Comment Feature Complete? (Score 1) 103
For me, the biggest issue to adopting any kind of cloud-based computing solution is dependent on the ubiquity of high quality applications and (more importantly) fast access to my data. Currently I have severe doubts about both of these here in the UK.
Case in point: 3G coverage. I live in a 3G available O2 area (according to their map of said coverage) and indeed in my car park my phone connects without difficulty. Walk inside and it's a different story altogether. I have Wi-Fi access, but in a huge number of locations this isn't available and I would still like to be able to access my documents IF a mobile computing solution was necessary in my life.
The second point is actually carrying out the tasks I might want to do (on- or offline). Preparing a high quality presentation is not something I would enjoy trying on any netbook - let alone without using a desktop package - when it involves mid-sized video files or animations. More technical requirements like citation management have been mentioned above and certainly also hold true. Things just aren't as convenient in the current web ecosystem, so I'll steer clear for a while yet.
Right now, tablets and netbooks wouldn't serve any purpose for me, and certainly don't offer an 'improvement' so I'm playing a waiting game - these 'first' releases from Kogan, Samsung and Acer don't appear to be sufficiently different enough or useful enough to try out. I can't see that changing in the near future either.
Case in point: 3G coverage. I live in a 3G available O2 area (according to their map of said coverage) and indeed in my car park my phone connects without difficulty. Walk inside and it's a different story altogether. I have Wi-Fi access, but in a huge number of locations this isn't available and I would still like to be able to access my documents IF a mobile computing solution was necessary in my life.
The second point is actually carrying out the tasks I might want to do (on- or offline). Preparing a high quality presentation is not something I would enjoy trying on any netbook - let alone without using a desktop package - when it involves mid-sized video files or animations. More technical requirements like citation management have been mentioned above and certainly also hold true. Things just aren't as convenient in the current web ecosystem, so I'll steer clear for a while yet.
Right now, tablets and netbooks wouldn't serve any purpose for me, and certainly don't offer an 'improvement' so I'm playing a waiting game - these 'first' releases from Kogan, Samsung and Acer don't appear to be sufficiently different enough or useful enough to try out. I can't see that changing in the near future either.
