Why The Internet Tablet Still Counts
Even with CES 2010 displaying tons of new Internet Tablets, many feel there is no real slot for it at home. Some think this is just a novelty product created on top of everyone not wanting to get left out of the tech party. I’m not sure about any of that but I do think I can use it.
For years I tried to have one main PC for the entertainment/living room, one for my office and one for my wife. Due to bad quality though, my wife’s laptop constantly overheated. Due to the young age of my kids, I spent more time with them than my PC in my "office". Ultimately we would all flop down in the living room and fight over the one LCD TV connected to the cable, DVD player and PC.
What to do? Well I’ve tried the "Netbook" route and it worked for awhile until i got tired of squinting my eyes and squishing my hands together to fit the tiny screen and keyboard. My wife wouldn’t look twice at the thing and by the time I gave it to my son, it fell down the stairs one too many times. The mobile phone solution was
a bust because of the screen(again) was too small and it was only good for occasional video/audio blogging. The Blackberry WordPress app has made it a little easier for me but without bookmarklets and multiple tabs I’m dead in the water.
How about the JooJoo? 12.1 inches in diameter is huge! Usb support for a keyboard is a go! Wifi for home use only is enough for me! 2gigs of space for any custom pics I want to upload to my blog is adequate. I don’t see the exact speed but it’s said to play HD video found on the internet very well. Did I mention a capacitive screen that pinches? I don’t need extra bells and whistles, I just need a good blogging tool for me or a comfortable device for my wife.
Now don’t forget folks, the first rule to any tech device is "Don’t buy the first model!" I can live without a tablet PC for now since I don’t have time to put all of my marbles on a device in litigation. I’ll probably wait for the third company to make one since they will see the other two mistakes and build one better at a lower price. So come on Company "X", let’s see you one up Fusion garage/Techcrunch and Apple by the fall of 2010, pleeeeease?
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