Comments on: Samsung Origami-class tablet gets a knock in PC Mag http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/samsung-origami-class-tablet-gets-a-knock-in-pc-mag/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Richard http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/samsung-origami-class-tablet-gets-a-knock-in-pc-mag/comment-page-1/#comment-57144 Richard Thu, 04 May 2006 03:16:28 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4785#comment-57144 I don't say this often, but PC Mag is absolutely right - for that kind of money, you can get a pretty good laptop. I like the idea, but based on my experience so far with the Fujitsu Liebook 1510D (which is much like these Origami machines, but with a keyboard attached), the battery life and aggressive brightness of the screen makes it a non-starter for e-books. You don't get much here you won't get from a Pocket PC except a bigger screen and more reader options...but the price premium is a bit much for that. I don’t say this often, but PC Mag is absolutely right – for that kind of money, you can get a pretty good laptop. I like the idea, but based on my experience so far with the Fujitsu Liebook 1510D (which is much like these Origami machines, but with a keyboard attached), the battery life and aggressive brightness of the screen makes it a non-starter for e-books. You don’t get much here you won’t get from a Pocket PC except a bigger screen and more reader options…but the price premium is a bit much for that.

]]> By: Andre http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/samsung-origami-class-tablet-gets-a-knock-in-pc-mag/comment-page-1/#comment-57104 Andre Wed, 03 May 2006 14:55:42 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4785#comment-57104 They lost me at "For $1,099". I had the impression that these devices would cost around $600--already a hard sell. For 11 Benjamins, Origami's should offer nothing short of full color, hi res, holographic E Ink display. Oh well, one less ebook platform to worry about. They lost me at “For $1,099″. I had the impression that these devices would cost around $600–already a hard sell. For 11 Benjamins, Origami’s should offer nothing short of full color, hi res, holographic E Ink display.

Oh well, one less ebook platform to worry about.

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