tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post6357810277864629883..comments2024-02-19T19:53:01.688-08:00Comments on Cathode Tan: Xoom, the iPad 2, and the next App Gold RushJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-47139679211663663532011-03-04T08:42:41.714-08:002011-03-04T08:42:41.714-08:00Oh and then there's this:
http://www.macrumor...Oh and then there's this:<br /><br />http://www.macrumors.com/2011/03/04/samsung-rethinking-galaxy-tab-10-1-after-ipad-2-unveiling/<br /><br /><i>Lee Don-joo, executive vice president of Samsung's mobile division, said that Apple has presented new challenges for the South Korean company with a thinner mobile gadget that is priced the same as its predecessor.<br /><br />'We will have to improve the parts that are inadequate,' Lee told Yonhap News Agency. 'Apple made it very thin.'</i>Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03354491286935701887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-9330246997460270812011-03-04T08:42:41.053-08:002011-03-04T08:42:41.053-08:00Oh and then there's this:
http://www.macrumor...Oh and then there's this:<br /><br />http://www.macrumors.com/2011/03/04/samsung-rethinking-galaxy-tab-10-1-after-ipad-2-unveiling/<br /><br /><i>Lee Don-joo, executive vice president of Samsung's mobile division, said that Apple has presented new challenges for the South Korean company with a thinner mobile gadget that is priced the same as its predecessor.<br /><br />'We will have to improve the parts that are inadequate,' Lee told Yonhap News Agency. 'Apple made it very thin.'</i>Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03354491286935701887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-78804822180548801572011-03-04T08:17:45.485-08:002011-03-04T08:17:45.485-08:00Actually from what I saw it looks like the next Ga...Actually from what I saw it looks like the next Galaxy Tab is going to be a 10" tablet and run Honeycomb. So... it looks like whatever I may think about a 7" form factor, nobody else agrees :)<br /><br />So looking all the more likely that I'll just go with an iPad 2. Similar form factor to the Xoom but lighter, and the heft of the iPad is what turned me off to it.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03354491286935701887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-87713897034920561642011-03-04T08:10:08.962-08:002011-03-04T08:10:08.962-08:00Though that said, not sure we'll screens large...Though that said, not sure we'll screens larger than the iPhone4's with Retina's pixel density this year.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-40801016796790247082011-03-04T08:02:03.692-08:002011-03-04T08:02:03.692-08:00In that case I'd wait to see what the next rev...In that case I'd wait to see what the next revision of the Android tabs will be like. I think Samsung is updating the 7" tab, and their might be a smaller version of the Xoom as well.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-26737596684180583592011-03-04T07:57:11.468-08:002011-03-04T07:57:11.468-08:00Yeah I'm a bit torn at the moment. I'm co...Yeah I'm a bit torn at the moment. I'm contemplating picking up a tablet, but really none of them are exactly what I want. The fundamental problem is that they are all just a little bigger than I want. I am going to give the iPad 2 a spin to see if it's lighter weight will work for me. <br /><br />My ideal though would be a tablet in the 7" range with a retina display. That would make it a little more compact, lighter, and have resolution sufficient for making it an effective e-book reader. <br /><br />I see people using the iPad and it always comes off as slightly too big to me. I think a lot of it probably has to do with the very wide bezel around the edges of the display. It feels like wasted space (though I've no doubt there are very practical technical reasons why they did it that way.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03354491286935701887noreply@blogger.com