Comments on: Shift-ing Away From A Laptop? /2007/07/20/shift-ing-away-from-a-laptop/ David Szpunar: Owner, Servant 42 and Servant Voice Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:03:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Nokia N800 Internet Tablet: On Its Way! /2007/07/20/shift-ing-away-from-a-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-2259 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:03:10 +0000 http://infotech.davidszpunar.com/2007/07/20/shift-ing-away-from-a-laptop/#comment-2259 […] have contemplated the HTC Shift in the past. It does not appear to be released in the US yet, however, and the price when it is […]

]]> By: David Szpunar /2007/07/20/shift-ing-away-from-a-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:48:04 +0000 http://infotech.davidszpunar.com/2007/07/20/shift-ing-away-from-a-laptop/#comment-276 Yes I agree…I haven’t seen any specs on the claimed battery life for this thing. I could probably survive during the day with four hours of life before having to plug it in. Or, a really small power cord that I could plug into my pocket. Finding power usually isn’t the issue, it’s that the AC/DC adapter is as big as the device many times! Also interesting to see what drains the battery most: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and/or cellular. I’d likely use WiFi most of the time, and pop my Treo’s SIM card in occasionally for on-the-road GPRS/EDGE data. But Lakeview has WiFi almost everywhere (and of course I have it at home!) so that takes care of 98% of my introverted-personality life ;-)

I’m also a bit concerned about the keyboard. Will I really be able to touch type on it? I hope I have the opportunity to find out :-)

So maybe I’ll slightly revise my outlook — it’s the most Perfect Computer I’ve seen yet, but that just means a better one hasn’t come out. And it’s still based just on the specs, no evidence!

Also interesting to note I’ve seen a few places talk about it dual-booting Windows Mobile and Vista Business. Not sure how that’s going to work if it’s true, but I haven’t used either so it’ll all be new to me (if I get one, of course…).

]]> By: Jason Powell /2007/07/20/shift-ing-away-from-a-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:43:12 +0000 http://infotech.davidszpunar.com/2007/07/20/shift-ing-away-from-a-laptop/#comment-274 To be the perfect mobile device though it also must have great battery life. 8 hours of use would make me pretty happy :-)

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