In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:15:38 +0100
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Mark Kent
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>> on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:09:16 +0100
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>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>>>> Netbook? MID? Is This PC Category for Real?
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>>>>| "We're providing a totally different value," Ho told InternetNews.com.
>>>>| "You don't need [Microsoft] Vista on these devices," he said, which means
>>>>| less-demanding hardware requirements.
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>>>> http://www.internetnews.com/hardware/article.php/3750841
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>>>> Here Comes the Asus 'Freee PC'
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>>>>| I'm predicting that the successful pricing model for "mini me too" laptops
>>>>| will look nothing like the notebook pricing model (where you always pay
>>>>| full price for the hardware), and a lot like the cell phone pricing model
>>>>| where you buy a service, and the hardware is heavily subsidized or given
>>>>| away free.
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> http://www.internetnews.com/commentary/article.php/3750916/Here+Comes+the+Asus+Freee+PC.htm
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>>> The desktop is dead, long live the computer!
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>> Far from dead; I happen to be sitting at one. I've yet to
>> see a phone that allows me to comfortably touch-type; most
>> of them have rather chicklety keyboards. Even my laptop's
>> keyboard is less than ideal in that respect, though at
>> least the keys thereon are full size. (The pictures I see
>> of the Asus Eee make it look slightly smaller than my nx9010,
>> and presumably a fair bit lighter as well.)
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>> I like this Dell USB keyboard though I wonder where they
>> got it from.
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>> (There is a device that might allow one to touch type
>> rather literally, but the tactile feedback is one aspect
>> thereof; how does one know one's pressed a phantom laser
>> key?)
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>> Of course in an ideal world one could plug in a keyboard
>> with a USB port into one's phone, hook up a monitor
>> through another port, and happily type away.
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>> And in an ideal world Microsoft would be open source.
>> Oh well, can't have everything. ;-)
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> What about projected keyboard or speech recognition for input
> or more 'retinal' devices for output? That stuff already exists,
> but some things (including the market) are not yet ready.
I'm not sure about the projected keyboard, as I've already noted.
Speech recognition is OS-agnostic (AFAIK) and has certain
limited applications, mostly in report generation where quickness
is important (and the choices for words are limited; I doubt any
contemporary system would be able to handle the homonym problem
effectively, though at least with grammar parsing they might have
a fighting chance).
As for retinal projection...I'd have to research the issue.
At best, it's an issue of comfort, and one has to be
careful regarding using same during driving, without some
careful programming (and a head position/accelerometer
attachment to give one a HUD-like display -- and even then,
lag enters into the picture).
At worst, it's an expensive gewgaw until mass production
can drive down its price.
I think mobiles will supplement the desktop, not totally
replace it.
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