I sometimes wonder if this fad of having a massive gloss mark right across screens will pass. It's like they're trying to say "You can be absolutely sure this will reflect everything so that you can't see <i>anything</i> on the actual screen".<p>When displayed on websites they just seem to take it to extremes. Half the device is black and half is white? :/<p>Hardware looks quite sexy.
Details:<p><a href="http://www.neofonie.de/files/product_specifications_WePad_1004014.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.neofonie.de/files/product_specifications_WePad_10...</a><p>Positives:
USB ports, Java, Flash, Android apps, built on Linux, Webcam<p>Negatives:
Less battery life than iPad (6 hours vs 10 hours)
Not too shabby, but a few things concern me:<p>1. The air vent. Does this thing get hot? How necessary is the air vent? My iPad is always cool as a cucumber, regardless of what I do on it.<p>2. The size seems a bit big. Not only is the screen a tad on the large size (or the German pillow girl a tad on the small size), but it also looks pretty thick. The iPad is right on the edge of being to heavy, I wonder what the weight on this thing is.<p>3. How polished is this thing going to be? They have more features, ports, etc, but that also introduces complexity. Apple had three iphones with which to work out ui bugs, hardware problems, and other issues.<p>I'm excited to see how it's received, and also excited to see the upcoming android based tablets. But I'm not holding my breath.
What so hard about building these kind of devices nowadays? It seems to me that all the components are readily available (there is no technological breakthrough in any of them, excepted maybe the screen), and the size of it should make it easier to pack more features or cheaper ones.
Unless it's all about the software.
I'd really like a full-size laptop with these exact specs (and a full-size battery.) What really detracts from these things' portability is that they basically have to be plugged in every day. It's even the same with my Droid.
Runs Android: Excellent.
Runs Flash: Too Bad.
A year behind the market leader: trouble
Will cost more than iPad: marketplace death<p>You just can't get away with charging more than Apple's offering unless you're providing some kind of genuine innovation. This is unlikely to offer anything iPad doesn't and even if it did, nobody would be inclined to believe it. That means it has to be cheaper, which shouldn't be so hard with Apple's typical margins.
I'm sure it's going to be well engineered like the iPad
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Anybody notice the picture of the woman standing up and holding the device? I think it's the last picture in the roll. Not only does she appear somewhat uncomfortable holding it but she is using a pillow in her right hand while standing to kind of prop up the device. Very strange choice for a product shot.
this is great news for me. I have already a couple of android apps that i am starting to port with the ipad with the iphone sdk, but my learn curve with objective-c has not been the best.