Tablet PCs
Moore’s Law - End of Silicon CHIPs
In 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, predicted that the number of transistors contained by a chip will double every two years. Chips development have confirmed that The Moore’s Law is not only a theory so far, but everything has a limit and it won’t take long until it’s veracity will end, unless the scientists will [...]
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ModBook Upgraded to 2.1 - 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 120-160GB HDD
Great news for ModBook fans, that haven’t managed to get one yet. The tablet PC just got upgraded, now featuring a 2.1 or 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, a HDD of 120 or 160GB. Yet those are the only upgrades he’s got, still running Mac OS X Leopard and is priced at $2,290 for [...]
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ModBook Sets Its Release Date For 11 January
According to some emails sent by The Other World Computing Team, Axiotron’s ModBook will finally be launched next year. The Tablet PC has been awaited for over a year and now the marketers of ModBook say that they will actually start shipping. They made a list with available configurations for the potential customers and they also said that [...]
27Dec2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Dell Latitude Will Feature Multi Touch, But we Don’t Know When
You’re probably wondering why the Dell Latitude XT’s multi-touch capability is missing from the official launch details, because Michael Dell mentioned it . Well, it seems the laptop does have the hardware part the multi-touch feature needs, but lacks the software and drivers for the capacitive touchscreen.
On one side, that’s good news, because Dell announced [...]
Dell Latitude XT Finally Made Public
We’ve been talking last week about a tablet PC that was going to be released by Dell. Rumors that were saying the new Latitude XT was going to be released this week became true and it has some great feature, i’d say everyone will love it.
It sports a 12.1-inch 1,280×800 WXGA LED-backlit, 400cd/m2 capacitive [...]
Portege M700 Tabled Released by Toshiba
A new rugged laptop has been released by Toshiba, with a 12.1-inch LED backlit display, that switches automatically between finger and pen input. The Portege M700 sports a dual layer burner, latchless lid, spill resistand keyboard, a magnesium frame that absorbs shocks and weights 4.4 pounds.
As performances, it’s not something extreme, with a Santa Rosa [...]
Latitude XT To Be Released By Dell Next Week
There are a lot of rumors which state that Dell will release its new Latitude XT tablet PC on December 11th. So you’ve got another way of spending your holiday money, don’t you? We’ll talk about it more next week when the tablet PC is going to be available for buying.
via Engadget
OQO Model E2 With HSDPA Announced In London
OQO made a press conference only to announce an update to the OQO Model E2, which is the European version of the Model 02. This updated model features HSDPA / UMTS 2100MHz and GSM / EDGE / GPRS 900/1800 MHz data. It will be priced at €250, somewhere around $367. That is all that OQO [...]
4Dec2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Gateway E-155C Convertible Tablet PC Announced
 Gateway announced another convertible Tablet PC, the E-155C. It sports a 12.1 inches WXGA display, that rotates bidirectionally and a Intel Core 2 Duo Ultra Low Voltage ( ULV ) CPU. The E-155C comes with Windows Vista preloaded, weights 4.5 pounds and is 1.17 inches think, also featuring media reader, fingerprint reader, 1394, 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, [...]
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Fujitsu Announced P50WN and P70WN
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Two new convertible tablet PCs have been introduced by Fujitsu. The ultralight P70WN is featuring a Intel Core Solo U1500 processor, while the P50WN runs on a Intel Celeron M443. Both have a 8.9″ 1,280×768 touchscreen, from 60Gb to 80Gb of HDD space and will weight about 2.2 pounds. Price and availability haven’t been disclosed [...]
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Algiz 8 Tablet PC Announced
A new rugged tablet PC has been announced by Algiz, accompanying the many other rugged laptops, tablet PCs and UMPCs. The Algiz 8 tablet PC is extremely resistant and comes with a ULV M 1.0Ghz low voltage processor, 40GB HDD and up to 1GB of RAM. It has a 8.4″ SVGA display, which is enough [...]
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OQO Model 02 Available
The OQO 02 has several different input methods. There is a touch screen with active digitizer (digitizer pen optional). There is also a track stick pointer, which is the method that most people use. Along the lower right-hand corner of the screen, a touch sensitive area makes it easy to scroll vertically or horizontally through [...]
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Motion Computing Released LE1700 High-end Tablet PC
The Motion Computing LE1700 we wrote about 2 days ago has finally got official. It will come with1.5Ghz Core 2 Duo and a 1.2Ghz ULV Core Solo, the first one being priced at $2,000 and the second one at $2,000, but this prices don’t include options like EV-DO, WriteTouch 12.1″ SXGA+ display will definitely raise [...]
27Mar2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Motion Computing to release high-end LE1700
Motion Computing to release a great high end tablet PC, called LE1700, featuring a Core 2 Duo processor, 1.5Ghz and a 12.1″ SXGA+ display. But there are a lot of other features, like 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, acceletometer, dual mode digitizer, fingerprint reader and a HSDPA mobile broadband. The tablet PC can be configured to [...]
25Mar2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Samsung Q2
The Samsung Q2 is a tiny device with a very big identity problem. The result of a collaboration by Microsoft, Samsung, and Intel, the Q2 is the newest product in the Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) category, its design falling somewhere between a Pocket PC and an ultralight laptop computer with a small screen.
Samsung has upgraded [...]
7Mar2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued