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the iiview laptop is actually quite excellent and makes a good hackintosh, I wonder if this has the same internals :D

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Hey, it has a lot more hard drive space than the iPad has at least.]]>Feb 18th 2010 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/+1

I'd take this over an iPad any day, for no other reason than I can run 3 apps at a time opposed to 1. And when you're running on such limited hardware, you hardly need more than 3 at a time. Not to mention you can install Windows XP (Or Windows 7 full) if you really need more than 3 apps at a time. iPad is restricted to one OS.]]>Feb 18th 2010 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/that's why it'll have a lot less battery life than the ipad.]]>Feb 18th 2010 1:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/The 3 app limit for Starter editions was removed in the RTM version of Windows 7.]]>Feb 18th 2010 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Whilst the specs are low for a netbook (just) they are not that low for a tablet. I mean, the iPad's processor was described as 'blisteringly fast' but it isn't even as fast as the N270. ]]>Feb 18th 2010 6:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.machovideo.com/video/Tosh_destroys_test_iPad_17884/
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I wish I had money to waste like that. It'd be fun to destroy an iPad, or any tablet for that matter.]]>Feb 18th 2010 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 1:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gA16Fq4SAo]]>Feb 18th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Are you the Ispammer?]]>Feb 18th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/What Apple DID do, was to reinvigorate each of those markets.]]>Feb 18th 2010 4:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/
No it's an HP Slate killer. The announced VPad price is a ripoff, but they'll drop it to $249 soon enough. ]]>Feb 18th 2010 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/]]>Feb 18th 2010 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/
...which are still better than the iPad's.]]>Feb 18th 2010 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Some Hole-In-The-Wall comapny comes along with a product better in every way then the Ipad who have how many people working in it's DEV team? 3? probably in some garage.. Apple, what the hell?

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ya cuz mechanical harddrives have proven totally useless for other portable computing devices like laptops and netbooks.]]>Feb 18th 2010 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/
And yes, I also think having spinning platters on laptops and netbooks are not wise, unless you love troubleshooting/replacing the hard-drive.

On the bright side, Steve Gibson won't be out of business anytime soon.]]>Feb 18th 2010 4:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Just sticking a desktop OS on to a tablet is not going to drive the format into the average consumer's gaze.
They would simply opt for a regular laptop instead.]]>Feb 18th 2010 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/
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Otherwise, this is exactly what I want. There is no need for a 10" device to have no more performance or capabilities than a 3.5" cellphone.]]>Feb 18th 2010 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/
"Why has Apple made so much money and why do people keep buying their products?"

"I know! It is because they name their products with an i... imac, iphone, ipod, ipad..."

"How can we tap into that energy? "

"How about we use two i's.... I bet they haven't trademarked that.... I see a whole new product line.... iipad... iipod.... iiphone...."

"WAIT! We already have two i's in our name..."

"Now that we have tapped the "i energy", it is time to start with a whole new consonant.... vpad, vpod, vphone..."]]>Feb 18th 2010 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Photoshop?]]>Feb 18th 2010 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 18th 2010 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/iiview-vpad-enters-todays-tablet-fray-with-yesterdays-netbook/Feb 19th 2010 5:02PM