Following up here with the flip side of yesterday's post about the advantages of tablet computing, through the eyes of someone who uses a HP TouchPad...
Are there disadvantages to Tablet Computing? Well, disadvantages might be a strong a word -- downsides might be more apt -- but it would be a lie to say that everything was peaches and cream when working with a tablet.
Glare and Reflection -- For my money at this point, I don't care what angle you are able to place your tablet at, unless you have a totally black ceiling overhead and a black wall behind you, it is virtually impossible to avoid dealing with large amount of glare and reflection. (One qualification on this. I haven't used an anti-glare screen protector on my TouchPad yet. One is on the way from Amazon, so more on this at a later date.)
No Mouse (Sometimes ya just need a mouse) -- With the current configuration of the TP, trying to do copy and paste operations are a big-time exercise in futility. Perhaps a restatement of this disadvantage would be to say that copy and paste on the TP need major re-work.
Lightweight Web Browser -- Many web pages that I access do not render well on the TP's built-in app called "Web". Additionally, if you are heavily tied to Microsoft's cloud storage offerings, you're presently out of luck if you want to access and use them on the TP.
Document Editing -- Connecting back a bit to my comment about the browser/browsing disadvantage, you can't edit Microsoft documents and spreadsheets whether on the web or loaded manually to the present TP. You might say, "Well, what about Google Docs?". I say, "No Go". For me, working with Google Docs is an exercise in futility that rivals trying to do copy/paste operations on the TP.
Do you see a bit of a pattern emerging here?
Three of the four tablet computing disadvantages mentioned are about what either the TP can't do, or does badly. TouchPads should have left the factory without these flaws, or at worst, should have been promptly updated to eliminate them.
Gee, thanks, Messrs. Ruby, DeWitt and Bradley. God, awfully good work! (Or is it... "Good God, awful work!"?)
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