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From: Fa-groon on 24 Mar 2010 14:51 On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:51:46 -0700, Steve Mackay wrote (in article <hodfv6$gea$1(a)news.albasani.net>): > On 3/24/2010 1:48 AM, Fa-groon wrote: >> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:59:22 -0700, KDT wrote >> (in article >> <a6906c4b-6929-426b-97cb-fb0f298a5d34(a)q16g2000yqq.googlegroups.com>): >> >>> On Mar 23, 9:26 pm, "Mocassin joe"<joemocasa...(a)aol.com> wrote: >>>> Shot down before it leaves the ground. >>>> >>>> http://phandroid.com/2010/03/22/wepad-android-tablet-crushes-ipad-in-... >>>> >>>> With an 11.6-inch screen, 1.66GHz processor, front-facing camera, 2 USB >>>> ports, SIM slot, MicroSD slot, Flash, Adobe AIR, and ability to use all >>>> open >>>> eBook standards, the WePad bests the iPad in all of those categories. You >>>> can see the full comparison at TechCrunch.com >>> >>> Where can I buy it? >> >> And what OS does it run? > > Didn't you READ the article? It's Android. > >> A dedicated touch-based OS or Winders? > > Android is a touch based OS. > >> Oh, and if >> that 1.66 GHz processor turns out to be an Intel Atom, then the whole thing >> is molasses-slow garbage! > > Yeah, the the 1GHZ Cortex A9 in the iPad is going to be a speed demon? > Compared to a 1.66GHz Atom running Winders, you betcha. My iPod Touch has a processor in it that's much slower than the 1 GHz Cortex A9 in the iPad, and it ran rings around an XP running 1.66 GHz Atom processor in an Asus Netbook I briefly owned. The iPod Touch is faster at Wi-Fi connections, it was faster receiving and sending E-mail, it launched apps faster, loaded web pages faster, even the on-board calculator was faster! But, if as you say, it runs Android, it might be OK. It's Windows that slows the Atom to a crawl.
From: Fa-groon on 24 Mar 2010 15:03 On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:13:05 -0700, C Lund wrote (in article <christopher.lund-8B4E6A.10130524032010(a)adsl-065-015-208- 084.sip.ilm.bellsouth.net>): > In article <VSdqn.106680$1n5.12290(a)newsfe04.iad>, > "Mocassin joe" <joemocasanto(a)aol.com> wrote: > >> Shot down before it leaves the ground. >> >> http://phandroid.com/2010/03/22/wepad-android-tablet-crushes-ipad-in-spec-ba >> tt >> le/ >> >> With an 11.6-inch screen, 1.66GHz processor, front-facing camera, 2 USB >> ports, SIM slot, MicroSD slot, Flash, Adobe AIR, and ability to use all >> open >> eBook standards, the WePad bests the iPad in all of those categories. You >> can see the full comparison at TechCrunch.com > > Yep. Lets put it over there inn that big pile of iPod / iPhone > "crushers," shall we? > > Actually, the WePad looks pretty good. Problem is, like most of these things, right now it seems to be a "wish list" rather than a product. When (and if) it ships, I might be interested. I'll have to see how it works in real life. If it performs at least as well as the iPad, looks as good, and is in the same ballpark, weight-wise, I might go for one. It has everything that I would want in a tablet. Of course, it would also have to have the app support I need (like a decent word processor, a decent web-browser, e-mail client, etc.).
From: Mocassin joe on 24 Mar 2010 16:06 "Fa-groon" <fa-groon(a)mad.com> wrote in message news:0001HW.C7CFAD5A00096E43F01846D8(a)news.giganews.com... > On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:51:46 -0700, Steve Mackay wrote > (in article <hodfv6$gea$1(a)news.albasani.net>): > >> On 3/24/2010 1:48 AM, Fa-groon wrote: >>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:59:22 -0700, KDT wrote >>> (in article >>> <a6906c4b-6929-426b-97cb-fb0f298a5d34(a)q16g2000yqq.googlegroups.com>): >>> >>>> On Mar 23, 9:26 pm, "Mocassin joe"<joemocasa...(a)aol.com> wrote: >>>>> Shot down before it leaves the ground. >>>>> >>>>> http://phandroid.com/2010/03/22/wepad-android-tablet-crushes-ipad-in-... >>>>> >>>>> With an 11.6-inch screen, 1.66GHz processor, front-facing camera, 2 >>>>> USB >>>>> ports, SIM slot, MicroSD slot, Flash, Adobe AIR, and ability to use >>>>> all >>>>> open >>>>> eBook standards, the WePad bests the iPad in all of those categories. >>>>> You >>>>> can see the full comparison at TechCrunch.com >>>> >>>> Where can I buy it? >>> >>> And what OS does it run? >> >> Didn't you READ the article? It's Android. >> >>> A dedicated touch-based OS or Winders? >> >> Android is a touch based OS. >> >>> Oh, and if >>> that 1.66 GHz processor turns out to be an Intel Atom, then the whole >>> thing >>> is molasses-slow garbage! >> >> Yeah, the the 1GHZ Cortex A9 in the iPad is going to be a speed demon? >> > > Compared to a 1.66GHz Atom running Winders, you betcha. My iPod Touch has > a > processor in it that's much slower than the 1 GHz Cortex A9 in the iPad, > and > it ran rings around an XP running 1.66 GHz Atom processor in an Asus > Netbook > I briefly owned. The iPod Touch is faster at Wi-Fi connections, it was > faster > receiving and sending E-mail, it launched apps faster, loaded web pages > faster, even the on-board calculator was faster! Faster even than a Mac Pro!
From: Tim McNamara on 24 Mar 2010 19:19 In article <VSdqn.106680$1n5.12290(a)newsfe04.iad>, "Mocassin joe" <joemocasanto(a)aol.com> wrote: > Shot down before it leaves the ground. > > http://phandroid.com/2010/03/22/wepad-android-tablet-crushes-ipad-in-s > pec-batt le/ > > With an 11.6-inch screen, 1.66GHz processor, front-facing camera, 2 > USB ports, SIM slot, MicroSD slot, Flash, Adobe AIR, and ability to > use all open eBook standards, the WePad bests the iPad in all of > those categories. You can see the full comparison at TechCrunch.com Breathlessly hyped by the "review", under-spec'd in some ways, uselessly (for me) spec'd in others and IMHO Android is not a winner in terms of OS. Straight imbedded GNU/Linux would have been better. There's also no mention of price that I saw nor an availability date. There's a lot of vaporware that's come up against Apple products- and hyped as "the Apple saucer"- only to never see the light of day. But the screen size is somewhat closer to what I am looking for than the current too-small-for-me iPad so that's a plus, although it's odd that it's the same number of pixels wide while only 300 or so pixels longer. About the best that can be said is that clearly the days of the various e-ink based readers like Amazon's and Barnes & Noble's are numbered in low digits. -- Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -Mark Twain
From: Wes Groleau on 24 Mar 2010 21:33
Fa-groon wrote: > And what OS does it run? A dedicated touch-based OS or Winders? Oh, and if > that 1.66 GHz processor turns out to be an Intel Atom, then the whole thing > is molasses-slow garbage! In any case, two paragraphs of negative hype from a "phandroid" is useless. Try something with a little substance: <http://phandroid.com/2010/01/29/android-tablets-vs-apple-ipad-comparisonreview/> Then buy what suits you and play with it instead of hassling anyone else for their choice. -- Wes Groleau Methods meddling by amateurs http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/WWW?itemid=889 |