KoSong: Tablets: Sometimes, ignorance is bliss indeed

How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no

responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Tablets: Sometimes, ignorance is bliss indeed

I asked my friend a simple question: 'Which tablet is best and what price range?' and this is what he replied:

"Right now, most of my friends are waiting for the Asus EP121, a 12.1" display tablet running on Windows 7. It sure is taking its time getting now, as most of my friends are waiting to get it for their children college work. Their college kids are all pressing their parents for Notebooks, but I told them Notebooks are outdated and obsolete now. This Asus EP121 also uses a stylus pen.

For productive work, Windows 7 OS is safe, as you can use all the current applications (from spreadsheets to program development) on Windows, but not on Android or Apples. Altho Windows 7 is not totally meant for tablets since Win7 was first meant for keyboard Notebooks and Desktop, they managed to rustle up some emulators for touchscreen tablets.

Moreover, Windows 8 is rumored to be coming out in late July this year. Windows 8 is totally designed with the touchscreen tablet in mind. Another trick to get potential buyers to hold on.

If you are just into Internet browsing, emails, 3G phone calls, sms, etc., an Android HoneyComb tablet would be ideal. Android HoneyCombs tablets are coming out VERY FAST, with the HTC Flyer tablet coming out next week under Maxis. This Flyer has a HTC Scribe app which is superb - uses a stylus pen as well.

HTC Flyer is selling at about Rm2K, while the Asus EP121 prob. about Rm2.5K

Besides the HTC Flyer, there is another Asus 10.1" tablet, the Eee Pad Transformer.

In addtion, Gigabye is also launching later this year, a tablet that is dual-bootable with Windows 7/8 and Android HoneyComb."

These days there are no simple answers to simple questions. Small wonder Cheng lamented that the more she studies, the more she realized how little she knows!

Last Friday, at my other daughter's birthday party, my wife tried her sister's tablet and I realized it is definitely more user-friendly to someone who has yet to on a computer herself, yet thinking of buying a netbook because her friend said it is so convenient. She is also one who complains about small screen too! Anyway, we used it to look up theme songs of The Greed of Man by Alan Tam and Instinct by Adam Cheng, sang along... actually only my sister-in-law knows how to read Chinese and most familiar with the old serial re-runs which reminded her of her late sister. Her late sister was so addicted to TVB serials that she actually taped all the episodes of Man in the Net (which made Chow Yun Fatt famous) and commented that it was amazing how a small place like HK could influence so many Chinese all over the world.

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