On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 08:44, Mark Cunningham
<Mark.Cunningham@...> wrote:

> It does beg the question though, what devices are really using for
> gaming? Laptops suck when gaming but tablet PCs and e-readers could be
> incredibly useful. I'm looking forward to the Microsoft Courier. My
> first reaction to it was how I could use it for gaming, using the copy
> and paste to create makeshift combat maps and dungeons and using as a
> e-reader where you can scribble notes on your RPG books (without
> damaging) or copy and paste bits of it into the current combat map...

The device I'm looking forward to:

The Entourage eDGe ( http://www.entourageedge.com )

* Dual panel tablet (like the OLPC2 concept, or the MS Courier)
* One 11" e-paper panel (with stylus support) for e-books, notes, etc.
* One 10" LCD panel (with touch screen) for general apps, media playing, etc.
* Android (personal bias -- I wont run anything with MS Windows)
* Can be folded back to act as a display, or to access a single screen
* Lots of e-reader capability (open formats, their own store, and the
B&N ereader.com site also has an Android app that gets you the
ereader.com store AND fictionwise.com's store)
* (and, if Amazon comes out with "Kindle for Android", it'll have
access to those e-books as well)
* several Android apps that could be useful in a game (document
viewers, picture viewer, dice rollers, media player, etc.)
* Available in February, for under $500

The only way it could be better, for me, would be two PixelQi hybrid
displays (e-paper and color LCD in one display), and the ability to
use the 2nd screen as a keyboard + trackpad, so you can use it like a
netbook. That, and some form of video-out.