Comments for Home Blog http://blogs.amd.com/home Looking for the latest laptop or gadget information? Building your own home theater PC? Well you have come to the right place! Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:54:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Why non-iPad Tablets Aren’t Selling Well is Fundamental by Giorgos http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/08/22/why-non-ipad-tablets-arent-selling-well-is-fundamental/comment-page-1/#comment-3150 Giorgos Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:54:55 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=5117#comment-3150 I've been looking to tablets for quite a while.Almost any thing you can do with an mobile phone ,you can also do with a tablet.So ,there is a question for you: why carry ,or even worse ,why consider paying your cash to buy a tablet in 1st place? Operating systems on tablets have ,really serious limitations for a wide sector of consumers.Let me explain : a gamer cannot use a tablet to play on the street, so hard core gaming is out of the question.What would be really on demand in my opinion ,would be a full personal computer [windows or linux] on a tablet form.Freedom to choose ,software and OS issues solved.APU power consumption would allow ,especially if AMD designed an APU that would disable cores ,on demand.Plus on a 10inch tablet ,solar cells could boost efficiency.I'm not aware of any CAPABLE gaming netbook as we speak ,plus netbooks are more heavier and way much thicker when closed.A trully mobile device that can Deliver,would be highly desirable for all the customers out there.Give people desktop performance with DirectX 11 graphics in a 10" pad.And allow them to choose what they wanna use ,Windows or Linux .Plenty of software ready to be used .After this ,your OS related limits ,would be self imposed ,if you choose another "new" toy OS I’ve been looking to tablets for quite a while.Almost any thing you can do with an mobile phone ,you can also do with a tablet.So ,there is a question for you: why carry ,or even worse ,why consider paying your cash to buy a tablet in 1st place? Operating systems on tablets have ,really serious limitations for a wide sector of consumers.Let me explain :
a gamer cannot use a tablet to play on the street, so hard core gaming is out of the question.What would be really on demand in my opinion ,would be a full personal computer [windows or linux] on a tablet form.Freedom to choose ,software and OS issues solved.APU power consumption would allow ,especially if AMD designed an APU that would disable cores ,on demand.Plus on a 10inch tablet ,solar cells could boost efficiency.I’m not aware of any CAPABLE gaming netbook as we speak ,plus netbooks are more heavier and way much thicker when closed.A trully mobile device that can Deliver,would be highly desirable for all the customers out there.Give people desktop performance with DirectX 11 graphics in a 10″ pad.And allow them to choose what they wanna use ,Windows or Linux .Plenty of software ready to be used .After this ,your OS related limits ,would be self imposed ,if you choose another “new” toy OS

]]> Comment on Acer Iconia W500: Top Things I Really Like About My First Windows 7 Tablet by robert lichota http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/06/01/acer-iconia-w500-top-things-i-really-like-about-my-first-windows-7-tablet/comment-page-1/#comment-3147 robert lichota Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:06:32 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4918#comment-3147 The more I read about it, the more I want to have it. After all, I would have killed for it when first Ipad was out... The more I read about it, the more I want to have it. After all, I would have killed for it when first Ipad was out…

]]> Comment on 10 Days With the HP TouchPad Tablet by rkl http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/07/13/10-days-with-the-hp-touchpad-tablet/comment-page-1/#comment-3145 rkl Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:11:21 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4953#comment-3145 Not sure how you "easily" connected your TouchPad to your corporate IT network - I got my TouchPad delivered to work and it not only failed to reveal its MAC address (we lock down wi-fi via MAC addresses) in the first-time setup, but also had no place to put a proxy server in (and still doesn't even after it was set up - we ending having to NAT it to the outside world, which is ludicrous). A quick plug for my TouchPad Blog at http://rklpad.blogspot.com/ - I have Pad Goodness and Pad Badness pages that cover a different set of pros and cons... Not sure how you “easily” connected your TouchPad to your corporate IT network – I got my TouchPad delivered to work and it not only failed to reveal its MAC address (we lock down wi-fi via MAC addresses) in the first-time setup, but also had no place to put a proxy server in (and still doesn’t even after it was set up – we ending having to NAT it to the outside world, which is ludicrous).

A quick plug for my TouchPad Blog at http://rklpad.blogspot.com/ – I have Pad Goodness and Pad Badness pages that cover a different set of pros and cons…

]]> Comment on Acer Iconia W500: Top Things I Really Like About My First Windows 7 Tablet by hooher tod http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/06/01/acer-iconia-w500-top-things-i-really-like-about-my-first-windows-7-tablet/comment-page-1/#comment-3144 hooher tod Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:47:46 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4918#comment-3144 Yes there should realize the reader to RSS my feed to RSS commentary, quite simply Yes there should realize the reader to RSS my feed to RSS commentary, quite simply

]]> Comment on Mac OS X Lion and the Future of Computing by Darren Shepperd http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/07/26/mac-os-x-lion-and-the-future-of-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-3142 Darren Shepperd Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:22:24 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=5026#comment-3142 You may claim people are becoming more used to virtual keyboards but the facts do not back that up. The only ones who are becoming conditioned are the ipad/iphone buyers many many others are certainly not becoming conditioned and this is backed up by the popularity of devices that have real keypads/ keyboards such as blackberries and Nokia 9000 phones. No matter what i cant ever see virtual keyboards being able to match the speed, feed back and simplicity of real keys. As for peer to peer perhaps you should check out what firefox has been able to do for years now. good day You may claim people are becoming more used to virtual keyboards but the facts do not back that up. The only ones who are becoming conditioned are the ipad/iphone buyers many many others are certainly not becoming conditioned and this is backed up by the popularity of devices that have real keypads/ keyboards such as blackberries and Nokia 9000 phones.
No matter what i cant ever see virtual keyboards being able to match the speed, feed back and simplicity of real keys.
As for peer to peer perhaps you should check out what firefox has been able to do for years now.
good day

]]> Comment on Android is Finally Ready for the Tablet Market by Jay M http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/08/14/android-is-finally-ready-for-the-tablet-market/comment-page-1/#comment-3141 Jay M Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:11:52 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=5091#comment-3141 Pat Android 3 will hopefully change the tablet market. read our review of Motorola Xoom with Android 3 here: http://www.bestlaptop.org/the-motorola-xoom-android-3-tablet-review/ Pat Android 3 will hopefully change the tablet market. read our review of Motorola Xoom with Android 3 here: http://www.bestlaptop.org/the-motorola-xoom-android-3-tablet-review/

]]> Comment on Why non-iPad Tablets Aren’t Selling Well is Fundamental by jjj http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/08/22/why-non-ipad-tablets-arent-selling-well-is-fundamental/comment-page-1/#comment-3136 jjj Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:21:30 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=5117#comment-3136 It's not at all true that non-iPad tablets are not selling well. If you look at the facts, Android tablets are doing quite well.Yes Android was late and most hardware partners extremely slow to release their tablets.The OS was not perfect and there was/is little software,pricing was off and so on.Taking all that into account Android is about one quarter behind where we all expected it to be but that didn't stopped it from taking 20-30% share (depending on what source one trusts).If you exclude the US from the total,the only place where the Apple marketing actually has a huge impact,Android's numbers are a lot more impressive. It's odd how everybody looks at how many tablets one company sells and jumps to the conclusion that Android is not selling. HP most likely just decided to change strategy after the CEO change.Rumors are the tablet was selling pretty well and after all they did gave up before event starting. Can't end this comment without addressing a couple of misconceptions. Tablets are not "media tablets".The industry is demented if it thinks tablets will gain mass adoption,and last, as media tablets.Tablets are computing devices, tablets are PCs , just like desktops, notebooks and smartphones. And yes there is an acute need for productivity apps on phones and tablets. As for "web apps virtually eliminating the app barrier, and everyone will have the right paid content" that's not even close outside of the developed world.3G/4G data subs are ridiculously expensive and/or with very tight traffic limit to the point that 3G/4G doesn't even matter much and WIFI is everywhere,but just in some parts of the world.Payed content works for the ones that can and want to pay for it and their numbers must not be overestimated. Why folks have such a hard time understanding tablets is beyond me, everybody had at least 15 years to figure out what a tablet should be. It’s not at all true that non-iPad tablets are not selling well.
If you look at the facts, Android tablets are doing quite well.Yes Android was late and most hardware partners extremely slow to release their tablets.The OS was not perfect and there was/is little software,pricing was off and so on.Taking all that into account Android is about one quarter behind where we all expected it to be but that didn’t stopped it from taking 20-30% share (depending on what source one trusts).If you exclude the US from the total,the only place where the Apple marketing actually has a huge impact,Android’s numbers are a lot more impressive.
It’s odd how everybody looks at how many tablets one company sells and jumps to the conclusion that Android is not selling.
HP most likely just decided to change strategy after the CEO change.Rumors are the tablet was selling pretty well and after all they did gave up before event starting.
Can’t end this comment without addressing a couple of misconceptions.
Tablets are not “media tablets”.The industry is demented if it thinks tablets will gain mass adoption,and last, as media tablets.Tablets are computing devices, tablets are PCs , just like desktops, notebooks and smartphones. And yes there is an acute need for productivity apps on phones and tablets.
As for “web apps virtually eliminating the app barrier, and everyone will have the right paid content” that’s not even close outside of the developed world.3G/4G data subs are ridiculously expensive and/or with very tight traffic limit to the point that 3G/4G doesn’t even matter much and WIFI is everywhere,but just in some parts of the world.Payed content works for the ones that can and want to pay for it and their numbers must not be overestimated.
Why folks have such a hard time understanding tablets is beyond me, everybody had at least 15 years to figure out what a tablet should be.

]]> Comment on Android is Finally Ready for the Tablet Market by Android is Finally Ready for the Tablet Market http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/08/14/android-is-finally-ready-for-the-tablet-market/comment-page-1/#comment-3132 Android is Finally Ready for the Tablet Market Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:30:33 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=5091#comment-3132 [...] More @ New Source:  AMD [...] [...] More @ New Source:  AMD [...]

]]> Comment on Why Convertible PCs Are About To Become Very Popular by Simon J Stuart http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/07/15/why-convertible-pcs-are-about-to-become-very-popular/comment-page-1/#comment-3128 Simon J Stuart Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:42:44 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4972#comment-3128 I currently own an ASUS R1F (HEAVILY modified). It's a Tablet/Laptop "convertible" by way of rotating the display 180 degrees. Excluding the fact that the original hardware provided by ASUS was truly dreadful, after I upgraded the CPU, RAM and HDD myself it became a very important part of my business (and pleasure to some extent) Yes, it's bulky! Yes, it's heavy! Yes, it's EXPENSIVE! Sure, but it services two requirements in a single device... and switches quickly (and efficiently) between the two. It has the computing power of any moderate laptop (with a Dual-Core 3.6GHz CPU and 4GB of DDR2 667 RAM), but the input advantages of tablet (especially good when I'm drawing diagrams for my staff or clients in meetings) If the thickness (and, more importantly, the weight) of transformable slate/tablets can be reduced, along with the general performance as "stock"... I absolutely would agree that convertible devices would become FAR more prevalent. I currently own an ASUS R1F (HEAVILY modified). It’s a Tablet/Laptop “convertible” by way of rotating the display 180 degrees.

Excluding the fact that the original hardware provided by ASUS was truly dreadful, after I upgraded the CPU, RAM and HDD myself it became a very important part of my business (and pleasure to some extent)

Yes, it’s bulky!
Yes, it’s heavy!
Yes, it’s EXPENSIVE!

Sure, but it services two requirements in a single device… and switches quickly (and efficiently) between the two. It has the computing power of any moderate laptop (with a Dual-Core 3.6GHz CPU and 4GB of DDR2 667 RAM), but the input advantages of tablet (especially good when I’m drawing diagrams for my staff or clients in meetings)

If the thickness (and, more importantly, the weight) of transformable slate/tablets can be reduced, along with the general performance as “stock”… I absolutely would agree that convertible devices would become FAR more prevalent.

]]> Comment on Why Convertible PCs Are About To Become Very Popular by סיכום שונות לחודש יולי | הבלוג של רומ"ח http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/07/15/why-convertible-pcs-are-about-to-become-very-popular/comment-page-1/#comment-3121 סיכום שונות לחודש יולי | הבלוג של רומ"ח Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:16:09 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4972#comment-3121 [...] בבלוג של AMD מתפרסת כתבה לפיה הפופולריות של מחשבים רב שימושיים (מחשבי מגע שברגע שמחברים להם מקלדת הופכים למחשב נייד) תגדל. [...] [...] בבלוג של AMD מתפרסת כתבה לפיה הפופולריות של מחשבים רב שימושיים (מחשבי מגע שברגע שמחברים להם מקלדת הופכים למחשב נייד) תגדל. [...]

]]> Comment on Acer Iconia W500: Top Things I Really Like About My First Windows 7 Tablet by Exmortis http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/06/01/acer-iconia-w500-top-things-i-really-like-about-my-first-windows-7-tablet/comment-page-1/#comment-3114 Exmortis Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:11:47 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4918#comment-3114 Good review, But you see I already knew all of this...I own, and have since relase, a ICONIA W500. There are lots of good devices in this space, but none run anything of use, I need office 2010, I need acrobat, I want a ton of other windows apps.....That leaves everything else in the dust. I also wanted a dock, I have a 4 port KVMA switch, where my deskop and my two laptops are connected to my work space. The ICONIA dock is simple yet effective. It has USB and ethernet, perfect! with the HDMI used on the pad I now have all 4 of my systems usable on one Keyboard and mouse. They all have access to my printers/NAS over wired connection and wireless when needed. The AMD APU is surprisingly good for such a platform. Only real beef is, MS Office is not really touch screen freindly, but when heavy typing on the road is required in a light weight small form factor, the ICONIA dock can be packed up and brought along. Brilliant. So far I have had every other tablet user have to take notice, all the FUD about windows 7 tablets not being fast enough has been shot down, in fact, I have several converts looking seriously at replacing their non windows tablet with an ICONIA. Acer has shown to all that Windows 7 can be a very useful tool on a tablet. Windows 8 could turn a solid double, into a grand slam. My first Acer product, and I am very happy with it. A real winner in my books and use it weekly, and never travel with out it, even if I bring one my other two laptops, its that useful. Though not for everyone's needs, it should not be passed by with out a look. Good review,

But you see I already knew all of this…I own, and have since relase, a ICONIA W500.

There are lots of good devices in this space, but none run anything of use, I need office 2010, I need acrobat, I want a ton of other windows apps…..That leaves everything else in the dust.

I also wanted a dock, I have a 4 port KVMA switch, where my deskop and my two laptops are connected to my work space. The ICONIA dock is simple yet effective. It has USB and ethernet, perfect! with the HDMI used on the pad I now have all 4 of my systems usable on one Keyboard and mouse. They all have access to my printers/NAS over wired connection and wireless when needed.

The AMD APU is surprisingly good for such a platform. Only real beef is, MS Office is not really touch screen freindly, but when heavy typing on the road is required in a light weight small form factor, the ICONIA dock can be packed up and brought along. Brilliant.

So far I have had every other tablet user have to take notice, all the FUD about windows 7 tablets not being fast enough has been shot down, in fact, I have several converts looking seriously at replacing their non windows tablet with an ICONIA.

Acer has shown to all that Windows 7 can be a very useful tool on a tablet. Windows 8 could turn a solid double, into a grand slam. My first Acer product, and I am very happy with it.

A real winner in my books and use it weekly, and never travel with out it, even if I bring one my other two laptops, its that useful.

Though not for everyone’s needs, it should not be passed by with out a look.

]]> Comment on BlackBerry PlayBook as Modular Desktop Workspace by Mac OS X Lion and the Future of Computing | Home Blog http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/05/09/blackberry-playbook-as-modular-desktop-workspace/comment-page-1/#comment-3113 Mac OS X Lion and the Future of Computing | Home Blog Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:39:30 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4850#comment-3113 [...] modularity with a few previous blogs covering the Motorola Atrix Lapdock and Multimedia Dock, the BlackBerry PlayBook and even the Motorola [...] [...] modularity with a few previous blogs covering the Motorola Atrix Lapdock and Multimedia Dock, the BlackBerry PlayBook and even the Motorola [...]

]]> Comment on BlackBerry PlayBook as Modular Desktop Workspace by Mac OS X Lion and the Future of Computing | TechPinions http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/05/09/blackberry-playbook-as-modular-desktop-workspace/comment-page-1/#comment-3112 Mac OS X Lion and the Future of Computing | TechPinions Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:54:34 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4850#comment-3112 [...] modularity with a few previous blogs covering the Motorola Atrix Lapdock and Multimedia Dock, the BlackBerry PlayBook and even the Motorola [...] [...] modularity with a few previous blogs covering the Motorola Atrix Lapdock and Multimedia Dock, the BlackBerry PlayBook and even the Motorola [...]

]]> Comment on 45 Days with the Motorola Atrix Lapdock by Chuck Angel http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/04/14/45-days-with-the-motorola-atrix-lapdock/comment-page-1/#comment-3090 Chuck Angel Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:10:23 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4666#comment-3090 Excellent article. I just received the lapdock for my Atrix this past week and I agree with pretty much everything you say here. I think the suggestion that the Atrix be inserted as a touchpad is a brilliant idea. I have previously had two netbooks - a Lenovo Ideapad and an HP 210. I switched to the HP because it had a full-sized right shift key and reduced-size up/down arrow keys...here I am back with the same issues that drove me away from the Lenovo Ideapad - I keep hitting the up arrow key when I want to hit the shift key...Motorola should have known better. I really like the idea of having a single data/app storage and not having to deal with sync issues between two devices, but, honestly, I would have welcomed the option to slide the Atrix into the back of a tablet more than into the back of a netbook. I also would have preferred the ability to set the resolution on the lapdock to my own liking - in Firefox, I find the menus and the scrollbars far too small/narrow. I also hate the tiny mouse arrow - the person who that that a mouse arrow could be 1/10th the size of a normal laptop's mouse arrow would be acceptable should be fired!...but I guess you need a tiny mouse arrow when you have tiny scroll bars. Excellent article. I just received the lapdock for my Atrix this past week and I agree with pretty much everything you say here. I think the suggestion that the Atrix be inserted as a touchpad is a brilliant idea. I have previously had two netbooks – a Lenovo Ideapad and an HP 210. I switched to the HP because it had a full-sized right shift key and reduced-size up/down arrow keys…here I am back with the same issues that drove me away from the Lenovo Ideapad – I keep hitting the up arrow key when I want to hit the shift key…Motorola should have known better. I really like the idea of having a single data/app storage and not having to deal with sync issues between two devices, but, honestly, I would have welcomed the option to slide the Atrix into the back of a tablet more than into the back of a netbook. I also would have preferred the ability to set the resolution on the lapdock to my own liking – in Firefox, I find the menus and the scrollbars far too small/narrow. I also hate the tiny mouse arrow – the person who that that a mouse arrow could be 1/10th the size of a normal laptop’s mouse arrow would be acceptable should be fired!…but I guess you need a tiny mouse arrow when you have tiny scroll bars.

]]> Comment on Why Convertible PCs Are About To Become Very Popular by Alexander Napoli http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/07/15/why-convertible-pcs-are-about-to-become-very-popular/comment-page-1/#comment-3087 Alexander Napoli Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:14:58 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4972#comment-3087 Great post and I think you are absolutely correct. I love the idea of the OS changing based on whether it is in clamshell or tablet mode. Great post and I think you are absolutely correct. I love the idea of the OS changing based on whether it is in clamshell or tablet mode.

]]> Comment on Why Convertible PCs Are About To Become Very Popular by jjj http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/07/15/why-convertible-pcs-are-about-to-become-very-popular/comment-page-1/#comment-3086 jjj Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:49:31 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4972#comment-3086 I'll keep it short. -in tablet mode any extra bulk matters (a lot). -in notebook mode the computational power won't be enough for too many and in some cases the OS and software ecosystem won't be able to provide the needed functionality by 2013. Luckly there are other,more elegant solutions,that might work and ofc this doesn't mean there won't be a market for convertibles,just that it can't be all that big. I’ll keep it short.
-in tablet mode any extra bulk matters (a lot).
-in notebook mode the computational power won’t be enough for too many and in some cases the OS and software ecosystem won’t be able to provide the needed functionality by 2013.

Luckly there are other,more elegant solutions,that might work and ofc this doesn’t mean there won’t be a market for convertibles,just that it can’t be all that big.

]]> Comment on 10 Days With the HP TouchPad Tablet by danielle http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/07/13/10-days-with-the-hp-touchpad-tablet/comment-page-1/#comment-3085 danielle Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:20:09 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4953#comment-3085 Pat: Here are some other superior HP Touchpad features over the iPad2. - Touchpad has double the RAM (1GB vs. 512MB) - Touchpad has great sound with stereo Beats Audio speakers (iPad2 has mono speaker) - Touchpad can view the entire web with built-in Flash video/audio support (iPad2 can't display Flash which is still all over the web) - Touchpad front camera has 4 times the resolution (1.3 megapixels HD camera vs. iPad2 0.3 megapixel VGA camera) - Touchpad has native Facebook tablet app (iPad2 can use Facebook website or 3rd party Facebook apps) - Touchpad comes with free 50GB Box.net cloud data storage for life (iPad2 has 5GB iCloud free storage) - Touchpad has both Wi-Fi 1.2GHz and 4G 1.5GHz models (iPad2 has Wi-Fi and obsolete 3G models both with slower 1.0 GHz processors) - etc. Regarding Skype, I can use it for video/audio calls no problem. Have you tried doing a reset by holding both the Touchpad power and center buttons down for 15 seconds until you see the HP logo? That solved my initial Skype configuration issues. The free HP Touchpad Butler service for 90 days can also help with other setup issues. Pat: Here are some other superior HP Touchpad features over the iPad2.

- Touchpad has double the RAM (1GB vs. 512MB)
- Touchpad has great sound with stereo Beats Audio speakers (iPad2 has mono speaker)
- Touchpad can view the entire web with built-in Flash video/audio support (iPad2 can’t display Flash which is still all over the web)
- Touchpad front camera has 4 times the resolution (1.3 megapixels HD camera vs. iPad2 0.3 megapixel VGA camera)
- Touchpad has native Facebook tablet app (iPad2 can use Facebook website or 3rd party Facebook apps)
- Touchpad comes with free 50GB Box.net cloud data storage for life (iPad2 has 5GB iCloud free storage)
- Touchpad has both Wi-Fi 1.2GHz and 4G 1.5GHz models (iPad2 has Wi-Fi and obsolete 3G models both with slower 1.0 GHz processors)
- etc.

Regarding Skype, I can use it for video/audio calls no problem. Have you tried doing a reset by holding both the Touchpad power and center buttons down for 15 seconds until you see the HP logo? That solved my initial Skype configuration issues. The free HP Touchpad Butler service for 90 days can also help with other setup issues.

]]> Comment on 10 Days With the HP TouchPad Tablet by DigitalFreedom http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/07/13/10-days-with-the-hp-touchpad-tablet/comment-page-1/#comment-3084 DigitalFreedom Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:57:12 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4953#comment-3084 I had a chance to try this tablet for a few days and I also liked it a lot. But in the end I decided to buy WeTab, which also uses Linux-based OS (MeeGo), but since MeeGo is completely open and more like a true Linux distribution this means there are instantly thousands of apps available for it. Most of them also free and open source, which is awesome. I think HP should juts make the next step and make webOS also open and also more like a normal Linux distribution. What would be even better would be if MeeGo and webOS developers joined their forces and the best of webOS and MeeGo world in one awesome mobile OS. This could easily beat Android and anythin else. I had a chance to try this tablet for a few days and I also liked it a lot. But in the end I decided to buy WeTab, which also uses Linux-based OS (MeeGo), but since MeeGo is completely open and more like a true Linux distribution this means there are instantly thousands of apps available for it. Most of them also free and open source, which is awesome. I think HP should juts make the next step and make webOS also open and also more like a normal Linux distribution. What would be even better would be if MeeGo and webOS developers joined their forces and the best of webOS and MeeGo world in one awesome mobile OS. This could easily beat Android and anythin else.

]]> Comment on BlackBerry PlayBook as Modular Desktop Workspace by 10 Days With the HP TouchPad Tablet | Home Blog http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/05/09/blackberry-playbook-as-modular-desktop-workspace/comment-page-1/#comment-3083 10 Days With the HP TouchPad Tablet | Home Blog Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:12:45 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4850#comment-3083 [...] to love about the HP TouchPad and it offers many things that make it stand out amongst the iPad, BlackBerry PlayBook, and Android tablets. Unfortunately, one of those attributes is a low number of applications and [...] [...] to love about the HP TouchPad and it offers many things that make it stand out amongst the iPad, BlackBerry PlayBook, and Android tablets. Unfortunately, one of those attributes is a low number of applications and [...]

]]> Comment on BlackBerry PlayBook: The First 48 Hours by 10 Days With the HP TouchPad Tablet | TechPinions http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/04/22/blackberry-playbook-review-the-first-48-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-3082 10 Days With the HP TouchPad Tablet | TechPinions Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:30:32 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4763#comment-3082 [...] · Real Multitasking: This has been an advantage with Palm products since the inception of the Pre with “cards”. When I mean real multitasking, I mean a way to see what is actually running simultaneously and the ability to quickly switch and/or kill apps and functions. The only thing even close is the BlackBerry PlayBook. [...] [...] · Real Multitasking: This has been an advantage with Palm products since the inception of the Pre with “cards”. When I mean real multitasking, I mean a way to see what is actually running simultaneously and the ability to quickly switch and/or kill apps and functions. The only thing even close is the BlackBerry PlayBook. [...]

]]> Comment on BlackBerry PlayBook as Modular Desktop Workspace by 10 Days With the HP TouchPad Tablet | TechPinions http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/05/09/blackberry-playbook-as-modular-desktop-workspace/comment-page-1/#comment-3081 10 Days With the HP TouchPad Tablet | TechPinions Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:07:19 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4850#comment-3081 [...] to love about the HP TouchPad and it offers many things that make it stand out amongst the iPad, BlackBerry PlayBook, and Android tablets. Unfortunately, one of those attributes is a low number of applications and [...] [...] to love about the HP TouchPad and it offers many things that make it stand out amongst the iPad, BlackBerry PlayBook, and Android tablets. Unfortunately, one of those attributes is a low number of applications and [...]

]]> Comment on 45 Days with the Motorola Atrix HD Multimedia Dock by Paul http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/04/16/45-days-with-the-motorola-atrix-hd-multimedia-dock/comment-page-1/#comment-3080 Paul Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:57:11 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4707#comment-3080 When the atrix is in its dock, can it be used as a simple hands free phone device on your desk, ie, make calls, answer calls without removing it from the dock. (speaker phone) Also, when you are connected to a moniture or screen using the many functions available, will the atrix still receive incoming calls and as a desk top speaker phone. After all, it is still a phone. Thanks When the atrix is in its dock, can it be used as a simple hands free phone device on your desk, ie, make calls, answer calls without removing it from the dock. (speaker phone) Also, when you are connected to a moniture or screen using the many functions available, will the atrix still receive incoming calls and as a desk top speaker phone. After all, it is still a phone. Thanks

]]> Comment on 45 Days with the Motorola Atrix HD Multimedia Dock by Dr.Pratik http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/04/16/45-days-with-the-motorola-atrix-hd-multimedia-dock/comment-page-1/#comment-3079 Dr.Pratik Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:47:38 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4707#comment-3079 I forgot to mention,I can play 720p stuff in MKV format pretty well on Vplayer which is available in market and it has played all stuff I put on phone without any kind of encoding for phone specific.I tried to play high rate 1080p stuff from samsung samsples,it does play but slows down,kind of stuttering,unable to forward and all. When are we gonna see APU supported Android. that my dream phone. An android with AMD APU. I forgot to mention,I can play 720p stuff in MKV format pretty well on Vplayer which is available in market and it has played all stuff I put on phone without any kind of encoding for phone specific.I tried to play high rate 1080p stuff from samsung samsples,it does play but slows down,kind of stuttering,unable to forward and all.

When are we gonna see APU supported Android.
that my dream phone.
An android with AMD APU.

]]> Comment on 45 Days with the Motorola Atrix HD Multimedia Dock by Dr.Pratik http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/04/16/45-days-with-the-motorola-atrix-hd-multimedia-dock/comment-page-1/#comment-3078 Dr.Pratik Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:42:51 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4707#comment-3078 Hi, I am using atrix,what i have figured out so far is - Atrix is not living up to its true potential due to locked boot loader an stiffled firmware updating thanks to Motorola and more AT&T. Let a developer community get fully unlocked boot loader and see the true potential of hardware. I see that XDA guys got it unlocked but its in infancy.once it matures then we will have full potential unlocked out of wonderful hardware of Atrix. Your review is nice and keep it coming. You can run full ubuntu in it in webtop mode. have a look on xda forums. Hi,
I am using atrix,what i have figured out so far is -
Atrix is not living up to its true potential due to locked boot loader an stiffled firmware updating thanks to Motorola and more AT&T.
Let a developer community get fully unlocked boot loader and see the true potential of hardware.
I see that XDA guys got it unlocked but its in infancy.once it matures then we will have full potential unlocked out of wonderful hardware of Atrix.

Your review is nice and keep it coming.
You can run full ubuntu in it in webtop mode.
have a look on xda forums.

]]> Comment on The Amazing Android Market by Bryce Smayda http://blogs.amd.com/home/2011/04/21/the-amazing-android-market/comment-page-1/#comment-3076 Bryce Smayda Sat, 02 Jul 2011 06:08:40 +0000 http://blogs.amd.com/home/?p=4736#comment-3076 I dont know about you fellows but for me the layout of a blog is quite crucial, practically as a lot because the article itself. Furthermore I am a actual mug for online video clips.!!!. or, as a matter of truth, ANY media subject material in any way. I dont know about you fellows but for me the layout of a blog is quite crucial, practically as a lot because the article itself. Furthermore I am a actual mug for online video clips.!!!. or, as a matter of truth, ANY media subject material in any way.

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