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    <title><![CDATA[Discussion on Microsoft may still win the tablet war ]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[I am not sure where you're getting your information from.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Actually I manage quite nicely. Let me look at what I have installed. I have an Office productivity suite that I can use to edit and view Excel, Powerpoint and Word documents. An email client that connects to Exchange Server with Outlook Mail, Calendar and Contacts.  I have a Gmail client that allows me to read email while off line as well as Evernote, Firefox, Google Chrome, FTP and SSH/telnet clients, PDF/eBook reader and Word to PDF converter, Google drive/Dropbox, Skype, graphics editor, a code/HTML editor, etc. etc. So I have all the productivity applications  that anyone would need to be productive in a business environment. Hell, I even installed a web server. The only thing I have not been able to find is a high end graphics editor like Photoshop and the code editor is a bit lacking but works well enough. When I hook up a mouse and keyboard I can get pretty freakin close to being as productive as I would be on a regular desktop. If need be I can always RDP onto my desktop (VPN is built in) and work from my desktop. And yeah, I do have multimedia apps, Emagazines and some games installed. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.  Besides the display is something like 320 DPI and high definition videos look absolutely gorgeous.To clarify, this is a high end tablet with a  9 in screen. It has a data connection so it can be used as a phone. So it is a smart phone just with a really big screen ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thundergunt]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:48:06 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Maybe not you, JJ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[... but many others have and continue to do so even today.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vulpinemac]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:30:45 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I never claimed that MY solution is best for all]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What I said was, &quot;I agree that you shouldn't NEED a stylus to make some things work on a tablet but I NEED a stylus for my line of work.&quot; I understand that many people have different computing needs.FYI:The broad spongy (plastic?) tip on the end of a capacitive stylus is not there to prevent scratches. It is there because a capacitive screen requires a larger surface area of contact to work properly. I know because I have experimented with capacitive styli by trimming them down. You cannot get them to work reliably when they are trimmed down to a pen-sized tip. If they could design them more like pens, companies would manufacture them.By the way, I have never seen any capacitive styli with a clear end. Could you send me a link? Thanks.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JJFitz]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:48:43 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[BTW,]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[we will see how well the Microsoft tablet sales stack up compared to the i-Pads and Androids. Microsoft has a monopoly on the desktop for various reasons (not all good). Microsoft won't be able to throw its weight around in the tablet market with licensing agreements and other OS lock-ins. They can tout 40 or 60 million in sales of Windows 8, but a lot of that is due to new desktops and laptops being marketed (not all have been actually sold).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobc4012@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:05:06 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well stated!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Of course, this is a technical board and a few have a clue as to what goes on in the overall real world - not just their on little cubicle.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:56:10 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gee I didn't realize]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[that Windows now supports AS400 architecture (or S/W designed to run on the ASS/400). Did Microsoft pull another fast one on IBM?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobc4012@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:51:14 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You are confusing]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[fixes for the various apps that run rather than the fixes for the kernel, which are few. The patches for Windows are mostly for the OS. Yes, there are also patches for IE and MS Office, but they don't count as [art of the OS. Also note, when Firefox or Google Chrome makes a patch for their Linux support,. that same patch typically needs to be applied to the Windows version. With Linux support, that patch is made available with the Software Update function in distros like Ubuntu, Mint, etc. With Windows you need to take care of those patches yourself. The Linux kernel is hundreds of time moer secure than the Windows kernel. So don't throw FUD about Linux patches vs Windows patches.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobc4012@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:48:28 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[dwfields@dwfields.com]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Granted, they use a broad clear plastic tip to help prevent scratches on the glass, but they have that 1mm or less diameter tip.That said, I've also clearly stated that while no one device is best for all, there are enough choices now that each person can find what's best for them. What I dislike are people who try to claim one device is best for all or those who try to claim some device is useless for all. Just because one brand or device is disliked by one doesn't mean everyone would or should dislike it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vulpinemac]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:34:18 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not all styli are created equal]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I agree that you shouldn't NEED a stylus to make some things work on a tablet but I NEED a stylus for my line of work. I work for a biotech company where I interact with research scientists, clinicians, administrators, process engineers, and IT professionals. Since I have over 30 years of experience in research, engineering, and IT, I attend a lot of meetings where I need to take handwritten notes and draw lots of network infrastructure diagrams, org charts, rough graphs, equations, etc. I use a fine stylus in MS OneNote. A virtual keyboard would not cut it for me. It is slower than handwriting for me. I use a lot of symbols when I take notes that the keyboard either does not have or has buried under several layers.While a capacitive stylus is passable for casual notes and drawings, comparing it to a resistive (think Wacom) pen, is like using a fat felt-tip marker when you need a mechanical pencil. The biggest problem with a capacitive stylus is that you can not see precisely where you are writing. A resistive stylus has a thin tip on the end making it vastly more useful for drawing as well as selecting small icons, tabs, radio buttons, drop down arrows, and text. (especially with legacy programs)It is much better than a capacitive stylus and vastly better than a finger.The nice thing is the different input methods are not mutually exclusive.I use my finger to swipe the screen and my stylus for finer motor movements.I do the same on my Windows 8 convertible tablet, my 7&quot; n-trig stylus supported android tablet, and my s Pen supported Galaxy Note II.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JJFitz]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:49:11 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Give it time for the software to catch up]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Droid has only been in production for 4-5 years, BTW mobile devices are the future of computing. http://www.businessinsider.com/mary-meekers-latest-incredibly-insightful-presentation-about-the-state-of-the-web-2012-5?op=1 In 10 year mobile devices will dominate the market.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Duke E Love]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 06:11:40 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[surely you jest]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[the Linux OS is much more secure than the Windows OS. You don't see regular &quot;security patches&quot; every week for Linux like you do for Windows. The Linux kernel was built on a sound base. The Windows kernel was built on a GIGO base.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobc4012@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:25:39 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ah, I can see it now]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-400792-3740687]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[you are on the Windows phone talking to an important customer when right in mid-sentence, you are cut off as &quot;patch Tuesday&quot; commences and takes a half-hour to install all those security patches (due to an insecure OS).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobc4012@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:22:56 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not if]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-400792-3740690]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Google comes out with an &quot;android&quot; desktop. After all, it would be difficult since Android is Linux based.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobc4012@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:14:53 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[it isn't a fully functional computer as it doesn't run the software]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[to perform any of the productivity functions a computer does; but does have enough functionality to be a nice consumer media toy.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Deadly Ernest]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:28:31 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ayep, but their total number is about 1% of those by MS for Windows -nt]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[nt]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Deadly Ernest]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:26:12 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Same thing with Linux]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&gt;&gt; I'd estimate 80 - 90% of the patches are security fixes -About the same for my Linux server.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Duke E Love]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:48:18 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[And compass]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It has a compass that pin points your location and direction you are facing on google maps. THAT is worth the price alone.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Duke E Love]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:23:15 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Case in point]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Rapier wit.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Duke E Love]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:16:48 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Smart phone is a misnomer]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A smart phone and/or tablet is not so much a phone as much as it is a fully functional Pocket Computer/Web browser/Email client/ Personal information manager (PIM), beeper, 4G Wireless Router, Game boy, MP3 player, flashlight, digital camera, HD Camcorder, Video conferencing machine, on demand TV and Video player, FM Radio, GPS, Tape recorder/Dictation machine, Calculator, Alarm clock, Stop watch, Electronic Book /Magazine/Comic book/ News paper reader, a tool that can take a picture of a wine,beer, food or product label,  bar code etc and searches the internet for it (Goggle Goggles) that just happens to be able to (some times) make phone calls.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Duke E Love]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:15:46 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fairly Inexpensive?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You must have forgot the $200 - $300 OS upgrades of a few years back.   Apple software upgrades have almost always been significantly less expensive than Microsoft's and Linux is free.  It's competition that brought Microsoft's pricing down.  Nothing about Microsoft is inexpensive, unless you want to compare them to Oracle.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mr@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:47:08 -0800</pubDate>
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