vboelema came up with the following ‘rant’ concerning the success of the iPad compared to a device which was released many, many years ago. Despite the fact that some of us are seen as banging on about Psion too much, I have to agree. The form factor is nearly perfect, the keyboard is the best available and the battery life is astonishing- a Psion 7 like device would do BIG business.
The LapDock has got to be a joke huh? I certainly hope so, and even if it isn’t, it still made me laugh!
The Psion netbook with some small updates (make that big considering the years of neglect it has suffered) could a lot of new business. People have changed their mind about small, instant on, practical and 24/7 Internet. I am absolutely loving my Asus 9″ screen netbook, but it would be even better with instant on. BUT today I hooked it up to a printer to scan and print a few things,it is practically married to my USB modem (if only I could just stick the SIM card straight into the damn thing!) I hooked it up my external HD drive where I store all my music, films and things I don’t need “on the go” and I hooked up my external disk drive to burn a cd for someone. Yet what I lug around has been severely cut back, and I have stopped using my E71 to go online (I’m sure if I had an iPhone or such like it would be a different story!) Some of us don’t demand that much, but we need to be able to use the thing in everyday life. Something like the Psion netbook could bridge the gap between consumer iPad appeal, and wanting versatility.
Rant finished.
