EVE General Discussion

1000 bucks for 10 inches? Hahahahaaaa... no, i don`t think so.

The real irony is that the new stuff coming out, such as "GAMING TABLETS" are in fact much worse, technically, but also ergonomically, than our old PCs.

And they cost as much, if not more.

Sooo… it's like a MacBook Air only much much less convenient?

My keyboard has about a 30% fail rate whenever I need to use the 'I' 'O' and 'P' keys, because the letters have all rubbed off, and its guesswork if I'm hitting the right one half of the time. **** knows how I would even write my name with some invisible keyboard

right clicking on tablet seems fun

They have been reduced in number, maybe another 5 years will do it...

People did indeed turn up their nose at DVD's at first, as many were convinced it would never catch on and become main stream, DVD players were expensive at the time, and people were amused that you could not easily record shows to them (which many thought of as a huge step backwards).

Higher video and audio quality was not considered to be the end all be all argument, as Beta Max was superior to VHS in all ways, yet it folded to an inferior quality product (VHS).

Isn't it funny how we shape history to fit our current reality.

Now this would be interesting for EvE (or many other games), picture this.

You have your gaming PC and two or three nice large monitors (or perhaps your wall mounted wide screen TV) as your main system.

Main control remains keyboard and mouse (wireless).

But additionally you have your gaming tablet to the side or perhaps at a rather flat angle. On the tablet you have all of the interfaces, chat channels, inventory screens, coms, etc. that you would prefer not cluttering your main monitors... the things that it would be handy to move around, select and interact with on a touch screen.

I could also see the "Gaming Dock" being handy for FSP, especially if they did two things.

1: Make the Gaming Pad motion sensitive so that the game responds to how you move, turn and angle the pad itself... as well as to the twin game controller grips to either side.

2: Make the Gaming Dock have a heavy duty full motion pivot, so that the Game Pads weight was no longer a factor and allowed the twisting and turning motions mentioned above. FPS or Flight Sims would be a lot of fun on such a setup.

Baby steps, people, baby steps.

"...available for pre-order starting March 1st for $999 and up."
"1366 x 768 pixel display"
"Prices for the tablet alone can go as high as $1449..."

No full HD 1920x1080? Crack pipe price.

For actively selecting small targets, yes I agree.

However for most applications it is fine, especially when moving/selecting icons or text boxes around. Thus for many purposes, even in EvE or other games, a touch screen is practical and intuitive for many aspects of the game play... often superior to a mouse.

To be honest the best game interface (in many cases) would allow for mouse/keyboard "and" touch screen control... and a game controller or joystick would not go amiss in many games. Hybrid control interfaces are not far off, and frankly it won't be long before simple monitors without touch screen capability will be relegated to the budget bin. of your local electronics store.

Sure, in many situations you won't use it over keyboard/mouse... but as software (and as we can see, operating systems) become more touch screen friendly it will become a normal option.

Keep in mind we also have a whole new generation of consumers growing up right now that find using a touch screen on a phone or tablet to be as natural a breathing. Manufacturers are realizing this, and we are just now starting to fully see the impact on new products of all types.