Having used several different tablets for many months now, I have realized what nonsense striving for the thinnest possible gadget is. Sure, as an engineering feat, it is a worthwhile challenge, but it's not necessarily what suits our anatomy best. In fact, the thicker the gadget is, the better if fits in the hands and feels closer to a physical book or any other tool we humans use.
When you read a thick book (300+ pages) in bed, say, do you hold it by the thick or thin half? If you have just read 20 pages, it's very likely that you are holding the other 280 pages in your right hand, not the 20 pages in your left hand. The grip just feels natural and less tiring.
The tablet weight is, of course, another thing -- we want the lightest possible, even lighter than our traditional paper books. Please, Apple and other tablet makers, work on the weight, the thickness is not an issue.
When the Notion Ink Adam tablet appeared (and promptly vanished?), I immediately liked many things about it: a grip so thick that it accommodates removable batteries (very few tablets have that, maybe none) and speakers larger than the norm.
The Sony S1 tablet also sports a human grip, similar to Adam's, although Adam was the first to break the (mostly) Apple-imposed thin-is-beautiful dogma.
My HP TouchPad (running Android, of course) is quite thick, but I like it more now that I've increased its thickness with a protective case! The weight, on the other hand, is a real, not cosmetic, problem, requiring various strategies for carrying around and using comfortably.
When you read a thick book (300+ pages) in bed, say, do you hold it by the thick or thin half? If you have just read 20 pages, it's very likely that you are holding the other 280 pages in your right hand, not the 20 pages in your left hand. The grip just feels natural and less tiring.
The tablet weight is, of course, another thing -- we want the lightest possible, even lighter than our traditional paper books. Please, Apple and other tablet makers, work on the weight, the thickness is not an issue.
When the Notion Ink Adam tablet appeared (and promptly vanished?), I immediately liked many things about it: a grip so thick that it accommodates removable batteries (very few tablets have that, maybe none) and speakers larger than the norm.
The Sony S1 tablet also sports a human grip, similar to Adam's, although Adam was the first to break the (mostly) Apple-imposed thin-is-beautiful dogma.
My HP TouchPad (running Android, of course) is quite thick, but I like it more now that I've increased its thickness with a protective case! The weight, on the other hand, is a real, not cosmetic, problem, requiring various strategies for carrying around and using comfortably.
Posts
