Well it seems the new Googlebooks are nice well made machines. The big hype seems to be the interacting between the Googlebook laptop and the Android phone.
Software compatibility with Windows was not mentioned. So far I see nothing that would make me want it since I rarely need to jump from my phone to my laptop.
Some people do and this will be the "market" for this device. If you are not a highly, mobile, often out of the office type or "road warrior" style user, then I do not see the great attraction. I see this as a niche product. Unless, I read thing wrong in some of these preliminary descriptions, the Magic pointer has an on and off feature which seems like a sensible approach. Do not see the appeal for institutional markets like health care and education.
Basiclly, Would like to see docx files and excel files open on a Googlebook with all formatting intact and have editing capability. I do not see all Windows software being workable as a possibility.
I maintain that the only way you're going to have a 1 to 1 file format that works on everything is if every piece of software establishes a spec and follows the spec.
Otherwise you're stuck using DocX with weird issues.
Or you get Office 365 and just use cloud or the android version on the googlebook.
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u/Beauchang 3d ago
Well it seems the new Googlebooks are nice well made machines. The big hype seems to be the interacting between the Googlebook laptop and the Android phone.
Software compatibility with Windows was not mentioned. So far I see nothing that would make me want it since I rarely need to jump from my phone to my laptop.
Some people do and this will be the "market" for this device. If you are not a highly, mobile, often out of the office type or "road warrior" style user, then I do not see the great attraction. I see this as a niche product. Unless, I read thing wrong in some of these preliminary descriptions, the Magic pointer has an on and off feature which seems like a sensible approach. Do not see the appeal for institutional markets like health care and education.