jim said:
I think there is some argument for the Android Tabs being the machine of the future.
really?
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is getting there
not really. have you read _all_ of the reviews?
as is the ebook reader software available on the Androids.
software shouldn't be hard. unless you have to work around a million different permutations of the hardware, a la android... i'm not saying it can't be done... but i _can_ say that it ain't easy. and software shouldn't be hard.
But $600 is pretty pricy for a tablet reader [that actually supports the Android Marketplace] vs. $150 for a netbook offering more storage and functionality.
the price-difference indicates to me that you're comparing two different products, with different expectations and so forth...
Now, if only one *could* tear off the keyboard.
unless your operating system was built to be touch-oriented from the ground up, it really is a lot more difficult than deleting a keyboard. and that's why apple is now moving _toward_ the place where its i.o.s. can operate the mac. but they aren't there yet. and the copycats are -- as you would expect -- even farther back... -bowerbird