Solve : Asus PadFone versus Apple iPad and iPhone?

1.	Solve : Asus PadFone versus Apple iPad and iPhone?
Answer» Recently, Nathan posted a link to Asus' new PadFone.... Coincidentally, I've been talking to my landlord because he's looking into purchasing an iPad and iPhone. Of course...he went to Apple and told them about the Asus model. You know an Apple dealer will push their own model over another manufacturer's brand. So...when I sent my landlord an email with info about the Asus model...he was really intrigued and impressed. Given the fact the Asus model is new technology...should my landlord wait...purchase it...or, purchase the iPad/iPhone package, instead? I'd really like to get some informed opinions here... Thanks, in ADVANCE...Is this the item? (From ABC News) Asus PadFone: Phone, Tablet, And Laptop In One It is an Android. Not an Apple OS. So trying to compared them, is.. ahh mmm.. Like comparing Apples to ... ? SNACK Food! I want one! Right Now! Yes...that's the one. I've seen other similar pads and/or netbooks with phone docks...but, this, to me anyway, is very impressive.Yeah. I think they on onto something. All-in-one. (BTW: It is Android 4 on that baby.) Soon they will be saying: If you can't get a dial tone...it's not a PC. Quote from: Geek-9pm on March 18, 2012, 05:39:48 PM Yeah. I think they on onto something. All-in-one. (BTW: It is Android 4 on that baby.) Soon they will be saying: If you can't get a dial tone...it's not a PC. You're never gonna let go of that...are ya ? ? Quote from: patio on March 18, 2012, 07:49:19 PM You're never gonna let go of that...are ya ? ? No, patio. I won't quit. A PC is a personal computer, emphasis on personal. The more personal nit is, the more it is a PC. From the beginning the PC was a communication device, not a calculator. The ability to print documents and transmit data over phone lines was more IMPORTANT than grinding astronomical data. What made the PC what it is was its ability to interface with people using a communication format people can understand. Very, very few early hobbyists really programmed their computers in binary. Instead they wrote games in BASIC and posted them BBS. It was a form of social communication and interaction with people. The machine were just the tools that let people entertain each other. Now you can carry a device with you to take phone calls, get voice mail, get e-mail, send text, check your stocks while you ride the bus, Buy flowers for a friend, watch a movie, order pizza and check your date book with a device you can carry in your pocket. Desktop PCs are no longer well suited for the things people want. They want more effective power, portability and predictable cost-of-ownership. The item described in this topic is the PC people really want. Up to now, a doable laptop always lacked something. Here effective power is not a benchmark made by a math professor. Effective power for a personal device means you get more done in a set amount of time without fiddling and fooling around with endless menus and options.

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Recently, Nathan posted a link to Asus' new PadFone....

Coincidentally, I've been talking to my landlord because he's looking into purchasing an iPad and iPhone. Of course...he went to Apple and told them about the Asus model. You know an Apple dealer will push their own model over another manufacturer's brand.

So...when I sent my landlord an email with info about the Asus model...he was really intrigued and impressed.

Given the fact the Asus model is new technology...should my landlord wait...purchase it...or, purchase the iPad/iPhone package, instead?

I'd really like to get some informed opinions here...

Thanks, in ADVANCE...Is this the item? (From ABC News)

Asus PadFone: Phone, Tablet, And Laptop In One

It is an Android. Not an Apple OS. So trying to compared them, is.. ahh mmm..
Like comparing Apples to ... ? SNACK Food!

I want one! Right Now! Yes...that's the one. I've seen other similar pads and/or netbooks with phone docks...but, this, to me anyway, is very impressive.Yeah. I think they on onto something. All-in-one.
(BTW: It is Android 4 on that baby.)

Soon they will be saying:
If you can't get a dial tone...it's not a PC. Quote from: Geek-9pm on March 18, 2012, 05:39:48 PM

Yeah. I think they on onto something. All-in-one.
(BTW: It is Android 4 on that baby.)

Soon they will be saying:
If you can't get a dial tone...it's not a PC.

You're never gonna let go of that...are ya ? ? Quote from: patio on March 18, 2012, 07:49:19 PM

You're never gonna let go of that...are ya ? ?

No, patio. I won't quit. A PC is a personal computer, emphasis on personal. The more personal nit is, the more it is a PC.
From the beginning the PC was a communication device, not a calculator. The ability to print documents and transmit data over phone lines was more IMPORTANT than grinding astronomical data.
What made the PC what it is was its ability to interface with people using a communication format people can understand. Very, very few early hobbyists really programmed their computers in binary. Instead they wrote games in BASIC and posted them BBS. It was a form of social communication and interaction with people. The machine were just the tools that let people entertain each other.
Now you can carry a device with you to take phone calls, get voice mail, get e-mail, send text, check your stocks while you ride the bus, Buy flowers for a friend, watch a movie, order pizza and check your date book with a device you can carry in your pocket.
Desktop PCs are no longer well suited for the things people want. They want more effective power,** portability and predictable cost-of-ownership.

The item described in this topic is the PC people really want.
Up to now, a doable laptop always lacked something.

**Here effective power is not a benchmark made by a math professor. Effective power for a personal device means you get more done in a set amount of time without fiddling and fooling around with endless menus and options.

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