Maybe I missed it, but in all the coverage there's no mention of a RIGHT CLICK function. No multitouch, and only one button so no chance of holding something down while clicking... For a device aimed at heavy internet surfers who want a more mobile device, not having the option to open pages in new tabs/other right click functions seems like a bit of a dealbreaker.
I haven't seen any mention of bluetooth either, which seems like a logical technology to include in a device that lacks its own keyboard or mouse.
LAME. No UI should be based on WAITING. Not only is this non-discoverable, but it's infuriating and wasteful. A delay-based UI guarantees that this device will purposefully waste your time.
Is your time worthless? Why would you pay money to a vendor that has so little regard for you?
I have a vista tablet and use hold to right click, it works very well. Just hold it in one place very briefly about a quarter of a second a circle will draw around the pen about a 1/2 second. A very easy operation less than a second is wasted, not as fast a a mouse but having a bezel button for right click on a touch screen would be more annoying to use. I built a custom wacom pen using a old cracked one and a plastic grip pen, I do not miss the side button I find the hold option easier since you can hold the pen any way you want.
Basically, this device boots into the browser (I've been reading the updates TechCrunch has sent out; they've been very open about the process) so tabs vs. windows is immaterial. Probably clicking on a link will take you straight to another tab. This is not a PC. It is a web tablet. So in response to some other comments, it absolutely will not run anything except linux and a custom browser (at least, that what the word has been so far).
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Maybe I missed it, but in all the coverage there's no mention of a RIGHT CLICK function. No multitouch, and only one button so no chance of holding something down while clicking... For a device aimed at heavy internet surfers who want a more mobile device, not having the option to open pages in new tabs/other right click functions seems like a bit of a dealbreaker.
I haven't seen any mention of bluetooth either, which seems like a logical technology to include in a device that lacks its own keyboard or mouse.
Click and hold, that functionality is in the tablet PC versions of windows for a while now and it works quite well.
"Click and hold"?
LAME. No UI should be based on WAITING. Not only is this non-discoverable, but it's infuriating and wasteful. A delay-based UI guarantees that this device will purposefully waste your time.
Is your time worthless? Why would you pay money to a vendor that has so little regard for you?
I have a vista tablet and use hold to right click, it works very well. Just hold it in one place very briefly about a quarter of a second a circle will draw around the pen about a 1/2 second. A very easy operation less than a second is wasted, not as fast a a mouse but having a bezel button for right click on a touch screen would be more annoying to use. I built a custom wacom pen using a old cracked one and a plastic grip pen, I do not miss the side button I find the hold option easier since you can hold the pen any way you want.
Basically, this device boots into the browser (I've been reading the updates TechCrunch has sent out; they've been very open about the process) so tabs vs. windows is immaterial. Probably clicking on a link will take you straight to another tab.
This is not a PC.
It is a web tablet.
So in response to some other comments, it absolutely will not run anything except linux and a custom browser (at least, that what the word has been so far).