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Teaser Site for Toshiba Tablet Takes Swing at Apple's iPad (allthingsd.com)
2 points by solipsist on Jan 24, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Yet another manufacturer duped by Adobe into believing that Flash represents some major part of core Internet content.

I'm perfectly happy missing out on Flash on my iPad, of course that DOES mean that I miss out on all those wonderfully animated popup floating ads that utilize Flash.

I've yet to run across a worthwhile site utilizing Flash that has really hindered my browsing experience. The iOS devices represent suc a significant market share that it seems most decent websites have already adapted to delivering content in non-Flash formats.

Also, I don't get the removable battery claims. My iPad battery lasts an entire weekend or more with moderate to heavy use. Runtime has hardly been a weakness of the iPad (though perhaps if it ran Flash the removable battery would have more merit)

Granted, a camera would be nice at very rare times. The HDMI out could have value at times, but again not really a feature I've really considered important.


My favorite feature of the iPad that Toshiba doesn't have: I can buy one.




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