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Cisco jumps on the tablet fad
NETWORKING GIANT Cisco is hoping to milk the tablet fad before users wake up and realise that it is a gadget that no one really needs.
The outfit announced the Cisco Cius, which it describes as a "mobile collaboration business tablet". Apparently the tablet is designed to slot into a business network and provide anywhere, anytime access to Cisco collaboration and communication software, including HD video.
It is clearly not designed for the ordinary consumer who might want to use it to listen to Coldplay while working out by lifting it to read a copy of the New York Times. So it won't be an Apple Ipad rival but probably a more network friendly gadget for corporate use.
The Cius weighs 1.15lbs (0.52kg) and has HD video streaming and real-time video, multi-party conferencing, email, messaging, web browsing, and the ability to produce, edit and share content stored locally or centrally in the cloud.
It runs the Android OS and is cheaper than a laptop PC which it is meant to replace. There is a telephone handset, a speakerphone, an HD Displayport and USB ports.
It has a front-mounted HD 720p camera that refreshes at up to 30 frames per second; a 7-inch, high-resolution widescreen super VGA touch-target display for real-time and streamed video, and single-button Telepresence interoperability that can be used from a dock or remotely via WiFi.
The tablet also has a 5-megapixel rear facing camera to deliver stunning pictures of your feet when you rest it on your knees and dual noise-cancelling microphones for audio conferencing.
The Cisco Cius supports 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi for enterprise campus mobility and 3G cellular services when off-campus. 4G mobile services will be available at a later date. It also has Bluetooth and Micro-USB, which means users can work untethered and share data with a PC.
A detachable and serviceable battery offers eight hours life under normal usage.
Customer trials of the Cisco Cius will begin in the third quarter with it expected to appear in the shops in the first quarter of next year.
There's no word on pricing yet. µ
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So, the reason to call this a fad is because you can't use it to listen to Coldplay while reading the NY Times? WOW. Did you even read the product description and details?
If you went to bed and wanted to watch something or browse your hands would be sore quite quickly while holding an iFad in your hands, constantly balancing it for a right angle. For that the notebook is more suited because it holds its' angle steady and you rest your hands on the bed.
If you're worried about heating because of the cover, you go and buy an passive cooling pad and place it on it. And if you fall asleep when watching a movie (happens a lot when you're in bed) no problem with overheating or breaking the thing.
But some people just have to talk trash without actually testing both sides of the story. What do you think people do when on a business trip? Watch local TV? Yeah, right.
Yes, many of these authors, whose job is to write about stuff they don't fully understand, don't get the idea that most people in the world are not creators of content but consumers. And to consume content you don't need to type. They can't get that. So that's why they consider that the tablets are a fad, becaus ethey can't get a device that doesn't have a keyboard. Because that's all the difference. Have you tried to read an ebook on a laptop? Have you actually tried to have your laptop in your lap and try to do something? You can't, because either you have to increase the lid angle, and then it tips, or you don't and you don't see well. Probably that's why they changed the name to notebooks. They're not suitable for lap computing. So who would want a tablet that you can actually hold up in your bed for a while without your hands getting sore, or you can use as a universal remote control (trully universal and programable)? No one, because the author decided is a fad.