| ActiveMac | Anonymous | Create a User | Reviews | News | Forums | Advertise |
|
|
|
User Controls |
|
New User |
|
Login |
|
Edit/View My Profile |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ActiveMac |
|
Articles |
|
Forums |
|
Links |
|
News |
|
News Search |
|
Reviews |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
News Centers |
|
Windows/Microsoft |
|
DVD |
|
ActiveHardware |
|
Xbox |
|
MaINTosh |
|
News Search |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ANet Chats |
|
The Lobby |
|
Special Events Room |
|
Developer's Lounge |
|
XBox Chat |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ's |
|
Windows 98/98 SE |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Windows Me |
|
Windows "Whistler" XP |
|
Windows CE |
|
Internet Explorer 6 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Xbox |
|
DirectX |
|
DVD's |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TopTechTips |
|
Registry Tips |
|
Windows 95/98 |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Internet Explorer 4 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Windows NT Tips |
|
Program Tips |
|
Easter Eggs |
|
Hardware |
|
DVD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latest Reviews |
|
Applications |
|
Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
|
Norton SystemWorks 2002 |
|
|
|
Hardware |
|
Intel Personal Audio Player 3000 |
|
Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Site News/Info |
|
About This Site |
|
Affiliates |
|
ANet Forums |
|
Contact Us |
|
Default Home Page |
|
Link To Us |
|
Links |
|
Member Pages |
|
Site Search |
|
Awards |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Credits |
 |
Where TabletPC will succeed | |
|
||
| Time: 09:36 EST/14:36 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
|
Of the many things emerging from Microsoft's labs, the TabletPC is one of the most exciting and tangible. While most of Microsoft's other lab work will eventually find its way into existing products, the TabletPC operating system will create an entire cottage industry that includes all sorts of newfangled hardware and software. So, it's no wonder that the company's executives (including Bill Gates), product managers, and public relations teams have spent a considerable time demonstrating early prototypes in hopes of getting the masses revved up. But, it's not the masses who are excited about the TabletPC. | ||
|
Write Comment
Return to News |
Displaying 1 through 25 of 325 Last | Next |
The time now is
8:05:04 AM
ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us |
| #1 By 3 (62.253.128.4) at 7/18/2002 10:17:30 AM |
| You can bet it will be so pricy it will be out of the reach of most people, but then again they must be aiming for business users anyway. |
| #2 By 3 (62.253.128.4) at 7/18/2002 10:24:22 AM |
| I used to think that too - but Pocket PC's have hardly gone down in price over the last 2 years. |
| #3 By 7390 (12.110.198.251) at 7/18/2002 10:32:37 AM |
|
I agree Bryon! several years ago I thought that by now Pocket PCs would cost $199 and have more handware capabilities.
But they still cost around $600 (fully loaded). The only portable item that seems to be going anywhere is the Ipod (with the 20 gig drive). If that baby ever ran Window CE with office..man My friend has the 10 gig version and a cassette adapter for his car (he will never buy or burn a CD again). |
| #4 By 5444 (208.180.140.230) at 7/18/2002 11:11:31 AM |
|
don't know,
Believe that the pockt phone PC will take off;) At least then you have a good reason to have one. it has a phone in it. so the PDA side is actually useful. Add to the point that you now have email and the like at your hands. now if they would just drop the rates for data. el |
| #5 By 3 (62.253.128.4) at 7/18/2002 11:31:18 AM |
| One of the Pocket PC phones (The XDA) has been released here in the UK and while it is a great PDA (at £500 it bloodys should be!) it's phone interface sucks. |
| #6 By 5444 (208.180.140.230) at 7/18/2002 11:50:31 AM |
|
Well remember it is version 1 of a ms based software;) around version 3 it will be good;)
Also that XDA or a version just like it, (same manufactorer) will be release here in the states for Voicestream, which is now T-mobile or will be nationwide by sept. El This post was edited by eldoen on Thursday, July 18, 2002 at 11:52. |
| #7 By 1896 (216.78.252.147) at 7/18/2002 1:55:55 PM |
|
But it is going to be locked by VoiceStream. Take a look at this link instead:
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=HTC-GPRS-PDA The producer is the sam of the XDA but this one will work both in US and Europe, cost less and it is unlocked. |
| #8 By 1896 (216.78.252.147) at 7/18/2002 2:11:17 PM |
| I disagree both with the author of the article and with the guy from Dell; in five years if not earlier Tablet PC will be what laptops are today. Dell has a long history to get in emrging market segments later; this is because their economic model privilege to profit on the volume of the sales and not on the markup of the item. The strategy work but sometime take times to catch up with earlier players like happened with Toshiba in the laptop segments. I have to buy a new laptop but I am waiting for a Tablet PC: I am looking for one with swiveling screen, a MP4 processor and a lot of RAM because I am going to use it as my primary device both in the office and in the house where I am going to relegate my desktop in the role of data server and internet hub. |
| #9 By 61 (65.32.170.1) at 7/18/2002 3:09:36 PM |
|
m00, no this is not a PDA on steriods..... in fact, it's NOTHING like PDA, other than the fact that it's the same shape and you can write on it.
TabletPC is a FULL FLEDGED computer. You can buy some models that have both standard laptop forms that transform into the tablet form, you can buy tablet only that go into a docking station that have a keyboard and mouse, etc.... Again, this is NOT a PDA on steriods. |
| #10 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 7/18/2002 3:23:32 PM |
| Anybody else think the availability of these different formfactors and manufacturers is going to hurt the tablet adoption rate? Initially, all will be expensive; some will not be that useful and won't sell well; some will sell but will have design problems (I can totally see some of these convertible forms from cheap Taiwanese, Chinese manufacturers snapping in half and what not), some will do well and wipe the others out of any marketshare. Hell, the PC is a much more suitable form to accomodate variation and still PC users buy nearly 50% of all PCs from Dell in only a few forms... and Dell isn't even wild about the market. So will we really be seeing 3-5 different form factors from 10 different manufacturers in 2 years for a device that's expensive as any other PC-like device if not more so but in many applications less useful than another device? I don't think so, but I'm curious about others take on this. |
| #11 By 3653 (63.162.177.140) at 7/18/2002 4:08:37 PM |
|
"I can totally see some of these convertible forms from cheap Taiwanese, Chinese manufacturers snapping in half and what not"
But I don't suppose that stupid iMac craning neck will ever break, will it? Ja-Ja-Ja-Jaded! |
| #12 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 7/18/2002 5:17:52 PM |
| More, I thought it might have problems and still have concerns. But at its debut, I got an Apple rep to stand by me while I picked it up (it's heavy--say 30 pounds) and dropped it from six or eight inches high. It took the beating fine and also the screen maintained its position. I also took the neck and over-extended beyond the 180 degree sweep. Very solid on the rotation. In time, may the anglepoise hinges loosen? Maybe, but I don't see why my making one comment makes me jaded. I do think your supposition of what I think about something completely off-topic as if I'm hiding or protecting something is arrogant, ignorant, and just plain wrong. |
| #13 By 1896 (216.78.252.147) at 7/18/2002 6:33:21 PM |
| Well someone could say that a Porsche is a Mini with steroids but the reality is different and people realize it... and not only by the price. |
| #14 By 5444 (208.180.140.230) at 7/18/2002 8:01:16 PM |
|
Soda,
Not really each industry will have a form factor they like. Hospitals already used a dumbed down version of a tablet, and several warehouses etc would probably like the tablet over the pc folding format. standard white coller workers will like the laptop to tablet version. Which I believe be the form factor that just replaces laptops. El |
|
Write Comment
Return to News |
Displaying 1 through 25 of 325 Last | Next |
The time now is
8:05:04 AM
ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us |
