Re:TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B
by markessien on Monday January 19, 2009 @06:33AM
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It still does not solve the typing problem. You view the thing on an angle, but you want to type on a flat or slightly up tilted surface.
In the comments, Arrington mentions that the final product will ship with a stand, and also have a USB, earphones, and power port. I guess you could set it on the table, plug in a USB keyboard, and plug it into power. Then again, now it's a laptop.
You can solve the viewing angle problems without having to adjust the hardware too significantly - what about adjusting the perspective of the window that you're using depending on the angle that the thing is being viewed at.
For instance, if someone takes out both viewing angle clips, chances are it's sitting on a tabletop, so the screen could adjust accordingly so people aren't having to crane their necks to view the text accordingly.
3) If you read the article, it will be probably half as thick the final product - this is just a prototype which they left lots of room in it.
With the being flat on a table thing, what about the addition of foldable clips that would put it on an angle (like underneath your keyboard) - that would fix that problem.