Are Smart Display's Worth The High Price? 14
Anonymous Howard writes "I've never understood the need for smart display's. It appears I'm not the only one. Here's an article that agrees with me, but even goes as far as calling smart displays a dumb idea.
The only use I see for smart displays is in a business setting. But I still see better options, like laptops that connect to projectors, etc. What are the markets for smart displays and what are the targeted uses?"
Re:first p0st (Score:1)
No audience now but... (Score:3, Interesting)
However, when something like this costs way, way less, it might be nice to bring to the kitchen with a recipe from the internet...or when take it to the store to buy the ingredients...or use it as a remote control for the TV or to program the VCR or into the garden to see if those worms look like the ones which eat tomatoes or just help the soil.
All of this is predicated on a few things (which I would focus on if I were designing something like this): one it is light weight (and thus portable), cheap or, if not cheap at least very, very sturdy.
Obviously it has to allow you to use your darn desktop as well - and it should have a long battery life and it should probably have really nice handwriting recognition and a very nice display (otherwise why not use something like a palm pilot form factor with 802.11b?).
Sounds like it has a ways to go, but I could definately see using something very similar to this in the future.
(Oh, of course it would have to be able to display equations properly which my palm never did. Ideally it would recognize all the greek alphabet as handwriting but I'm not holding my breath.)
If you build it, they will come. (Score:3, Insightful)
Anyway, there may be some applications....
Wireless w/X server? (Score:1)
Re:Wireless w/X server? (Score:1)
VNC? (Score:1)
Smart Display's and Illiterate Editor's (Score:1)