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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 03:25 PM
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Won't the robots get jealous?
They'll understand.




And besides, I need to learn to live without new ones. I'm going on a robot-purchase diet for 12 months.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Yumcha
They'll understand.




And besides, I need to learn to live without new ones. I'm going on a robot-purchase diet for 12 months.
This is an outrage!!!!!!!
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Yumcha
And besides, I need to learn to live without new ones. I'm going on a robot-purchase diet for 12 months.
Good luck with that, Oprah-tron.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 03:28 PM
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I never understood why people need to take an electronic device to bed with them...



Like, really...?
I work long hours, and spend lots of time in front of a computer at work. When i get home, i wash up, eat dinner and spend time with my kids. Once the wife and I get them to bed, we make sweet sweet love, shower, and relax. At the end of all that, the last thing i want to do is sit at another desk to consume some media. With the Ipad, i get to lay in bed, next to my lovely wife. While she watches TV, i browse the net, play a game, watch a movie, etc..... I don't know why you'd question that.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by bigman
I work long hours, and spend lots of time in front of a computer at work. When i get home, i wash up, eat dinner and spend time with my kids. Once the wife and I get them to bed, we make sweet sweet love, shower, and relax. At the end of all that, the last thing i want to do is sit at another desk to consume some media. With the Ipad, i get to lay in bed, next to my lovely wife. While she watches TV, i browse the net, play a game, watch a movie, etc..... I don't know why you'd question that.


I don't quite get it. But, it's your money and hey, do whatever makes you happy.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by bigman
I work long hours, and spend lots of time in front of a computer at work. When i get home, i wash up, eat dinner and spend time with my kids. Once the wife and I get them to bed, we make sweet sweet love, shower, and relax. At the end of all that, the last thing i want to do is sit at another desk to consume some media. With the Ipad, i get to lay in bed, next to my lovely wife. While she watches TV, i browse the net, play a game, watch a movie, etc..... I don't know why you'd question that.
+1.

Yumchah, you don't have kids, you may not be able to relate.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 03:55 PM
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^^ +2
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 04:20 PM
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 04:21 PM
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 04:23 PM
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Well you still are a kid...
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 04:28 PM
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 04:30 PM
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I'm honestly considering splurging a bit more and getting either a MBAir 11"-13" or MacBook pro 13"

Or spending the same on a windows laptop
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
I'm honestly considering splurging a bit more and getting either a MBAir 11"-13" or MacBook pro 13"

Or spending the same on a windows laptop
Well, there is the Sony Z...but, it sucks and you don't want it.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 04:38 PM
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But I don't like Sony laptops... Never like any of the ones I've used..
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
But I don't like Sony laptops... Never like any of the ones I've used..
Then, you won't like the Z. Move along...Buy a Macbook.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 04:43 PM
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I don't mind getting a Dell or something like that....

...why am I even talking to you...
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
I don't mind getting a Dell or something like that....

...why am I even talking to you...
Because, slapsticking aside, I think you can do just as well as what a Mac offers for less...?

Again, I'd head over to a nearby computer store and try out the new Vaio Z. The specs are just damn impressive...and at that price, why not. SSD, i7, 13.1"...up to 10 hours of battery life. Optical drive included...and oh, it's 3 pounds.

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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 05:48 PM
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@ $2k for the "Z" of course...
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 06:18 PM
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^ And for something comparable from Apricot, it's what...$300-$500 more?
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Yumcha


I don't quite get it. But, it's your money and hey, do whatever makes you happy.
Are you the watch Letterman, then turn everything off and go to bed guy?
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 08:08 PM
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i'm buying macbook air within a month or two..
and also ipad2 when they come out

i sure am not one of those apple fanboy.. but why is my fiancee so in love with apple >_<
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 05:19 PM
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The big HP Palm announcement was today! Pretty interesting stuff, I've always liked WebOS and it's good to see HP doesn't seem to be screwing it up!

There's a 4 min video demo in the link below!

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/09/h...irst-hands-on/

I like the notification area, resizable keyboard and that the default keyboard view has a number row! Genius!:

Also the HP devices have a feature that's similar to the bump app where if you touch to HP devices (the palm name is dead) together then you can transfer things between devices like bump or the chrome to phone google chrome extension. See demo below:

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These devices have good specs too unlike previous Palm devices! 9.7in screen with 1.2GHz dual core Snapdragon and 1Gb RAM.

Here's a spec comparison based on what we officially now so far



The palm pad should be out in the summer and they haven't announced pricing yet, probably are waiting to see what others do first.

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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 09:50 PM
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there is an HP thread about this......
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 09:51 PM
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plus one one of the videos they mentioned they got rid of the gestures that the palm pre had or something?
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 10:08 PM
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Yeah I see that now.....

Though I've been wondering if this should be turned into a general tablet thread
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
Yeah I see that now.....

Though I've been wondering if this should be turned into a general tablet thread
No. Let's keep the riff raff in their own threads.

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Posted from my iPad.
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 10:29 PM
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yea no thank on a general tablet thread, all there would be in there is arguing about who is better and yumcha saying that apple sucks.
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 10:35 PM
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we already have that.....
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 10:38 PM
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 07:46 AM
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I put Honeycomb on my wife's Nook. I'll be buying a Nook today as my daily tablet
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
yea no thank on a general tablet thread, all there would be in there is arguing about who is better and yumcha saying that apple sucks.
Now, we wouldn't want that, would we...?
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by bigman
I put Honeycomb on my wife's Nook. I'll be buying a Nook today as my daily tablet
We have an e-reader thread already. You can talk about the five things you'll be able to do with it there.
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
plus one one of the videos they mentioned they got rid of the gestures that the palm pre had or something?
My understanding is the 'gesture area' has been removed, instead the entire surface can act as a gesture area. And on the Palm Pre, you DO swipe left/right and up on the screen itself anyway, so it's not a big learning curve for current Palm owners.
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
Yeah I see that now.....

Though I've been wondering if this should be turned into a general tablet thread
Tempting but it'll probably turn into a big war of which 9.7 inch device at 1024x768 resolution is better.

I say just argue the technical merits in the respective threads.
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 10:42 AM
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yea no thank on a general tablet thread, all there would be in there is arguing about who is better and yumcha saying that apple sucks.
I vote to ban Yumchah from any thread containing Apple in the title.
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by dom
I vote to ban Yumchah from any thread containing Apple in the title.
Can we only allow him in threads with "SONY" or "robot" or "twig" in the title?
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^ he's allowed in the rice thread
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by bigman
I put Honeycomb on my wife's Nook.
Moving this to Dating and Relationships...
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by dom
I vote to ban Yumchah from any thread containing Apple in the title.
Then, there would be no voice of reason.
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 05:55 PM
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I vote to ban Yumchah from any thread containing Apple in the title.
second.
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