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MSI windpad Acer aspire iconica Zoostorm 3310 Panasonic toughbook Gigabyte S1080 Elite group Elite pad think all these run windows 7 http://www.engadget.com/tag/windows%207%20tablets/ How many Tablets run IOS?? oh its 2 ;) |
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fair point :)
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Re. "[tablets] are limited to FB style games so come on lets get real"
Real Racing 2 HD on an iPad 2 Real Racing 2 HD on an iPad 2, connected via HDMI to an HDTV Infinity Blade on an iPad 2 Dead Space HD on an iPad 2 Rage HD on the iPad 2 These all also work on the iPhone (except for Real Racing, which has a separate iPhone-specific version rather than act as a "universal app"). Other tablets/phones... I'm not an Android user, so I don't know what the games are like for that OS, however the high-end Android tablets (e.g. Xoom, Galaxy Tab 10.1) and phones (e.g. Galaxy S II) have very good tech specs* so should be able to perform similarly. * For those who like specs: The Xoom and the Tab 10.1 use the Tegra 2 SoC, which has the same ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core CPU as the iPad 2's A5 SoC. Although the Tegra 2's GeForce ULP GPU is not as powerful as the A5's PowerVR SFX543MP2 dual-core GPU, the Xoom and the Tab 10.1 do at least have 1GB of RAM instead of 512MB like the iPad 2. The Galaxy S II uses Samsung's Exynos 4210 SoC, which has an ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core CPU and an ARM Mali-400 MP GPU. All these devices easily outperform the PSP, and I believe also the 3DS. The next Sony handheld, the PlayStation Vita, is going to use quad-core versions of the ARM Cortex-A9 CPU and PowerVRSGX543 GPU... but will raw power be enough for Sony to succeed? The mobile/handheld gaming market is already changing... |
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I think Chris answered that best ;) As for those devices... I've never heard of them, and I doubt that many other people have. From a look at that link, they don't sound so great either... Price, weight, ease of use, battery life... None seem to hit the spot with all of those. For the majority, "tablet" still equals "iPad". Apple owns the tablet market. Android is the only real competitor (webOS is already dead, & the BB Playbook hasn't exactly had very good reviews or sales) but the quality-end of the Android line-up (e.g. Tab 10.1) are too expensive... and lack the name, the brand, the image. Android fanboys, Apple haters, people who really care about Flash (why?), and those who like to tinker or want more customisability or more interface options...they'll buy Android tablets. The rest? iPads... Windows 7 tablets? Not even worth considering, IMO, from the looks of the above. And by the time MS releases an ARM-compatible version of Windows 8 for running on tablets it will have once again missed the boat. |
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I agree totally I was simply pointing out that they do exist. As for missed the boat maybe Intel Amd and Microsoft have all felt the pinch with Apples dominance in the tablet market. They do still have time though its a growth market so who knows.
Also who knows what directions Apple will go in now Jobs has gone might knock the wind out of its sales somewhat ( but I doubt it) |
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Much as I love the iPad I do want to see as rich a market as possible for tablets. It's much better for innovation. The dominance Microsoft achieved with its desktop OSes has been very much to the detriment of home and office computing IMO.
I don't want Apple to become the big bad Microsoft of the 21st century, reviled for giving customers whatever is convenient for Apple to give them rather than continuing to innovate. |
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Apple are already there just look at their petty Patent cases at present
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That's a sad issue but really has little to do with Apple's dominance of the tablet market. Patent wars are an unfortunate fact of the industry at the moment and all the big players are at it. Google bought Motorola for its patents, not its products.
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I disagree with Apple's current patent lawsuits, and think it's rather stupid of Apple to go after Samsung so much, but as Chris said they are all at it...
http://blog.thomsonreuters.com/index...ic-of-the-day/ https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/02/21.jpg |
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I prefer my PC. I can,t get used to working without a mouse. So I have to plug the mouse into the laptop. I will stay with my PC
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Simply put, the average person can do most (if not all) of what they want to do on a PC on tablets and/or consoles. And it'll probably cost them less ultimately to do it. Another problem that the PC has is Piracy. Whether Piracy does cause lost sales on the PC or not, that is apparently the perception that a lot of software publishers and developers have. As such, they are increasingly moving development to the consoles, and to some extent, tablets. Now, I am not a console, PC or tablet fanboy. I possess a good PC (which when I have some money, I am looking to upgrade), a MacBook, an Xbox 360 and an iPhone. All of which are heavily used. |
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There is the rumour that Windows 8 will support playing 360 games which could make a difference
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It always frustrated me massively that though my cousin and myself both owned supreme commander we couldn't multiplay because I owned the PC version and he owned the 360 version. |
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