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iPad Alternative Already?

#1



Matt²

I want this.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/German-tablet-PC-sets-out-to-apf-890973130.html?x=0&.v=7

Plus, I don't have to purchase an Apple product... yaaaaay!

...Two USB ports allow users to connect all kinds of devices with the WePad, from external keyboards to data sticks.

People who want to put music on their WePad do not have to have any particular software, Ankershoffen said -- a blow at Apple's devices that require particular Apple software like iTunes.

The WePad's basic version, which comes with Wi-Fi and 16-gigabyte storage, ...
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#2

Chippy

Chippy

iPad Killer Already?

It is not, however, an "iPad killer" as it has been dubbed by some blogs but an alternative to its bigger rival, Neofonie GmbH's founder and managing director Helmut Hoffer von Ankershoffen told reporters on Monday in Berlin.
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#3



Matt²

?

Assassin then! :D

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heh, ok.. when I take time to slow down and read the FULL article. Amended title.


#4



YAOMTC

Today, Matt² learned to RTFA. :D

Here is another coming alternative.


#5



Matt²

YAOMTC said:
Today, Matt² learned to RTFA. :D

Here is another coming alternative.
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=D yep! and to slow down a little! (skimming about alternative alternative..)

Cool! wow, we really seem to be getting close to tech seen in Star Trek The Next Generation!
What'd be cool with the Hp version (or any version really) is if it had a BUILT IN printer. That'd be a pain luggin around extra paper, but that's just what *I'd* want. =)


#6



YAOMTC

Heh. I'd guess that by the time technology allows for a laser printer in a small space, printers will already have become obsolete. :)


#7

Calleja

Calleja

Aren't printers pretty much obsolete already?


#8



Matt²

Not for printing receipts and invoices, no.

I dunno.. I can imagine some sort of impact printer fitting in that small of a space... I just have no idea how to build one.. but looking at my credit card machine (from 1992!) I theorize that it is entirely POSSIBLE..


#9

SpecialKO

SpecialKO

The company's flagship daily, Bild, previously had trouble with its iPhone application because Apple censors sexually explicit content, such as the paper's daily nude photo.
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:rofl:


#10



YAOMTC

The Mex said:
Aren't printers pretty much obsolete already?
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No way. Have you seen how much paper that businesses are still using? Tons.


#11

HowDroll

HowDroll

This is what I want: http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1301


#12



Matt²

That sounds really really cool!!


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