http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/ Engadget Comments for ASUS' Jonney Shih talks tablets, Chrome OS and the (eventual) demise of netbooks http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Jan 22nd 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Yeah except without the extra 300 lbs.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Jan 22nd 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/
Hey, its 2010. Just be glad xCrunk didn't call him Japanese.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Jan 22nd 2010 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Since the end of World War II in 1945, the island group has been under the government of the Republic of China. The political status of Taiwan is complex because it is claimed by the People's Republic of China]]>Jan 22nd 2010 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/xxLeetDPSxx: Nxx25 LF2M dps 5k+ rouge/huntard, msut have fyling mount
roastmage: wow, u suk at typin
JjFfKk: its rouge not rouge you nub
arthismom: jjffkk just failed
twinkiiwii: its rougue
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twinkiiwii: sorry, rogue]]>Jan 22nd 2010 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/
it's a touchy subject. the communist civil war divided china and the old republic of china fled to taiwan, forming two very polarized sides. the PRoC may claim taiwan, but taiwan is independent from china in terms of both politics and culture, and this is recognized by most of the world.

and yes i am american-chinese, my parents are taiwanese-chinese, and grandparents are chinese so may have a bit a bias :P]]>Jan 22nd 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/I have a friend (native) from Taiwan. He says he is Chinese. That's all the proof I need. ]]>Jan 22nd 2010 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/It's split 50-50. Half will say they are Chinese, the other will say Taiwanese. It either refers to their ethnicity or their nationality. Also the main languages there are Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese, to compound the complexity of identity.

While only China is recognized by most foreign governments, people (Americans, Japanese etc) usually make the distinction between the two. An example of how the government does not necessarily represent the opinion of the people.

If your friend prefers to be thought of as Chinese, that's fine. Don't assume the same for others. Most I've met think differently.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/
Thankfully things has lightened up since the military dictatorship ended and KMT's ruling monopoly came down and all the old stifling leaders on both sides are gone/have died. Their UN seat went to PRC and so on. ROC lost their claim to the mainland. Arming Taiwan is still something touchy on the other hand. But it's still a de-facto sovereign state with it's own army and all that. And relations improve with the mainland and wise versa. It's still two quiet different nationalities however. But even someone from Hong Kong would empathize that they don't live in mainland China. But then again people would mistake it for the mainland either, it would be "blahblah king of Hong Kong".]]>Jan 25th 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Jan 22nd 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/
Either it's his head is abnormally large compared to his small body or because it's photoshopped...]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Jan 22nd 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/
RTFA. It's called Waveface technology, NOOB!]]>Jan 22nd 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Jan 22nd 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Jan 22nd 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/
Can you give us an example of this?]]>Jan 22nd 2010 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/I agree with you that there are a lot of companies that rush out their products and one needs to be careful about their purchases because the issues you mentioned are somewhat true - but they're mainly true because technology is so dominant. I don't think technology is going through a rough patch at all, we just have more access to adopting early (and are very much encouraged to do so by companies who want to sell you something).

In general, we have amazing access to technology. I remember just wanting a computer that wouldn't crash on me while I was typing a document. Now I have access to free and well maintained software, cheap hardware, and any number of phones and other devices that would link with my computer even though I use software (Linux and other FOSS) with such a low market share.

Just read some reviews, adopt a bit on the late side (which, let's face it is getting shorter and shorter - just wait six months, you'll be fine) and avoid the manufacturers who don't play nice with others, or property test their products.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Countless examples, but let's take the Nexus one for example...
No multitouch in USA browser out of box, no flash support in browser, media codec support is lacking, 3g connectivity issues, also some people say the touch screen is not calibrated properly in certain situations...People don't want to have to deal with that shit, especially considering the cost of that (and other) personal devices vs. the actual benefit of them (supposed to make your life easier and more organized -- not when there's bugs or unsupported open standards!).

People want personal devices (netbooks smartphones tablets whatever) to all work together with as many standards as possible, and they want them to be easy to use and free of as many bugs as possible, and they want content and applications to be readily available.

Tablets are going to be great, but in order for customers to adopt them and be excited about it, they need to NOT have bugs, be able to connect with other devices you own easily (TV, desktop, laptop, smartphone), and there needs to be content that is easily accessible.

Otherwise it's just a cool looking thin screen that doesn't really do anything except piss people off and get them even more frustrated at technology. Shih is a smart man indeed.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/
lets go back to that]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/
I have 2 zenith TVs that have to be over 20 years old and they work just fine.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Nowadays in some households, their TV(s) doesn't even outlast their computers, with HD, digital broadcasting, LCD, plasma, 3D display popping up like rabbits... Good luck going back to those days lol]]>Jan 22nd 2010 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Jan 22nd 2010 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Take your balls in your hands and release these fabled goodies.
Let's face it, you aren't certain enough about your own products to do it.
You'll wait till Apple or whoever does it first and then try sneaking some bandwagon kudos.
Remember what you did with the Eee, well get on it.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/
it's a touchy subject. the communist civil war divided china and the old republic of china fled to taiwan, forming two very polarized sides. the PRoC may claim taiwan, but taiwan is independent from china in terms of both politics and culture, and this is recognized by most of the world.

and yes i am american-chinese, my parents are taiwanese-chinese, and grandparents are chinese so may have a bit a bias :P]]>Jan 22nd 2010 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Jan 22nd 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Not supposed to. It should place you in the same thread with an automated @whoever.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Jan 22nd 2010 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Jan 22nd 2010 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/asus-jonney-shih-talks-tablets-chrome-os-and-the-eventual-de/Jan 25th 2010 1:02PM