[Sigia-l] When will you buy one?

[Andrew Boyd]

On 5/31/07, Ziya Oz <listera at earthlink.net> wrote:
> As Will underlines, the days of v 3.0 is over. In the consumer electronics
> market (which the PC industry is becoming a subset of) you don't have to
> 'invent' anything to be successful. This is what AAPL has taught us with its
> innovation machine. The trick is in smart packaging of components and
> technologies into an attractive whole. The marketplace is no longer so
> forgiving, waiting for technology to be rolled out over multiple years to
> reach v 3.0 and enough manufacturing partners to overwhelm alternatives as a
> measure of success.
>
> I can easily stomach Surface as technology demo. Enough there. But as a
> merchandisable product? Not with multiple cameras/projectors, just the right
> lighting environ, no text entry, size, interface protocols with physical
> objects, etc. Too many holes to fill in.

Hi,

Text entry via wireless keyboard according to the gadget guy on
Sunrise (Australian breakfast TV) this morning, although he did bite
his lip when he said it (maybe he knows something). My SO (not a
technophile by any stretch) liked the idea of putting her camera down
and having the pictures appear on a screen - this might be something
for laptop/tablet manufacturers to catch up on (unless this happens
already?).

"The Island" model had a keyboard appear from a double-tap menu from memory.

Either way (integrated virtual or physical wireless keyboard) would
work for me. Matt Hodgson and I are working on a fully electronic
meeting concept at the moment (is it IA? User Centered Process
Redesign? Who knows? Who cares? :) ) - tablet PCs may work, the MSFT
Surface release 2.0 may work in small groups only - the fully
electronic meeting  may become commonplace as governments pursue the
green vote, who knows. In ordinary meetings, not only your classic
coffee-house geekfesting :)

Cheers, Andrew
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Andrew Boyd
http://facibusreviews.com