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Yes, a 13" or 15" screen and a keyboard.
I really don't know what the average office worker uses everyday, but I'm betting that a good portion just needs access to email, the web, Office, photoshop, and a database program.
All of these can be done by the Playbook with the database either by a real app or a webapp, and a QNX-compatible alternative to PhotoShop such as Pixel. So with a bigger screen workers can do this.
Basically this device would be a $200 connector that you simply connect your PlayBook to, and then you can work on everything on a much bigger screen.
the only things that it wouldn't be able to do is run proprietary or power hungry stuff, but that can be done by connecting to VMWare Server.
Hopefully this would have support for a trackpad or a mouse, as using it like a touchscreen would get old fast, but if it could o all this (and the PB can backup/restore your BB and connect to peripherals), this could almost replace the home computer for most people.Last edited by grahamf; 10-13-10 at 10:55 PM.
10-13-10 10:44 PM - OK, I've said this before in other posts, but the two things I need to be able to do that would completely seal the deal for me are:
1) Connect a portable document scanner that is powered via USB and will scan legal size documents.
2) Connect a portable printer either via USB or BT.
If they can make these two things happen I won't need to haul around my laptop.
On top of that, the next biggest thing for me would be to have a keyboard docking station, preferably one that has it's own battery pack so it can power the PlayBook while connected on the go. And it needs to be a smallish keyboard, but large enough to be useful. I think along the lines of a netbook sized KB would be ideal. I don't really need an external monitor and quite frankly, I think that would defeat the whole purpose. Once we go down that road then I may as well just save all that money and carry my laptop...lol!
Oh, one other thing that would be massively helpful. A way to access a standard SD card so that I can upload photos to it from my good camera.
Basically, I need this thing to be business oriented. I'm not looking for a toy!Last edited by ChuckH0308; 10-14-10 at 05:06 PM.
10-14-10 05:04 PM - Wouldn't a wand type of scanner be useful for you? One that would store the image for download latter?OK, I've said this before in other posts, but the two things I need to be able to do that would completely seal the deal for me are:
1) Connect a portable document scanner that is powered via USB and will scan legal size documents.
2) Connect a portable printer either via USB or BT.
If they can make these two things happen I won't need to haul around my laptop.
On top of that, the next biggest thing for me would be to have a keyboard docking station, preferably one that has it's own battery pack so it can power the PlayBook while connected on the go. And it needs to be a smallish keyboard, but large enough to be useful. I think along the lines of a netbook sized KB would be ideal. I don't really need an external monitor and quite frankly, I think that would defeat the whole purpose. Once we go down that road then I may as well just save all that money and carry my laptop...lol!
Oh, one other thing that would be massively helpful. A way to access a standard SD card so that I can upload photos to it from my good camera.
Basically, I need this thing to be business oriented. I'm not looking for a toy!
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