Texrat | # 41 | 2009-05-09, 23:40 | Report

It can. There are posts around here somewhere on the subject. I know it was definitely done with a usb laptop hub that provided VGA-out, but framerates were terrible.

Texrat | # 42 | 2009-05-09, 23:43 | Report

I believe the ~ 4" screen size is A sweet spot, especially with the NITs' resolution.

Laughing Man | # 43 | 2009-05-10, 03:16 | Report

That requires having a TV readily avaliable. Something your not going have with you when say your on the Metro. Or when your out and about. Or even at home (my TV is far away from my computers and I like the 4 inch tablet screen for displaying information).

Yaser88 | # 44 | 2009-05-10, 08:33 | Report

looks like the n800

benny1967 | # 45 | 2009-05-10, 11:12 | Report

speaking of microlaptops... i recently tried to remember what my electronic life was before the first tablet. when i compare it to now, about 30% of what i used to do with my desktop pc i now do with my tablet. it makes up for roughly 50% of the overall tablet usage. the other 50% of the time i spend with my tablets are things i hadn't done before at all. there's nothing i could think of that i used to do on the phone or laptop and that i now use the tablet for.

maybe this is why i so absolutely cannot understand people who talk about "mobile use" and "desktop paradigms don't work"... incompatible character encoding, my brain can't even start parsing that. give me CUPS instead and a "print" menu item in every application...

qgil | # 46 | 2009-05-10, 11:44 | Report

UPnP and why you will probably like it

flareup | # 47 | 2009-05-10, 11:58 | Report

yes yes and yes. The tablets (with a 4 inch screen) are the ideal product that fits in a gap. The gap existed when the 770 came out and still exists in a post-iphone world. that's why it will be SUCH a shame if the next gen does shrink to fit the iphone model without keeping something akin to the current form factor in the product line.

I think there is a HUGE 'light travellers' market, whether it is planes, buses, trains or just walking round town,whatever. My 800 is easily pocketable - (yeah, big pockets, short arms!) the 810 is a little smaller than the 800, maybe the 900 will be more so - just the screen size with a tiny edge would be ideal for me

qole | # 48 | 2009-05-10, 22:43 | Report

I agree with Krisse that the $200 EeePC I bought a few weeks ago is currently better for productivity than my current N800s, despite being not much more powerful and having the same screen resolution. It is only marginally better, however. The keyboard is just barely usable, and the screen is slightly more usable, simply because the pixels are bigger.

But I can't help but think that the statement, "handhelds are not good for productivity tasks" is not an axiom, as some say, but simply a sad statement about the current situation. I still believe that it is possible to "work around" the current limitations of the small form factor and make it possible to do real work on a handheld device.

I just haven't figured out how to do it yet. Whoever does figure it out will either be rich or sorry that they didn't patent the ideas.

daperl | # 49 | 2009-05-11, 00:40 | Report

How many of these "people" have seen an 800x480 4" transflective color screen? Close to zero. The only thing these "people" know is they want that shiny thing the person next to them has.

And the portable game consoles seem to sell just fine and they're larger than n8x0's. It's a spectrum. There's no "one size fits all."

People have multiple electronic devices and they come in all shapes and sizes (the people and the devices ). It seems some of you are so blinded by convergence that you're willing to sacrifice things like screen resolution. If so, maybe an internet tablet isn't for you.

daperl | # 50 | 2009-05-11, 01:03 | Report

Can you be much more specific.