Please, I'm still looking for commentary on my topic: AcerCc300 tablet300
TPC/touchscreen: saviour of Tablets + Electrovaya battery!


> Friends,
POLICY DISCUSSION & Later 7 Questions.
> You all know what an analogy is; and should a political analogy be
verbotim (forbidden) in the
> tech world? No, no. Acer has broken down the wall of
> self-imposed segregation of Tablet OS's having to be in separate boxes and
> opted for integration of TOS and XPOS into the same hardware box (a la
> Martin Luther King vs Malcolm X). As the former had more success than the
> former in the social-political arena, I trust that Acer's pioneering step
> will bring all of us TOS supporters closer to our dream of the
> stylus/digiPen gaining equality with the keyboard and the mouse as
effective
> input devices (than the segregationist approach has done thus far). The
> self-imposed segregationist approach, or Malcolm-X approach, of a separate
TOS on a separate box has been a > failure, so implies Acer and others.
> In the least, the integrationist approach is a camel's nose under the tent
> thrust. The average notebook user will for a few hundred dollars more buy
> the extra OS (TOS) along with some free Tablet apps, and s/he may play
with
> them and become mesmerized by them; or at least take the more reasonable
> view that there are times that a stylus or digiPen is superior to the
> keyboard or mouse, as in annotating a page or in making hi-def diagrams,
but
> that obviously that typing is far superior for faster entry of text into
> most documents, etc. You all can added etc after etc.
> PLEASE DEBATE MY REAL POINT: Now I ask each of the respondents who got
> themselves distracted over the social metaphor (which I felt made my point
> poignantly) to turn to debating my thesis:
1 Acer's approach is meritorious,> and may save Tablets or vastly increase
sales. Maybe the next thing Acer> (or Electrovaya) can do is to build its
300 on top of an Electrovaya 8-16 hr> battery so that the result will be
some kind of long-duration sales
> blockbuster, on whose coattails the TOS can be carried in addition to
> sailing on the same hardware ship as the notebook XPOS.
2. A kind of religious purism or dogmatism or irrationalism is behind the
technical belief that the TOS and Tablet box should never be mixed with the
"other one". Like complete opposition to interracial marriages, no matter
what their merits, if I may use another metaphor.
Go Acer!
> > 4 But don't abandon the smaller tablets: 10.4 " and even 8.4 and 7.2 .
But
> > push hybrids. And install not only TXP but WinCE OSes, so that users can
> > have access to the wonderful stylus WinCE apps (tons of them), too.
> > 5 Perhaps, all Acer need do is build in a Electrovaya 8-18 hr battery,
or
> > maybe
> > 6Electrovaya should coop Acer and build a touchscreen/Tablet hybrid on
top
> > of its great battery?

>
> Many thanks,
> Joe
7 PS: All Acer does to get the XP OS is to have the user push a button and
thereby suspend the functions in the TOS that make the digital screen act as
a digital screen, yes? There "ain't" 2 screens?


> "Joseph di Piazza" <dipiazza@sprynet.com> wrote in message
> news:ubYebq5cEHA.3620@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Mesmerized by Acer's hybrid, I ask a curious question: does it have 2
> > screens, digital and non-digital touchscreen?
> > Six points:
> > 1One for an electromagnetic pen and another for a stylus?
> > 2Or is there a switch to convert types of screens? along with a 14"
> screen
> > and built-in CDrom, etc?
> > 3Significantly, Acer's hybrid may be the only way to raise the mediocre
> > sales of Tablets, and bring TPCs into the mainstream. It is called
> > integration winning over segregation: it got the Blacks their victories,
> and
> > analogously or inversely the present separatism or self-imposed
> segregation
> > of a separate OS and machine will get TPCs as far as Malcolm X would
have
> > gotten Blacks -- little enclaves here and there ("in upper N Y State" or
> > this or that section, to try to carry the analogy further).
> > Go Acer!
> > 4 But don't abandon the smaller tablets: 10.4 " and even 8.4 and 7.2 .
But
> > push hybrids. And install not only TXP but WinCE OSes, so that users can
> > have access to the wonderful stylus WinCE apps (tons of them), too.
> > 5 Perhaps, all Acer need do is build in a Electrovaya 8-18 hr battery,
or
> > maybe
> > 6Electrovaya should coop Acer and build a touchscreen/Tablet hybrid on
top
> > of its great battery?
> >
> > "]v[etaphoid" <met@phoid.com> wrote in message
> > news:2mekbaFm2499U1@uni-berlin.de...
> > > I've been after a notebook for a while, but recently came across the
> > > opportunity to purchase a 1.5Ghz Acer C301XCi tablet/laptop hybrid
> > > http://tinyurl.com/qsmf for around the same price as normal Centrino
> > laptop.
> > >
> > > Pricewise, it looks a good deal. But I'm not sure if the tablet
> functions
> > > would be a bonus or a compromise for normal laptop functions. My main
> > > priorities are for a powerful, light unit with good battery life and
> > > bluetooth. At AU$2,400 (c. US$1,600) it looks good, and I'm sure I'd
> find
> > > some of the touchscreen tablet facilities useful. It's heavy for a
> tablet,
> > > but as a laptop, looks reasonable at 2.7kg (6 lbs).
> > >
> > > So has anyone got, seen or used one in practice?
> > >
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