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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 999681" data-attributes="member: 24160">And you still want a device that does not exist from any electronics manufacturer.&nbsp; I doubt there will be such a device at that weight for another 5 years.&nbsp; Hopes and dreams for future devices are all well and good.&nbsp; Dissing one device because it's still not what you want, while pointing to other manufacturers creating similar devices that are double the weight while only half the size you're asking for, well...The device you want is already here - reminded of it by Kash, thanks - <a href="http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook" target="_blank">ModBook</a> - getting that device down to even 3 lbs... my guess, at least 5 years if not more.&nbsp; Getting that device down to 3 lbs and $500, yep you're in 2020 instead of 2010.edit: 3 lbs is still too heavy for the type of device and use Apple is gearing the iPad market toward.&nbsp; At 3 lbs, think of a hard backed 4&quot; thick dictionary.&nbsp; No one is going to want to hold that weight in one hand for long periods of time for surfing the web, reading a book, checking email or most of the other things the iPad is being geared toward right now.&nbsp; At 1.5 lbs, now you're talking about the weight of many standard hardback books.&nbsp; This is an acceptable weight to the vast majority of folks, even the 70 yr old grandmother.Expecting a manufacturer to not put out a 1st gen device and just wait until the 5th gen or 10th gen before it's available for sale so that it has everything on it anyone could ask for, really is unrealistic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 999681, member: 24160"] And you still want a device that does not exist from [B]any[/B] electronics manufacturer. I doubt there will be such a device at that weight for another 5 years. Hopes and dreams for future devices are all well and good. Dissing one device because it's still not what you want, while pointing to other manufacturers creating similar devices that are double the weight while only half the size you're asking for, well... The device you want is already here - reminded of it by Kash, thanks - [URL="http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook"]ModBook[/URL] - getting that device down to even 3 lbs... my guess, at least 5 years if not more. Getting that device down to 3 lbs and $500, yep you're in 2020 instead of 2010. edit: 3 lbs is still too heavy for the type of device and use Apple is gearing the iPad market toward. At 3 lbs, think of a hard backed 4" thick dictionary. No one is going to want to hold that weight in one hand for long periods of time for surfing the web, reading a book, checking email or most of the other things the iPad is being geared toward right now. At 1.5 lbs, now you're talking about the weight of many standard hardback books. This is an acceptable weight to the vast majority of folks, even the 70 yr old grandmother. Expecting a manufacturer to not put out a 1st gen device and just wait until the 5th gen or 10th gen before it's available for sale so that it has everything on it anyone could ask for, really is unrealistic. [/QUOTE]

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