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toughbooks

Panasonic Fleshes-Out Toughbook Line With 3G-Internet F8, T8, W8 Laptops

Pansonic's line of Toughbook laptops is already pretty extensive, but it's getting more so: Panasonic's just come up with the 8-series of "business-rugged" notebooks. The F8, T8 and W8 all come with a Gobi 3G mobile broadband system built in for roaming internet access. The F8 is being called the "world’s lightest 3G-ready notebook with a 14.1 inch wide display and an internal optical drive," weighs 3.7 pounds and has spill-resistant keyboard and integrated handle. The W8 is an ultraportable with 12.1-inch screen, 7-hour battery, and the T8 is similar but with tablet PC options. All are designed to withstand more than the usual share of knocks and bangs, and rugged businesspersons will be pleased to note they're out November for $2,100 for the W8 and T8 and $2,500 for the F8. Extensive press release below. More »

4:07 AM on Fri Sep 26 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,800 views, 3 comments

Latest by hindsight2020: maybe good for a Forman on a construction site. more »

laptops

Lenovo Thinkpad X200 Tablet, 12 Inches of Touchtasticness

Lenovo's X200 tablet isn't the best kept secret, but it's a nice looking convertible laptop now that we have the full specs. At 3.5lbs, the configurable tablet features a 12.1" touchscreen (in pen or finger input options) Core 2 Duo processors up to 1.86GHz supported by 4GB of RAM, and available upgrades to 128MB SSD, WiMax, integrated camera, fancy dual array mic (designed to cancel ambient noise) and thumbprint reader. But that's not all! More »

Feature

6:00 PM on Thu Sep 18 2008
By Mark Wilson
8,894 views, 17 comments

Latest by jak0b: uhhh.... what should I do??? uhhh... I really want a tablet pc, but I cant decide wich one it should more »

laptops

(Presumably) Very Cheap Tablet PCs by NEC

See this tablet? It's new from NEC and features the same monotonous specs (1.6GHz Atom, 512MB-1GB RAM and 80GB HD) that we see in those cheapie mini-notebooks like the Asus Eee. Running XP or Vista and loaded with a 12 or 15-inch touchscreen, it's by no means beautiful, but this NEC could be the forebear of a new netbook-tablet market. We don't have pricing or release details at this time, but we'll keep a lookout, just for you. [Akihabara News]

7:30 PM on Thu Aug 28 2008
By Mark Wilson
4,030 views, 13 comments

Latest by Bubblesaurus: hope it has a support on the back. complement with a soft roll-up keyboard and i would be set. But more »

intel classmate

Hands On With Intel Classmate Tablet: So Far Just a Touchy, Double-Jointed Netbook

When news of the Classmate tablet broke yesterday, it was hard to know what to think. In terms of specs, the device is a far sight better that the Classmate 2.0, but aside from the new tablet form factor, the diminutive netbook didn't seem to include any truly innovative new features. During the Intel Developer Forum today I got to fold around with the new Classmate, and my suspicions were confirmed: barring a late-stage killer feature, this iteration of Intel's OLPC killer will be sort of lame. More »

4:10 PM on Thu Aug 21 2008
By John Herrman
2,502 views, 12 comments

Latest by twid: Queues? Your English teacher is going QQ. more »

umpc

Toshiba Demos UMPC Hand-Held Tablet Prototype, But Thinks it's Too Small

At a recent presentation, Toshiba demoed a little hand-held UMPC prototype, indicating that the company is considering that product market. The silver-framed machine has a 5.6-inch touchscreen, and runs Windows Vista on an Atom processor and 64GB of SSD storage, and even packs in GPS. Though the onscreen touch keyboard takes up too much real estate, it's a great-looking little package. But apparently Toshiba isn't going to turn prototype into product as it's considered too small for practical use. That'll interest fans of the fabled Apple touch tablet, I'm sure. What do you think guys: would you buy a PC this size? [PCAuthority via Gizmodo.au]

5:51 AM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By Kit Eaton
3,752 views, 14 comments

Latest by Jaamlid: It's a mirror more »

gaming

The PlayStation 3 Works Well Enough With Tablets

It's one of those things that makes sense, but we'd never tried before. One tablet-happy artist decided to plug in his Wacom tablet into his PS3. The result? It was essentially plug 'n play. While a combination of the PS3's firmware and third party game design mean that it could never be used play 90% of the PS3's library, the tablet worked quite well for cruising around the menus and even fast forwarding and rewinding through media. Plus, it looks way more sophisticated than that DualShock 3. [via PS3 Fanboy]

9:29 AM on Wed Jun 4 2008
By Mark Wilson
3,068 views, 17 comments

Latest by fudged71: @Monty: I tried this months ago and it did not work! It was an older wacom, but nothing happened when more »

rumor

Asus Developing Eee PC Touchscreen Tablet

Aussie pub Current is reporting that the Eee PC will soon morph into a "non-clamshell touchscreen-only device," with an unveiling as soon as June 3 at Computex. Asus's Australia retail manager confirmed they're "obviously looking at form factors rather than just a clamshell" and that it would use a touchscreen. The caveat is that it ultimately might not wear the Eee badge since it's wholly different from—and presumably pricier than—the rest of the line. It might seem like an off-kilter move, but a genuinely cheap tablet (say, $500) could be as game-changing as the original Eee. [Current via Electronista]

5:30 PM on Sat May 24 2008
By matt buchanan
10,543 views, 29 comments

Latest by jammadave dislocated a rib. Ow.: I want a UMPC as badly as most pro-UMPC people, but what's stopped me from picking up, say, a Q1U more »

rumor

Intel Germany CEO Spills on Atom-Based Mini-Tablet iPhone

Through the fabulously true-to-life magic of machine translation comes word from ZDNet.de that Intel Germany CEO Hannes Schwaderer has confirmed an upcoming, larger (more tablet-y?) "version of the iPhone" based on Intel's Atom platform. Supposedly, the beefier unit size isn't due to the Atom chipset, but to the previously rumored bigger 720x480 display. More »

6:49 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By matt buchanan
13,769 views, 41 comments

Latest by culljosh: @mnit: @mnit: seriously thank you i didn't even have to type. Cheers more »

pen and touch

Wacom New Touchscreen Perfect for Fabled Tablet MacBook

Wacom, maker of the best graphic tablets available—as our video review of the latest Cintiq points out—says their new technology may be the key in developing perfect tablet computers, like the fabled MacBook Tablet. Their new surface has pressure-sensitive pen input and "pinpoint precision and drift-free" finger touch capability for low-power operation and lower cost for device manufacturers. More »

8:40 AM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By Jesus Diaz
11,459 views, 15 comments

Latest by Fatty: stylus+fingers+same time=heaven more »

dell

Dell Latitude XT2 Specs Revealed

Preliminary specs and a product render for the Dell Latitude XT2 have been released, and appears the convertable tablet will include the Centrino 2 Montevina platform, an integrated optical drive and an eSATA port. The rest appears to be unchanged for the time being. Nothing shocking or revelatory, but the Latitude XT was a nice piece of tech, and I'm equally interested in the XT2. [Engadget]

Feature

1:31 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Adrian Covert
7,462 views, 7 comments

Latest by ParJoe: @Don Tobin: Interesting. Thanks man. I'm an artist and I've been looking for a tablet for forever. It's nice to more »