid netbook and tablet all
> in one. I think they have the right idea.
>
> It is small laptop running Windows 7. You disconnect the screen and
> it becomes a Linux-based tablet that is similar to the iPad.
>
> Very cool when I saw the presentation on CNET.com.
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/lenovo-ideapad-u1-hybrid-laptop-by-day-unhinged-tablet-by-nigh/
>
> That would be a dream device. You could take the tablet part with
> you when you wanted.
>
> I did see that the iPad could have a stand and a seperate keyboard
> attached. Not sure if that is good enough.
>
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> --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, "Charles" <charlesf@...> wrote:
>>
>> I'm assuming the relative quiet of this list is due to the stunned
>> reaction to Apple's revelation of the new Apple iPad yesterday. :-)
>>
>> I too am not sure if I am disappointed or excited. I think it's a
>> little of both.
>>
>> I have been waiting for something non-laptop, but with laptop
>> capabilities, to replace my PC with. I really wanted to like this
>> iPad. Ok, I DO like it. I wanted to LOVE it, and I am not sure I
>> can. It seems almost like a very large iPod Touch - some
>> additional capabilities, but nothing really spectacular, other than
>> a larger viewing screen......
>>
>> I gave away my old laptop as a charitable donation, as we have 2
>> desktops at home (we need both - 5 kids, 3 adults in the home - one
>> of the children has her own laptop, but still uses the PCs from
>> time-to-time), and the iPhone had given me the capability to
>> websurf and check email while away from the PC via Wi-Fi. The
>> problem is that getting PC time is tough at times, for syncing the
>> iPhone, and also, the portability of the PCs is non-existent. This
>> is where the iPad would have been great, if I could replace the PC
>> with it. But, it seems as if it too would need to be synced with a
>> computer of some sort, just like an iPhone or iPod Touch.
>>
>> Here are what I see as pros:
>> -Large display compared to iPhone; comparable to a small laptop or
>> netbooks.
>> -Ease of use / Familiar to those of us with iPhones and iPod Touchs.
>> -Ability to run the same apps that the iPhones and iPod Touchs run.
>> -Great *ADVERTISED* Battery life (wonder if it will be as good as
>> they say?).
>> -Better price than expected.
>> -Does much more than the Kindle, at a starting price that is not
>> much more, and it's COLOR.
>>
>> But, the cons:
>> -Not a true laptop - no ability to run regular MAC or PC programs.
>> -Not a device that I can replace my PC with (i.e. run all the
>> programs that I cannot with the iPhone, that I need a computer for).
>> -Not able to sync my iPhone to iTunes with the iPad - still need a
>> computer.
>> -No built-in camera (ok, NOT a big con for me, but it should have
>> one, IMO).
>> -Extra fee for 3G usage - and why get it without 3G if you can take
>> it with you. This would not be an issue if I didn't already have
>> an iPhone, but I do, and I wouldn't be using both at once anyway.
>> Add to that, the lack of 3G in my area, and it is basically on EDGE
>> outside the home, or Wi-Fi in the home.
>> -No stereo speakers, just mono sound. Most laptops have stereo;
>> who wants to watch a fantastic movie like Star Trek (the one Apple
>> uses in their advertisement) in mono?.
>> -Only 64GB memory. I guess this isn't that bad, since it is not a
>> fully capable machine, although the next iPhone is likely to have
>> that same capacity, and the iPod Touch does now.......
>> -STILL no "Flash". A true web surfing experience is still not
>> available; you'd think that with a larger screen, and the intended
>> use as a websurfing machine, that would be here for the iPad, even
>> if not available for the iPhone or iPod Touch. I expect it will
>> come someday, but I don't know that I'd buy it until it arrives.
>> -No way to hook up an external hard drive (which is moot since it
>> doesn't have many of the capabilities that you need the drive for
>> anyway).
>> -No way to hook up a CD drive (to import CDs into your iTunes).
>> -An external USB would be useful for the above items, as well as
>> adding photos/music/etc. via a thumbdrive.
>>
>>
>> These pro/con lists are not all inclusive, and what is a pro/con
>> to me may not be important to you.
>>
>> I love my iPhone; I am really wanting to go completely Mac, and I
>> would like a device that I could replace a PC with completely. I
>> would like iPad to iPhone syncing, among other capabilities. I
>> would like to run MS WORD, or a MAC equivalent of WORD, that I
>> could export to my work PC (they are all WORD, and they're not
>> going to change for me, and we use forms and reports formatted for
>> WORD).
>>
>> Basically, I am thinking that if I had an iPad, I wouldn't need
>> an iPhone (blasphemy) or iPod touch; just a regular cellphone for
>> phone use, the iPad for surfing and email, and a PC/Mac computer
>> for syncing.....
>>
>> Add to all of this, we yet don't know what the new iPhone will be
>> capable of.......
>>
>> Thoughts?
>> Chuck F.
>> NE PA
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