Anyone want a tablet with physical keyboard?

[ManSnake]

IMO a physical keyboard on a tablet is more useful than on a tiny phone. Why aren't there any tablets with slide out physical keyboard?

 

[DivideBYZero]

Netbooks.

 

[ManSnake]

Netbooks.

They are ugly looking and no sliding keyboard.

 

[corkyg]

http://www.tabletpc2.com/Review-HPTC1100.htm

WiPro has also introduced a tablet PC, with a keyboard.

 

[zerocool84]

No because a tablet is only for casual use, CASUAL USE. If you are going to be doing any serious typing, that's when you bust out your laptop.

 

[randomlinh]

when you say tablet, what size are you talking about? I can't imagine an iPad with a slide out keyboard. and if you want it to slide out and tilt up, I can't imagine it maintaining it's sleekness to support that kind of weight. At that point, your asking for a traditional tablet PC... or, you want that redesigned w/ the new tablet based OSes.

But regardless, I'd rarely want a keyboard for a tablet, but I would like the option to attach a BT one, of my choice, to it when I did want it.

 

[DivideBYZero]

They are ugly looking and no sliding keyboard.

I think you just don't understand what people want from a tablet. And it's not keyboards.

 

[ManSnake]

I think you just don't understand what people want from a tablet. And it's not keyboards.

Instead of people, maybe it's just what you want is different? I know I would like to get a tablet and not try to type on a virtual keyboard.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Instead of people, maybe it's just what you want is different? I know I would like to get a tablet and not try to type on a virtual keyboard.

What you want has been around for years. They're called laptops.

 

[ManSnake]

when you say tablet, what size are you talking about? I can't imagine an iPad with a slide out keyboard. and if you want it to slide out and tilt up, I can't imagine it maintaining it's sleekness to support that kind of weight. At that point, your asking for a traditional tablet PC... or, you want that redesigned w/ the new tablet based OSes.

But regardless, I'd rarely want a keyboard for a tablet, but I would like the option to attach a BT one, of my choice, to it when I did want it.

10". Companies need to come up with a tablet with a keyboard that actually looks good if they expect people to replace their laptops with tablets.

 

[ManSnake]

What you want has been around for years. They're called laptops.

In your fantasy world maybe.

 

[zerocool84]

In your fantasy world maybe.

Then sell all your laptops and get an iPad and the bluetooth keyboard. A tablet is a casual device in addition to your laptops. It is not something to replace them.

 

[ManSnake]

Then sell all your laptops and get an iPad and the bluetooth keyboard. A tablet is a casual device in addition to your laptops. It is not something to replace them.

It may be a casual device for now. Do you think it will always be that way? People used to use PDAs but now every smartphone has that feature.

 

[zerocool84]

It may be a casual device for now. Do you think it will always be that way? People used to use PDAs but now every smartphone has that feature.

Of course for now. We don't know what's going to happen years from now but it's just the way it is. That's why business people still prefer Blackberry devices. You get the device that suits your needs more. If you want to be a hardcore typer, get a laptop. If you want a casual device that's easier to use then get a tablet.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Wouldn't a tablet by definition, not have a keyboard?

Plus, the current tablet offerings will tether to a wireless keyboard.

 

[JD50]

A tablet with a keyboard is a netbook....

 

[corkyg]

Tablets have been around prior to iPads. General parlance says a tablet is a portable computer that has a swivel or removable display That display is often a touch screen. Before all this iPad hype, they pre-date netbooks as well. (A netbook is merely a cheap notebook.) They sometimes included a keyboard. HP made one 2-3 years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_PC

 

[zerocool84]

Tablets have been around prior to iPads. General parlance says a tablet is a portable computer that has a swivel or removable display That display is often a touch screen. Before all this iPad hype, they pre-date netbooks as well. (A netbook is merely a cheap notebook.) They sometimes included a keyboard. HP made one 2-3 years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_PC

Of course tablets have been around before there was an iPad. No one has ever said they didn't.

 

[Oyeve]

10" Droid? hmmm, potential.....

 

[corkyg]

Looks like Dell has a new tablet with keyboard. BTW, netbooks are not really tablets.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20016383-64.html

 

[MrX8503]

10". Companies need to come up with a tablet with a keyboard that actually looks good if they expect people to replace their laptops with tablets.

I think this is where your problem lies. Companies don't want tablets to replace laptops, they want it to be a new separate market in addition to laptops.

It's like saying there should be a car engine on my bike so I can take my bike instead of my car.

A tablet has its uses for casual use and consumption, laptops are for more serious work. I think if any company that comes out with an "all in one" device tablet, its gonna fail super hard.

We aren't gonna get "all in one" devices unless someone pulls an interface like off of Minority Report/Iron Man. Until something crazy like that happens, we will have separate devices for separate needs.

 

[theeedude]

A lot of people use home laptops only for casual use and content consumption. For them, a tablet can be an "all in one" device. The hardware is powerful enough for that already.