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If I could use my tablet on my TV, that would be a real threat to me even having a PC as I mostly use web-based applications.
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But for certain use cases, the TV (a large TV) clearly wins. Also, the idea of using the camera phone as a mouse is great: After all, most of us do use their tablets together with a mobile phone anyway. Why not make extra use of it?
The only thing I don't feel comfortable with is that it would probably add to the size/weight of the device yet again. (Or wouldn't it? I'm not sure.) I want my tablets small, smaller, smallest, every millimeter counts.
I the feature to 'dock up to big screen' is best implemented as an external and optional dock\dongle so as not to increase the price\size\weight for a feature that we may not use every day...
AFAIK, TV out can also be connected to many projectors. This would enable running presentations (and even some demos) from the tablet.
These devices really make you feel like James Bond at times. No if only I can unlock and start my car with the N95 I'd be set.
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If anyone's interested, the first part is here and there are links to the other parts at the top of the article:
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/featu...eat_the_PC.php
To compress it all into one sentence: TV Out works surprisingly well, and in many cases I found it an adequate substitute for a desktop or laptop, but to be really useful it needs a higher resolution and a pointing device.
Nokia's internet tablets have a much higher resolution than the N95, in fact the resolution is fairly close to a standard definition widescreen TV, so it could possibly work really well through TV Out on a large number of sets.
In theory, the tablets also have a pointing device in the stylus, though using it could be awkward as you would have to keep looking down at the tablet to see where you were pointing (at least to begin with, perhaps later you would know where to touch instinctively).
One imaginative and neat solution to the pointer problem was suggested by a reader of the articles: use your cameraphone as a Bluetooth optical mouse. There's already an application for S60 phones which lets you do exactly this a Windows PC:
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/softw...r_Series60.php
Perhaps something similar could be done with phones and tablets?
Just to give a flavour of the potential of TV Out for those who haven't used it before:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hWek4jmkYnQ
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bbU35ybA3Ow
I know this isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I really really really want this on a tablet! :-)
If I could use my tablet on my TV, that would be a real threat to me even having a PC as I mostly use web-based applications.
Last edited by krisse; 2007-10-06 at 16:22.