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Chokse · Joined: 22 May 2009

SeoulNate:

You do mean your opinion of worthless, right?

I think what Captain Corea is trying to say is that he finds worth in a tablet, and would probably still find worth in it even if he had a smartphone and laptop.

I would have to agree with him. I have a smartphone, laptop, and desktop. I am also thinking about getting an iPad. To be honest, there are days when I don't really need to take the laptop and the laptop can be heavy to carry around all day. It is great when I need to write emails or documents, but it is a pain to carry around.

I have a smartphone and it is easy to carry around, but it is a pain if I need to write a long email or document. The keyboard is too small. It's also not great for watching movies as the screen is a bit small.

With a long battery life, nearly full size keyboard, big screen for videos, etc. I see a lot of usefulness in something like an iPad.

But, this is my opinion of "useful".

SeoulNate · Joined: 04 Jun 2010 Location: Hyehwa

I fail to see where you guys are getting your usefulness from.

Time and time again you claim things like:

Chokse · Joined: 22 May 2009

I bang out several long emails or documents every day. When possible, I do it on my laptop, but it is extremely burdensome carrying it around with me all day, and it is inconvenient to use in many situations (on the bus or subway). I do have an iPhone, and it is great for those times when you're out and about, but when I do have to type out a long letter or email (or a post like this), the small keyboard is a real pain.

Let's also not forget travel. Taking a laptop when you travel is very inconvenient. On the plane, there is often little room for one, many hotel room safes are too small to fit a laptop, and if you are moving from place to place on your trip, it is a lot of extra size and weight to carry around.

Finally, I think someone should be able to buy whatever the hell they want to buy so long as it makes them happy and it's not illegal. You may not see any reason to get a tablet, but many people (and many schools) do, and they are buying them in large numbers.

Why are you always so bothered when other people buy something you wouldn't buy? The other posters have given you very valid reasons as to why they find a tablet useful. Why isn't this enough?

Captain Corea · Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Location: Seoul

I work freelance and find myself in exactly the situations you postulate. I have a long commute as well.

SeoulNate, I notice how you've neglected to answer my question... Do you own, or have you ever owned a tablet?

Koreadays · Joined: 20 May 2008

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/06/28/2011062800836.html

well, looks like this all means something to the manufacturers.

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

My two cents is that you have to think long and hard before buying a tablet to be sure that it will find a place in your, sorry for yucky soundbite, 'lifestyle'.

But really. What is your usual routine and how could a tablet fit into that?

Captain Corea has explained the situations where a tablet comes in handy for him each day. So fair enough.

For me, no. My commute involves driving my car so can't use a tablet there!!

At work I use the laptop given to me by my school which sits on my desk in my classroom, always on and ready to use.

At home, I have a room with a very good PC and 27'' screen for TV/movies/gaming.....combined with a great big leather office chair....so I'm happy with that.

In the living room my wife's laptop is always running somewhere around the sofa, or I can use my HTPC under the 47'' TV.

So I can't see where a tablet would fit in there.......but I can see how they would fit with other peoples lives.

carleverson · Joined: 04 Dec 2009

I'd use a tablet when taking a dump and for browsing the web / reading on my bed before going to sleep.

Captain Corea · Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Location: Seoul

That's the thing, eamo, whenever someone tells me they're going to get a tablet, my usual first response is to ask them why. I know it has its own unique traits to it and that it won't fit with many lifestyles.

That being said, when someone comes on here and says that it's worthless and lacks functionality, I also know that that runs counter to my experience. That's why I find myself objecting so strongly to SeoulNate - NOT because he doesn't want a tablet, and not because he doesn't see a need for it for him... But rather because he says they have virtually no functionality.

Typed out on my iPad. Wink

Koreadays · Joined: 20 May 2008

SeoulNate · Joined: 04 Jun 2010 Location: Hyehwa

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spanky1off · Joined: 21 Aug 2006

well finally after much deliberations i went and got myself a tablet today (2nd hand ipad). I had pretty low (what i thought realistic) expectations over what i was going to use it for. Basically just browsing whilst on the sofa to help with a bad back. Plus maybe some teaching uses.
Howver its already shown me why people seem to love them

Firstly the user experience is beautiful with fluid and intuitive navigation.

Secondly browsing, although not as speedy is really nice on some sites. Basically unknown to me some websites have tablet versions. Ive only seen Yahoo and New York Times and theyre awesome. Better than browsing on a pc. Set out nicely for swiping through screens. For me its the way the web experience is going to head eventually.

Thirdly I think you can probably do 90% of what u can do on pcs. watch avis/mkvs/browse/email/skype/document editing etc. Of course forget the real power user stuff but these were never meant for that.

Finally for the teaching element its showing some great possibilities. I have already got animated interacting childrens stories. Animated flashcards. Plus with Keynote i can (hopefully) see myself putting together nifty slideshows for my uni classes.

other things worth mentioning. battery life is great. 2nd hand prices 400k 16gb wifi (tether it to your phone for 3g) is just about the point where i think they offer good value. would i ever buy a brand new one? doubt it at todays prices.

as previously mentioned by another poster. its fantastic for when taking a dump. infact as luck would have it im doing one now.....PLOP! and can confirm its beautiful experience. i wonder if theres a toilet paper app?

any downsides? weightier than i thought it would be. don't bank on putting in an hour one handed hentai comic viewing session without coming away with 2 very sore wrists.

Captain Corea · Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Location: Seoul

lalartu · Joined: 29 Apr 2008

lol...funny what I've started with a simple question..

anyhoo, my wife and I decided that an Ipad (or any tab for that matter) was sort of a white elephant

we've played with an ipad for about an hour in an Apple store and really it was only a little more fun than my smartphone and was a lot slower than we hoped.

I was going to buy it for her because she was about to give birth and would have fun doing stuff in the hospital, but unfortunately she got bored with it at the store and I didn't really see any use in it either.

Since I'm not really a purse person ( i carry my stuff in my pockets ), we've decided that neither of us could really use a tab or enjoy it for that matter except for maybe an occasional minute on a couch at home. but that just wasn't enough to justify a hefty 640 000 tag on the device that will probably become outdated next year.

thanks for your opinions though:) as always, very appreciated