12-20-2012, 04:17 PM
Tablets really are pointless if you have a high performance laptop. The only reasons you would get a Tablet are if you don't have a laptop.
I used to have one, bought the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet since it had a digitizer stylus. At the moment, there isn't really decent painting software available for Android, and iOS isn't much better. There was also the major issue of lack of palm rejection with certain apps, like Autodesk Sketchbook. If you want a tablet to paint with on the go, I suggest just getting a Wacom Bamboo and a 15 in laptop, lay it on top of your laptop's keyboard, and you should be good to go. That's what I do whenever I'm not home. ;D
Tablets are good emulation devices and TV replacements though, but if you have a 4in+ phone, it's not much better, especially since odds are, it's going to get tiring holding the thing up, compared to holding up a phone. The biggest benefit however with tablets are the amount of indie development that's going on with them, but even then, it's nothing compared to an x86 computer.
The most interesting tablets I've seen however, is Razer's Project Fiona, along with Dell's new XPS screen rotating laptop. A tablet with a controller interface running Windows would basically be a big PSP, and that sounds awesome for gaming on the go.
I used to have one, bought the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet since it had a digitizer stylus. At the moment, there isn't really decent painting software available for Android, and iOS isn't much better. There was also the major issue of lack of palm rejection with certain apps, like Autodesk Sketchbook. If you want a tablet to paint with on the go, I suggest just getting a Wacom Bamboo and a 15 in laptop, lay it on top of your laptop's keyboard, and you should be good to go. That's what I do whenever I'm not home. ;D
Tablets are good emulation devices and TV replacements though, but if you have a 4in+ phone, it's not much better, especially since odds are, it's going to get tiring holding the thing up, compared to holding up a phone. The biggest benefit however with tablets are the amount of indie development that's going on with them, but even then, it's nothing compared to an x86 computer.
The most interesting tablets I've seen however, is Razer's Project Fiona, along with Dell's new XPS screen rotating laptop. A tablet with a controller interface running Windows would basically be a big PSP, and that sounds awesome for gaming on the go.