Tablet PC roundup

huh?

this is like deja vu... werent tablet pc's first brought out about 8years ago?

why is everyone suddenly back on the tablet PC bandwagon?

they didnt work out 8years ago, why would they change our lives now?
 
I had a Siemens Stylistic Tablet-PC about 7 years ago...

Its Sucked then.... and I dont see any change.

The Difference now is APPLE say its 'Cool' - so all the fanbois are going to wild. Just like the phone and MP3 player.
 
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Ricard said:
I had a Siemens Stylistic Tablet-PC about 7 years ago...

Its Sucked then.... and I dont see any change.

The Difference now is APPLE say its 'Cool' - so all the fanbois are going to wild. Just like the phone and MP3 player.
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7 years ago that Tablet would not have Multi-Touch, would be heavy, have a low res display and have no video to play back - the processor would have been weak and the battery life dismal.

If someone releases a light, sturdy, thin, high res, well powered, long battery life slate pc now, I'm in for it. I think Apple will be closest. Lenovo has shoddy build quality and will probably release a $1000 clunker. Dell I don't trust as their PCs are also not well polished off.

NEC has always made the thinnest and lightest machines,
their VersaPro Tablet was such a machine. If Apple doesn't deliver,
I hope NEC or Panasonic will. Sony will no doubt try but their stuff is overpriced and quality isn't better than Dell.
 
Hp will release winner i reckon.

Apples will look really cool and be priced expensive so people think it is better quality :D.
 
The HP Slate was underwhelming, to say the least. Hailed by Ballmer as "something that's almost as portable as a phone and that's as powerful as a PC running Windows 7", the demonstration showed a flat panel computing device that seemed more equivalent to a color Kindle than to a Windows 7 wonder-tablet.

When January 27 rolls around and Apple holds its rumored press conference about its alleged tablet...I mean slate PC, which may or may not be called the "iSlate", it won't have to do much to impress and awe. If the mythic "iSlate" is half of what it is rumored to be, it will still be twice what Microsoft and HP unveiled.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscent...late_lowers_the_bar_for_apples_tablet_pc.html

LOL, lol, lol
 
Very sparse article, looks like it was sponsored by Foxconn. No talk about the tablet PC’s Pegatron is making/launching. No talk about the Nvidia tablet (I think Quanta Computer is making it), no mention of the Joo Joo which is already on pre-order. But unconfirmed vaporware like the iSlate and the fabled Dell Android tablet with “No official release date has been given” is mentioned.
 
Rate My ISP said:
Very sparse article, looks like it was sponsored by Foxconn. No talk about the tablet PC’s Pegatron is making/launching. No talk about the Nvidia tablet (I think Quanta Computer is making it), no mention of the Joo Joo which is already on pre-order. But unconfirmed vaporware like the iSlate and the fabled Dell Android tablet with “No official release date has been given” is mentioned.
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Oh, and no mention of the ratemyisp, which MyBB members have already seen pics of :D, I'm busy adding a fingerprint-resistant touch-screen. Release date: "Some Day" :D.
 
PeterCH said:
7 years ago that Tablet would not have Multi-Touch, would be heavy, have a low res display and have no video to play back - the processor would have been weak and the battery life dismal.
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It was a 1Ghz CPU, 1024x800 screen resolution, 40GB HDD and 8hrs battery life and played Video just find :D - I got rid of it as it was not practical. No Multitouch, but do you propose to use that when one hand is holding the thing :D

The biggest problem I found was the angles. If you put it flat on a desk (or your lap) you get a sore neck reading the screen.. if you use the docking station, then the touch-screen keyboard is really at the wrong angle. It is only useful for estate agents walking about with one in hand taking notes.... otherwise its a toy.
 
Apple's tablet will probably be very small and thin, powered by new ARM cores or Tegra 2 or whatever and run an OS which is more sophisticated than iPhone OS.

It will be like 8 inches or so - I reckon, large enough to do cool stuff on and small enough to be truly portable.
 
Ricard said:
It was a 1Ghz CPU, 1024x800 screen resolution, 40GB HDD and 8hrs battery life and played Video just find :D - I got rid of it as it was not practical. No Multitouch, but do you propose to use that when one hand is holding the thing :D
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That's a fine resolution for a screen from 7 years ago.

A 1GHz CPU won't cut it for H264 video nowadays. Even xvid video will have issues. Now with HD 1280by720 videos in H.264 you need a tough processor or you need a GPU or something like Tegra. In 2002 they didn't have these technologies and videos were 320by200 DiVX at most and not popular. Flash is also CPU intensive as GPUs don't offload it. With Youtube, Vuzu, CrunchyRoll and other Flash based video solutions people will now want power and there is content to play back. There are also 3G networks and more WiFi hotspots than in 2002.

Don't forget the new SSD/flash memory technology. With a HDD you had to be very careful but with flash/SSD you can go on a trampoline with the computer.

Multitouch is nice, not for 2 hands, but for finger gestures. You can also rest the slate/tablet on your laptop or tabletop but yeah it can be cumbersome hence it has to be thin and light. That is a requirement and if they can make it drop resistant and good durability, it will be even better. 700g of joy in under 1cm with 1280by1024 or better resolution with onboard ATI/NVidia graphics and C2D ULV. Ideally the thing has to be fanless.
 
Synaesthesia said:
Apple's tablet will probably be very small and thin, powered by new ARM cores or Tegra 2 or whatever and run an OS which is more sophisticated than iPhone OS.

It will be like 8 inches or so - I reckon, large enough to do cool stuff on and small enough to be truly portable.
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The problem with Apple consumer products is that they are always tied in with Apple's content outfits. iPod is tailor made for iTunes Store. iPhone is tailor made for iTunes App store. Hopefully, this will run OSX and will be able to do anything a normal PC does, including run 100s of free/open source apps.
 
PeterCH said:
That's a fine resolution for a screen from 7 years ago.

A 1GHz CPU won't cut it for H264 video nowadays. Even xvid video will have issues. Now with HD 1280by720 videos in H.264 you need a tough processor or you need a GPU or something like Tegra. In 2002 they didn't have these technologies and videos were 320by200 DiVX at most and not popular. Flash is also CPU intensive as GPUs don't offload it. With Youtube, Vuzu, CrunchyRoll and other Flash based video solutions people will now want power and there is content to play back. There are also 3G networks and more WiFi hotspots than in 2002.

Don't forget the new SSD/flash memory technology. With a HDD you had to be very careful but with flash/SSD you can go on a trampoline with the computer.

Multitouch is nice, not for 2 hands, but for finger gestures. You can also rest the slate/tablet on your laptop or tabletop but yeah it can be cumbersome hence it has to be thin and light. That is a requirement and if they can make it drop resistant and good durability, it will be even better. 700g of joy in under 1cm with 1280by1024 or better resolution with onboard ATI/NVidia graphics and C2D ULV. Ideally the thing has to be fanless.
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The JooJoo (https://thejoojoo.com) has a 1.6Ghz Intel Atom CPU and claims to be capable of running 720p and 1080p HD video. But speculation is that there is a Nvidia Ion chip inside. To help pull it off. The JooJoo has not officially launched either yet (and is involved in a nasty legal dispute with TechCrunch owner Mike Arrington). But we'll have to see what Apple goes with.
 
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