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On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Mitchell Reese < mitch...@curiouslegends.com.au> wrote: > I disagree. Notion Ink had their chance, and blew it. By not opening up > from the start and embracing the developer community they shot themselves > in the foot. I bought one of their tablets, and it was crap. Not bad > hardware, but not even close to an ipad. The os was buggy as all hell, and > awful to use. > > I agree, so far, there's nothing on the market that appears usable. > Lets not count Canonical out on this one however. I also love Unity, and > have been impressed with the intelligence and level of design behind > Ubuntu's recent releases. Since 10.04, there have been very clear > directions and transitions Ubuntu is making. > > Shuttleworth only recently aknowledged tablets as a form factor Ubuntu > would be embracing, after stringently denying this for the better part of 2 > years. I think he was waiting for the right time for the announcement, > which makes me think there's more happening behind the scenes than we > currently know about. I'm willing to bet we haven't seen the full > plan with Unity yet. > > As for next steps? I'd be looking to Canonical for some guidance as > to what we can use as a dev device. Anyone have any 'official' > contacts? > > Mitchell > > > satch...@gmail.com wrote: > > I've said this before, but I'll say it again. Canonical should talk to > Notion Ink. In November 2010, when the Notion Ink Adam released, it was > probably the best tablet hardware in the world. Within six months of the > iPad, it had created a better iPad at a third the price. What NI suffered > from was a poor OS (a customised Android 2.2) and an inability to meet > demand. Canonical can provide a much better OS and easier entry into the > European and American markets. Notion Ink can provide the excellent > hardware at a much better price than most competitors. > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet > Post to : ubuntu-tablet@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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