German tablet PC sets out to rival Apple's iPad

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Perhaps I'm just missing something, but Neofonie doesn't appear to have any prior experience in desktop software or hardware design. (Their current products appear to be focused in online services - and few of them are even end-user services.) It's certainly possible that they'll manage to pull something interesting off here, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Neofonie is not the maker of this tablet. They're only making the flash-app to read magazines with it. The designer of the hardware is 4tiitoo.

Don't hold your breath it will be available at the earliest in August :-)

Well, the tablet arena is becoming quickly interesting. In a year or so I hope there will be several serious iPad competitors, only quite better (fully-enabled linux OS, open connectivity, not forcing users to use some centralized online store, etc). Fingers crossed here.

The German maker of a new tablet PC is setting out to rival Apple's iPad with the promise of even more technology such as a bigger screen, a webcam and USB ports.

Like you rival Ferrari by building the Homer Simpson car.

shakes head

While enjoying sangria on the patio of our local watering hole a couple of days ago, I overhead a conversation about an iPad. I gathered that the lady who was talking was a teacher (so not a 'technical' person)... her big gripe? "I want a USB slot cause I have everything on my usb key"

Maybe the iPad isn't really a Ferrari? Maybe it's a Volvo. Understated, practical, and safe.

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