Is it a tablet or a laptop? Differentiation to a hybrid device

Tablet PC, as its name suggests, will not always be a circle or a triangle. At best, the corners are rounded. However, no matter if it is an iOS tablet or an Android tablet, it can't escape the rectangle. However, as a result, it has entered a strange circle - the appearance of a serious homogeneity: Android tablet with a lot of the same model, iPad is difficult to escape the shape of the fate of the cottage.

No difference, he died rather. The difference between the appearance and the system is likely to be a dead end, and the road to differentiation is imperative. The system can be customized, but externally it can only rely on the individual to seek a breakthrough. But how do you break it? Change the shape? Graffiti to the body? The former is still considered. Holding a cake, it doesn't seem to be easy; but the graffiti sounds like a notebook with a variety of patterns, the mobile phone also has different colors of the back. Stickers, but it seems that no manufacturers have tried to add decorative patterns on the back of the tablet body.

Is it a tablet or a laptop? Differentiation to a hybrid device

Then, another approach was adopted - adding an external keyboard. Tablets like laptops and flat-screens are placed there, and they can be distinguished even if they do not have to go near.

In fact, "in order to look for differences in the configuration of the keyboard for the tablet," I just tried to figure it out. The introduction of the keyboard, more of the reason should be to facilitate the user to perform a series of operations such as text input, but this seems to be classified as a manifestation of vendor differentiation. Tablet PC is not only a kind of entertainment facilities, it can also be used for office, but only rely on two hands to touch, whether it is to make PPT, or enter the Excel table, and not on the PC faster. And if you receive a BOSS call while you are in the car, you need to immediately modify a certain file. If you want to take out a 13-14-inch notebook from the shoulder bag, it is undoubtedly difficult. Taiwan flat-panel, and immediately complete the task can be said without any hindrance.

If you have to use 13/14 inch Ultrabooks while driving, it will be slightly inconvenient

No matter how familiar we are with the Jiugong grid input, it will still be a little less speedy than the physical keyboard. Moreover, using office software on the tablet, we are accustomed to the keyboard and mouse on the PC, we may still feel a little inconvenience in the implementation of some operations - for the author's personal, for example, select some of the text, far less than the PC directly You can do it with a drag. If you have a keyboard dock, everything will not be a problem: Connect the tablet to the keyboard base as a screen, and then connect the mouse to the USB port of the keyboard. You see, it becomes a small laptop, not ?

Maybe you said that although Apple has Office Musketeers, although Android has software like polaris office, but I only used MS Office, what should I do? It is not currently supported on mobile devices. It's very good to do: Wait a few months and wait until the Windows 8 Pro tablet comes out. Your wishes can be easily reached.

And as Microsoft prepares an external keyboard for the Surface, "adding a keyboard to the tablet" seems to evolve into a trend. Not only some of the Win8 tablets that have been exposed will provide a keyboard dock, but also some Android tablets to be released, such as the Archos XS 101 and the Sony Xperia S. This move is inspired by the Transformer Pad, or is it prepared to prepare for the Win8 tablet? If it is the former, then this reflex arc is a bit too long. After the Transformer Pad, it has only been seen that there is a flat panel to do so; if it is the latter, it seems that there is a bit of truth, even if the Win8 tablet will have an advantage in the corporate sector, but This does not hinder the ordinary consumers love it - in fact, consumers now have more attention to Windows 8, Surface, and Win8 tablet than Android. Moreover, the competition between Android and Windows 8, and even between iOS, Android, and Windows 8 will be concentrated in the entertainment market for most of the time. Does it mean that the former two have their own shortcomings? What?

If the Transformer Pad of the Android camp was originally equipped with a keyboard dock, it was mainly due to "differentiation" considerations - the traditional tablet would be "deformed", probably only to be "fitted" with the keyboard - then when After the x86-based Surface Pro and other Windows 8 tablets are also equipped with a keyboard, are there any intentions to challenge the notebook (perhaps it seems to be an ultrabook)?

Of course, you would say that these two properties are certainly not a heavyweight. But when you look at some of Surface Pro's configuration may not be so sure: Ivy Bridge architecture Core i5 processor, 64GB/128GB SSD solid state drive. Look for a low-end ultrabook: Sandy Bridge architecture Core i3 processor, 120GB SSD solid state drive. Although the 10.6-inch screen is a lot smaller than the 14-inch screen, the full-HD resolution of 1920x1080 burst 1366x768. The smaller size comes with lighter weight: Even though the Surface 903's weight is quite heavy on the tablet (already the same weight as the 11.6-inch Ultrabook), but with those 13-inch ultra The polebook still occupies the advantage. Is it easier to bring it out than with a mainstream size ultrabook? And, while Microsoft is still mouth-watering about the price of the Surface, considering the price of its competitors (such as the new iPad starting at $499), Surface RT may sell for 400 to 500 US dollars, then Surface Pro may be It costs 200 US dollars more than it is - it is much cheaper than $1200 (the cheapest price for the 11.6-inch ultrabook found by the author is 7,199 yuan, which is about 1,136 dollars at the current exchange rate).

It's hard to say that the Win8 product led by Surface Pro will not impact the low-end ultrabook

One is a 10.6-inch tablet with an external keyboard, weighs 903 grams, and costs $700 to $900 (the author's personal guess). One is an ultrabook that is 11.6 inches, weighs 1.1kg, and costs $1100. One is a 13-inch ultrabook with a weight of 1.7kg and a price of $740. Which one would you choose?

If the difference between traditional tablet computers and notebooks in the past is still an insurmountable gap, the appearance of Windows 8 and Surface undoubtedly turns the sky into a slit. Not only is the system and configuration, but even the appearance and even the price are increasingly confused. If the 13.3-inch YOGA is still closer to the Ultrabook, but the 11.6-inch “Tai Chi” is folded and held in the hand, where is the difference with the 10.6 Surface? Maybe it's just a difference in weight and thickness. Although the product category of "Tai Chi" is classified as "Ultrabook", it is not a bad idea to say that it is a tablet with a non-removable keyboard.

I said "Tai Chi" is a tablet. You say "Tai Chi" is an ultrabook, but this is not important.

Such as Surface's tablet computer, such as the "Tai Chi" ultrabook, the boundary between the tablet and ultrabook seems to have been blurred by such products. Is it ultrabook or tablet? In the near future, the future may not be so clearly distinguished, and it does not need to be so clearly distinguished: because they are products of the mobile internet era, they can all be called "Windows 8/Android notebook-tablet hybrid devices."