January 03, 2011
The SmartBook: Kitchen Sink of Computing Appliances

So my first thought when I saw the SmartBook: Tablet, netbook, MID and more in one was "wow, that's cool", and my second thought was "this is the exact opposite of what apple is doing with the iPad".

The design has some obvious pros (tablet, laptop, etc all in one) and cons (all in one means you take it all everywhere (why not just have a laptop) or have to leave or take parts (what if I forget the keyboard part somewhere when I need it). What's more interesting is it runs Android, both a cool thing, but if you've got a kitchen sink for a device, why not give it a full Linux or Windows OS, otherwise users may feel hobbled having a "full" computing device that "only" runs a smartphone/tablet OS, Android.

Any of you find this intriguing? In the "I'm going to buy it" way I mean, or are you like me and really want to see how it works and looks in real life before even considering it?





Posted by Arcterex at January 03, 2011 05:00 PM