Tablets

Saw this a few weeks ago at work when the Acer rep coming to show off the new tablet line up for the Acer, sadly only for a very short time as the tablet was took by the marketing department. but once I put my hands on it, I loved it.

Over the Easter long weekend, I went into The Good Guys and had a chance to play a bit longer, and found myself love it even more!!!

I've since been doing research online, there are mixed reviews, with most of them points out the biggest flaw is the weight and the glossy screen, which, personally, I think they are flaws, but not he death of the product. What I also find is that everyone is compare this with iPad 2, this really show that Apple has planted a mark on everyone's head.

A few people asked me why I'm looking at the Android system not the Apple, in terms of price, they are not much different, with some of the Android offering even more expensive (Motorola Xom) the Apple's iPad. I think, personally, I choose Android because of it's openness in the OS, don't get me wrong, I do think Apple's product are very well build and they do set the benchmark very high for everyone to follow, but I must say I find Apple (or just Steve Jobs) are just a bit arrogant for my liking.

As a consumer, I feel that wither a product is successful is based on customer, and how well they market and position the product, and Apple did a great job on this, let's face it, tablet computer are not new ideas from Apple, they've been around for a while now, but no one was able to build a system like Apple and successfully made it a must have for all, regardless you are Apple fans or not, and made all other PC maker (even non-PC maker, like Viewsonic) wish they had come out with such a product first.