Will Anything Better Than the Ipad Ever be Made?

[Darkmere]

I don't believe that beyond entertainment purposes the iPad or even tablets in general have had impact for these recent years. I won an iPad in a contest (now I say fortunately I won it because otherwise I would be regretting buying it)and I can tell you from first-hand that it's a terrible device for anything that are not games, sending short e-mails, reading and watching videos. And I would question reading since it's got a glossy screen.

For example, I've tried to write a homework document the other day and I got really frustrated because if I typed something incorrectly I had to do the whole press and drag to get to the point where I'd like to change something which for a while gets annoying, plus if I wanted to delete for example a sentence selecting it is such a hard ordeal where all the touches have to be precise (select the sentence, press only once on selected sentence, select delete)... I ended up finishing the document in a laptop. I just believe that still tablets aren't ready for efficient and productive things. I think Bill Gates was right when he said that the problem with the tablets today is that they lack of a proper input.

Now even for entertainment purposes the iPad in particular is very dull since the only games you can play properly are the ones on the App Store, forget the Flash games since there is no support for it in the iPad.

Also it's not practical to carry a tablet around, there are many risks: water spills, dropping it, scratching the surface and of course the risk of someone stealing it.

So to answer the question... yes I think there will be something better, something that at least get these issues of input, compatibility and security resolved.

You havent played with all tablets ... Windows has had a Tablet out since 2001 that is a fully functional computer they come with 1 to 4 gig ram and around 500 gig HDD and runs Windows 7. The old ones where the size of a laptop and could convert into one but the new ones are the same size as a normal tablet or smaller

[ivan.dreamer14]

The iPad is only the beginning of what is to come.

[remy87x18]

I can tell you from first-hand that it's a terrible device for anything that are not games, sending short e-mails, reading and watching videos.

I totally agree! When it comes to real work, I prefer laptop over Ipad (or any tablet) any day.

[wongers]

its essentially a good idea for a universal house remote if you have the right gear in place. but i agree, a bit rubbish for "real work"

[maillaoav35]

Yes ... Android Tablets same

[aircentr]

Probaly

[laurenro]

is the server down?

[foro.clubfotobusa54]

Of course yes, Android tablets, not all of them but some ones. Asus Transformer prime de first.

[tjrana0]

A short answer to the first question on the first post is "Yes". But I don't think there will be something anytime soon, though.

[ellescuba27]

Android