我并不想成为一个反对机械化的卢德分子(Luddite)，但我猜想自己对于平板电脑并没有太强烈的热情。
我每周大约有45小时的时间都得用我的“小红点”笔记本电脑来工作，平常有空时也同样用这台笔电漫游于网络世界中。当然，我也和大部份的人一样，外出时大多数的时间都盯着我的智能手机──但我发誓开车时绝对不当低头族！
感谢Google，我现在终于有了一台新款Nexus 7手机平板(phablet)。昨晚临睡前还玩了这台手机平板好一阵子，它真的很有趣。我甚至还观看了一段视频──美国总统奥巴马(Obama)发表对黑人平民遭白人警察抢杀一事的看法，这是我最近一周来一直想看的内容。
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但我不确定(但也不会太惊讶)在经过一段时间后，自己是否会对目前觉得很棒的这款产品开始感到厌倦。坦白说，在经过一天的使用后，我的眼睛和手指已经有些疲劳了。我现在只想摆脱任何有屏幕的电子设备，弹弹我的吉他、散散步，出门喝点小酒(当然也不忘看看我的智能手机)。
记得在几年前，我曾经有过一台三星(Samsung)的首款Android平板电脑。当时也觉得它很好玩，只不过它的软件让人感到有点担心。我后来很大方地把它这款平板电脑给了我儿子，不过，他后来还打电话来问能不能卖掉这台平板，他想用这笔钱来换掉汽车的轮胎。
当我答应他后不由得笑了。我觉得他可能是个卢德分子之子。不过，他也活跃于社群网络、喜欢他的华硕(ASUS) Bamboo笔记本电脑和iPhone 4 。
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本文下一页：在一些没有Wi-Fi的地方平板更显得多余
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大约在同一时间，我手边还有两台用于写产品试用报告的BlackBerry Playbook 。其实，我认为它的软件在许多方面都比三星Galaxy Tab更复杂，而且也缺少email功能。后来，我给了我儿子一台(这次他应该没拿去卖掉吧？)，另外一台还好好地躺在包装盒中。
当我在家时，多半时间都坐在笔记本电脑前或使智能手机，有空时则弹吉他、弹钢琴或看电视。有时我也喜欢看看书或杂志。外出时，平板电脑或甚至新买的这台7寸手机平板其实都太大了，不方便外出携带，甚至在一些没有 Wi-Fi 的地方更显得多余。
我经常阅读或撰写科技新闻，也积极参加相关的产业活动，当然了解平板电脑令人兴奋之处，也知道它有多么吸引人。更何况我还是个充满好奇心的人，最喜欢玩这些新奇的产品。
但是，在一天接近尾声时，我更渴望一些尽量不必使用屏幕的设备与时间，任何平板电脑终究都没法持续吸引我的注意。我想我好一阵子都不会花300美元去买这一类的产品了。
难道是我的问题吗？
本文授权编译自EE Times，版权所有，谢绝转载
编译：Susan Hong
参考英文原文：Tablets Are Cool, I Just Don't Use Them，by Rick Merritt, SiliconValley Bureau Chief
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• Google Nexus 7比iPad mini好的六个理由cJCesmc
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Tablets Are Cool, I Just Don't Use Them
Rick Merritt, SiliconValley Bureau Chief
I hate to play the Luddite again, but I guess I don't get all the excitement about tablets.
I get a hearty helping of screen time at work on my Lenovo notebook -- 45+ hours a week. I supplement that liberally with daily web crawls for my personal life on the same system. While I am out and about I am, like many others I see around the Bay Area, with my face in my smartphone a fair share of the time -- I swear not when driving!
Thanks to Google, I now have a new Nexus 7 phablet. I played around with it last night before going to bed. It was fun. I actually watched Obama's video talk on Trayvon Martin, something I had been meaning to do for a week.
I'm not sure but I wouldn't be surprised if over time this wonderful little slate starts feeling ignored. Frankly, by the end of the day I have a bit of eye and finger fatigue. I want to get away from screens, play my guitar, take a walk, go out for a beer (and look at my smartphone, of course).
A couple years ago I had one of the first Samsung Android tablets, thanks again to Google. It was fun, although the software was a bit funky. I generously gave it to my son who sometime later called to ask if it was OK to sell it so he could get a new set of tires for his car.
I said yes and laughed. He may be the son of a Luddite, but he's active in social networking, and loves his Asus Bamboo notebook and iPhone 4.
About the same time I got a BlackBerry Playbook on review -- two actually. I actually thought its software was more sophisticated in many respects than the Samsung galaxy Tab, albeit its lack of an email client was unfortunate. Anyway, I gave one away to my son (I don't think he sold it but he might have). The other one is still in its box in my closet.
When I'm around my apartment I tend to sit down at the notebook or smartphone or pick up my guitar, sit at the piano (not enough), or watch TV (too much). Sometimes I even pick up a book or Outdoors or Mad magazine. (I admit it.)
When I am out, the tablet, even my new seven-inch phablet, is too big to take -- and what if I am somewhere with no WiFi and it's just an expensive big brick?
I catch the excitement around tablets when I read and write the tech news and go to tech events. I am a curious guy and like to play with this stuff. I have my share of gadget lust.
But at the end of the day, something in me craves less screen time, not more, and my tablets are on the losing end of that struggle. I don't see myself plunking down ~$300 for one of these things anytime soon.
What's wrong with me?
责编：Quentin
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