Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund"?

Re:Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Li... by Havoc on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @05:07PM (#6015510)

>I'm not convinced that I would ever want to code on a tablet.

Well when I type on a on a 10 inch tab - two thoughts cross my head A) This is not working B) This could work given a bit more size and refinement.

So I would not discount tablets as dev devices. Perhaps not as a hardcore workstation, but as a starbucks dev station sure - soon.

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Re:Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Li... by diminoten on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @05:59PM (#6015872)

You shouldn't have to use a QWERTY-like keyboard to enter text into a tablet. The very idea of a flat space with a list of letters which has you individually selecting letters (or moving your finger around on a full list of letters) is a huge waste of space on an already small screen.

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Re:Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Li... by Havoc on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @05:15PM (#6022887)

>You shouldn't have to use a QWERTY-like keyboard to enter text into a tablet

Why not - If I can smoothly transfer touch typing skills then thats a pretty big win.

> huge waste of space on an already small screen.

Hence my comment about slightly larger screen. I can almost touch type on a 10 inch...bit more and it could work. The capacitative aspect might even work better than a physical keyboard for "touch" typing.

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Re:Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Li... by jarek on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @05:43PM (#6015764)

> Well when I type on a on a 10 inch tab - two thoughts cross my head A) This is not working B) This could work given a bit more size and refinement.

A bit more size and refinement, a nice keyboard, and a stand gets you a 11-12" laptop.

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Re:Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Li... by Havoc on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @05:09PM (#6022838)

>gets you a 11-12" laptop.

No it doesn't. No hinge & typing space is also display space under some conditions e.g. browsing.

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Re:Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Li... by jarek on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @06:53PM (#6023340)

I'd classify those under "refinements" ;)

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Re:Ask PG: Will you post an update to "Startup Ideas We'd Li... by Havoc on Thursday July 11, 2013 @05:09PM (#6029247)

Its a different form factor...especially the no hinge part.

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