With the announcement today that Lenovo
is going to be selling a $199 7 inch touchpad called the IdeaPad A1,
the $279 Galaxy Pad, and the soon to be released under $300 Amazon
Android based touchpad, I think we will soon start to see all of this
touchpad madness start to settle down.
I was a bit annoyed at HP for it's $99
fire sale after only trying a month, and then proclaiming it's
getting out of the Laptop business. I have a room full of HP
products, and sort of feel they pulled the rug out from under me; not
to mention that they didn't create Vista or Win 7 drivers for my very
dependable LaserJet 1000. But I think the fire sale was a helpful
event that helped many of the touchpad manufacturers see the real
sweet spot for selling their products.
I'm still happy with my fourth
generation iPod Touch, and don't intend on getting another touch
device anytime soon, but I think after the dust settles I might have
to think about a larger screen. I think the non-cell connected
touchscreens are really what people want especially with cell phone
companies dialing back on their unlimited internet use contracts.
With so much WiFi available everywhere, most of us are happy with
that sort of connectivity.
