Many analysts have been claiming that larger tablets could be seen as notebook replacements in the same way the first tablets were
seen as netbook replacements.
Not exact matches
As someone who travels a lot, and I mean a lot, laptops and
netbooks are with almost every traveler and you can
see that in the lobby, etc..
For the tablet that also doubles up
as a Windows 7 running
netbook has never
seen blazing sales ever since it was launched.
I really had not expected the Vox to be able to play the video without any lag... took me aback The video (s) I used are ones that I know will push a device's processor and have
seen it lag when played on a number of other tablets, ereaders, and
netbooks in various stores, so when they played well on the Vox I am now even more curious about the Vox
as a potential purchase.
This is in sharp contrast to the convertible tablet range we have
seen at the recently concluded Computex such
as the Taichi or the Acer W700, which are more like a laptop or a
netbook with a removable display unit.
According to IDC, tablets, mini-laptops and
netbooks are largely
seen as secondary PC devices and are primarily used for information «grazing,» or
as vehicles of content consumption.
As I have said on any website that will allow me to keep commenting (LOL), I see these hybrid devices (tablet top, «netbook dock» bottom) as the way of the futur
As I have said on any website that will allow me to keep commenting (LOL), I
see these hybrid devices (tablet top, «
netbook dock» bottom)
as the way of the futur
as the way of the future.
As you can
see from the photo above, these touchscreens are very flexible, and don't require much power — making them ideal for ereaders, laptops and
netbooks.
I think one thing to keep in mind with the criticisms of the tablets that lack phone capability is that a lot of people (
as per the stats we're
seeing now) are using tablets like the iPad
as a
netbook / laptop replacement, not a phone replacement.
Having played with it, we definitely
see the Acer Iconia Tab W500
as a
netbook with a detachable screen, rather than a tablet with an accessory keyboard.
We're used to
see AMD Fusion chips on
netbooks, but the low power architecture recommends them also
as solutions for tablets.
At that time,
netbooks were starting to decline in popularity so naturally, many people
saw Chromebooks
as the next
netbook — or in other words, a trendy, budget notebook that'd probably only stick around for a couple of years.