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I'm happy with everything bu... 3.5 hours of battery life? Aw.]]>May 19th 2010 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
less bezel]]>May 19th 2010 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
Why did they smash that glass pumpkin?]]>May 19th 2010 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
Their ability to build an apple better not be the same as their ability to build a slate...]]>May 19th 2010 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/Yeah, at 3.5hrs you can smash apples all day....just don't smash your charger cause you're gonna need it any time now.]]>May 19th 2010 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
Smashing Pumpkins?!?

Me likey]]>May 19th 2010 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
You can't work on the IPad, all you can do is just waste your time on it...]]>May 19th 2010 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
Smashing Pumpkins while Smiling Politely.]]>May 19th 2010 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/You've got to be joking! Windows 7 desktop on a light tablet. Why didn't they smash their tablet instead of the ice sculpture. This company obviously knows nothing about building a tablet for consumers. Another sales disaster in the making.]]>May 20th 2010 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 6:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
you laugh but i guarantee its at least 5 times faster than an "a4"]]>May 19th 2010 6:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
I suggest you look at the specs, folks. Account5 is right--the Celeron IS more powerful than an A4. The A4 is designed to run a simple OS and conserve battery life--you wouldn't want it on your desktop (unless you plan to run the iPhone OS.]]>May 19th 2010 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
Clearly has a TN display too.

So to sum up, terrible viewing angles, slow CPU, slow GPU, desktop OS, no bezel for holding it and a 3.5 hour battery.

It's like they took the worst parts you could imagine and put them together under a brand nobody knows or cares about. Failure of epic proportions.

The gesture of the ice smashing is the most publicity it could hope to achieve.]]>May 19th 2010 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
A Celeron is a mediocre desktop cpu that can barely run windows xp and the A4 is a processor designed to run the iPhone OS.

I personally think that the A4 is probably slower than a Snapdragon however any device running the A4 will feel faster then any device running the Snapdragon because of the OS and software its running.]]>May 19th 2010 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
No the Celeron can run Windows XP or 7 fine, you are thinking of older Celerons, the Celeron in question is a good bit faster than an Atom it just doesn't have very many power saving features, the A4 is a glorified ARM chip nice for phones but it doesn't have anything like the horsepower for desktop class applications, which is why the iPad runs iPhone apps and not OS X apps.]]>May 19th 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/If you are going to put Windows 7 on a tablet, doesn't a ULV Celeron seem like the best choice? It is faster than an atom, and way faster than a snapdragon / A4 chip. Windows 7 runs acceptably on an Atom, so it should run quite well doing light tasks on a Celeron.

What would you suggest, a quad core pentium? The you would be saying "2 hour battery life? LMAO".

They can't put an A4 in there because it is too slow, and they can't run iPhone OS because.... well just because. Sure, they could have gone for Android or CE, but some people actually want full apps (e.g Office or fully blown Skype) on a tablet. Therefore the Celeron is a pretty logical choice. Why are you 'laughing your ass off' at a processor choice? ]]>May 19th 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 6:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
Yeah!!....Nah I'm only messing.]]>May 19th 2010 6:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/You don't need fanboys when you have the anti-Apple brigade. ]]>May 19th 2010 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/yeah I see them in the coffee shops typin their manuscripts on them all the time. Oh, wait..]]>May 19th 2010 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/Well you got it right. TRY...
Thats all they doing here. Until I see the unit in my hands, and how it handles, I cant say its a TRUE competition.
All I know is that, this is only 3 freaking hours of battery life. Come on, my damn 2 yrs old laptop can do better than that.
And all for that price? Damn, I dont know about competition, but sure as hell sounds like a expensive piece of junk...

but you are right, they TRIED...]]>May 19th 2010 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
No actually, this isn't trying.

This is a net book with a capacitive touchscreen. This is a half assed piece of shit. There's a reason HP delayed the slate. These devices need a fundamentally TOUCH OS to succeed and be useful, not one designed for a mouse. ]]>May 19th 2010 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
so... less powerfull, less capabilities, les battery .... almost same size ...

yhea right ]]>May 19th 2010 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/youve just described every problem with slate PC's XD
its why the ipad sucks and why any other slate PC will do too

theyre fun gimmicks though :)]]>May 19th 2010 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
I second that warrant.]]>May 19th 2010 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/
The committee will now come to session. The item at hand is to vote on the 'LOL'. All those in favor of the 'LOL', vote +. All those opposed, vote -.]]>May 19th 2010 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/I will see your 'WTF' and raise you a 'TTFN']]>May 19th 2010 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/hanvon-ceo-smashes-apple-effigy-at-touchpad-launch-video/May 19th 2010 6:37AM