[olug] Contemplating an iPad.

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Ya mean like this --- 
http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/handheld/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226800057&subSection=News

I'm expecting something to show up this fall or early winter. I hope anyway...

---- Adam Lassek <adam at doubleprime.net> wrote: 
> The iPad release effectively caught every else with their pants down.
> 
> I predict it will be years before we see a competitive offering with Android or WebOS.
> 
> On Aug 15, 2010, at 2:56 PM, Dan Linder wrote:
> 
> > Ok, it looks like the iPad will fill my needs (PDA, PDF/ebook viewer,
> > remote access, etc).
> > 
> > I was hoping to play with developing some small apps, but
> > unfortunately the language I'd like to do this in (Java) is not
> > available on the iPad (Apple and Steve Jobs, not a technical reason).
> > 
> > Since I'm also looking at getting an Android based phone in the next
> > 6-8 months and the preferred Android development platform is Java
> > (http://mobiforge.com/developing/story/getting-started-with-android-development),
> > I'm thinking an Android tablet is starting to make sense.
> > 
> > But...
> > 
> > It seems that most of the Android based tablets are either "coming
> > soon", or are too small to be a decent reader (the Dell Streak looks
> > promising, but too small and low res).
> > 
> > The $150 tablet that was seen at K-Mart in the past few weeks
> > (http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/08/08/1727223/Kmart-Briefly-Offers-149-Android-Tablet?from=rss),
> > but apparently it is not licensed to get apps from the Google Android
> > app store, so I'm hesitant if it has any future.
> > 
> > Are there any others that I'm missing that are out there now?
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
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