I my lx3.

"You can't add any widgets, but anything you'd want is probably there" ... next.

I would take the exact oppose approach. These devices are rife with incompatibilities, there is no third party market, and they become obsolete quickly. They are basically designed to work like OS based phones but don't come through. In fact I literally think there should be environmental measures against devices that do not use general operating systems and are not upgradeable.

Problem is HP wants to have two lines; a consumer (this series) and business (2730p series). People not so easily niched will never be happy; they will not make a thin, light, sturdy, subtly designed (non glossy) model with the jazzy features. So I don't expect to ever have an HP convertible, though my next computer will be a convertible.

Why would you want to support a company that competes through patents? It's hard to imagine something more consumer unfriendly and anti-competitive.

Funny how they don't allow comments on that blog entry, huh?

I don't think the economics make any sense, some marketing wonk is fsking the users and the long term Microsoft dreams of the growth of tablet PCs, and other features that should be mainstream today.

Microsoft wants to encourage "Windows Enthusiasts" who will be better than those third world "Basic" users and can use whizzy features like ... animated desktop. And handwriting, which everyone else could use as a general feature to boost the whole Tablet thing Microsoft supposedly thinks is important. Everyone else just wants the operating system/environment to be a stable, consistent base that has the cost of development evenly leveraged. Thankfully Mac OS and even (almost) Linux is competition these days, with bit more fumbling on MS's part there will be real choice.

I'm no iphone fan boy (I resisted buying one) but it's obvious so many companies mistake flashiness and spinny things for good design. This thing looks like it has a terminal case of that. I would be embarrassed to us this thing in public.

The elephant in the room is how will this "laptop" work on your "lap." I've read that because it's so "shallow" you can't sit it on your lap or legs (similar to the Macbook Pro's screen tilt problems but more terminal). This would especially be important since you need to get it close to your face with the small high resolution screen.

Here, here.