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    Converted Dell Mini 9 Netbook Makes For a Great Internet Tablet

    Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Android Power, But Where's the Flash?

    Apple Tablet with 9.6-inch Touchscreen, HSDPA in February?

    Archos 9 Hands On: The Windows 7 Netbook That Lost Its Keyboard

    Duros 8404 Tablet Upgraded With Atom, Daylight-Viewable LCD

    Hanwha Duo Turns Your Laptop Into a Tablet PC

    12-Inch Multitouch Tablet Convertible Dell Latitude XT2 Now Out

    Capacitatve-Touch HP tx2 Tablet "Needs Work" Says Laptop Mag

    Axiotron Service Reincarnates Old Macbooks As Shiny New Modbook Tablets

    Fujitsu Siemens ST6012 Tablet PC Quietly Hits, Looks the Biz
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    Image of Jesus_Jones Jesus_Jones
    10/14/09

    In reply to Converted Dell Mini 9 Netbook Makes For a Great Internet Tablet
    pity about the touchscreen as it looks like a resistive not capacitive one.
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    deanbmmv promoted this comment Jesus_Jones was starred Jesus_Jones was unstarred
    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    10/14/09

    @Jesus_Jones: Source article confirms it's resistive.
    Why would that matter? Pen works much better on a mouse based UI anyway. (though Win7 is designed to be finger friendly I guess)
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    Edited by deanbmmv at 10/14/09 1:27 PM deanbmmv was starred deanbmmv was unstarred
    Image of Jesus_Jones Jesus_Jones
    11/09/09

    I used that resistive touchscreen before in an acer and it's like reading trough 20 layers of clingfilm and it feels like you're touching the screen with a prophylactic on the end of whatever appendage you choose to use. #dellmini9
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/14/09

    In reply to Converted Dell Mini 9 Netbook Makes For a Great Internet Tablet
    All that modding and still left the four-letter profanity across the front. For shame.
     Reply
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    Image of Parapraxis Parapraxis
    10/14/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:
    AAPL?
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment Parapraxis was starred Parapraxis was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/14/09

    @Parapraxis: Dyslexia makes baby Jesus cry.
     Reply
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    Image of MarcusMaximus MarcusMaximus
    10/14/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: What about adult Jesus? Or dead Jesus? Or newly back to life but will soon die again Jesus?
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment MarcusMaximus was starred MarcusMaximus was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/14/09

    @MarcusMaximus: Adolescent Jesus is fairly indifferent. Hormones, you know. Adult Jesus would've whipped the shit out of you. Dead Jesus would have a blast freaking out his old friends during the resurrection.

    "BOO!"

    *heart attack*

    "Oh man you should've seen your face! Uh....Mark? Eh well I'll see you in a bit."
     Reply
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    Image of Parapraxis Parapraxis
    10/14/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: you shouldn't talk to the former president of the united states that way.

    I'll sic Cheney on your ass!
     Reply
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    10/14/09

    In reply to Converted Dell Mini 9 Netbook Makes For a Great Internet Tablet
    Damnit. I need a 15.4" widescreen touchscreen so I can do this with my old laptop.
     Reply
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    Image of MarcusMaximus MarcusMaximus
    10/14/09

    @Log1c: [www.touchscreens.com]

    Found in 5 seconds searching on google.
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    Log1c promoted this comment MarcusMaximus was starred MarcusMaximus was unstarred
    Image of Log1c Log1c
    10/14/09

    @MarcusMaximus: Oh I've found lots of em. I really want a 5 wire resistive one. That is the hard to find part.

    Plus I want one that I can modify to go under the bezel because I'll be taking the laptop apart and making a new case for it.
     Reply
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    Image of pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq
    10/14/09

    In reply to Converted Dell Mini 9 Netbook Makes For a Great Internet Tablet
    I'm interested in how he is going to do the accelerometer. I've looked into that myself and found no easy solution. Unless I completely missed something, which is possible.
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    pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq was starred pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq was unstarred
    Image of Parapraxis Parapraxis
    10/14/09

    @pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq: how about a spirit level duct taped to the side of the tablet?

    Or better yet, an iPhone with the Spirilt level app duct taped to the side of the tablet?
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    SQLGuru promoted this comment Parapraxis was starred Parapraxis was unstarred
    Image of SQLGuru SQLGuru
    10/14/09

    @Parapraxis: Google is your friend.
    [www.phidgets.com]

    (replaced link with one that looks more easily embedded into the device -- and looks to be real-time instead of "record and download")
     Reply
    Edited by SQLGuru at 10/14/09 1:25 PM SQLGuru was starred SQLGuru was unstarred
    Image of pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq
    10/14/09

    @Parapraxis: perhaps i should reiterate, I haven't found a method that wasn't cost prohibitive. Yeah, you can do anything if you throw enough money at it.
     Reply
    pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq was starred pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq was unstarred
    Image of Parapraxis Parapraxis
    10/15/09

    @pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq: when I wrote that comment, my tongue was so far in my cheek Tyler Durden was jealous. #dellmini9
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    Image of pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq
    10/16/09

    @Parapraxis: Sorry, my cost prohibitive comment was meant for SQLGuru. #dellmini9
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    10/14/09

    In reply to Converted Dell Mini 9 Netbook Makes For a Great Internet Tablet
    Can't people just wait another 6 months for the iBook tablet? Come on! Keep you drawers on!
     Reply
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    Image of Charbax2 Charbax2
    09/15/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Android Power, But Where's the Flash?
    It does support Flash 9, check your facts!

    It streams video much better than the HTC Hero, in fact it supports Youtube HD which no other device does! Netbooks powered by Intel X86 processors can't even playback Youtube in HD smoothly!

    What Archos is simply saying, is that full Flash 10 support comes whenever Adobe releases it Q1 next year.
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    Joanna Stern promoted this comment Charbax2 was starred Charbax2 was unstarred
    Image of Joanna Stern Joanna Stern
    09/15/09

    @Charbax2: Where are you getting that it will playback YouTube HD smoothly? Do you have video of this? Oh and how are you? Check your email.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    09/15/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Android Power, But Where's the Flash?
    I have to say that coming from Archos, I'd expect that Flash upgrade to be a payed add-on.

    And that's why I don't buy their products anymore.

    My old Archos 505 was like a dream come true player back then... so I decided to pay a high price for it, with import taxes and all.

    Only I didn't knew I'd have to pay almost double the price to have all the functionalities it initially promised.

    You have to pay for codecs, the video cable is proprietary, the dock that enables you to record video is expensive as hell, and so on.

    Lesson learned. No more enclosed internet tablets with proprietary OSs. I'll just wait some more for a decent netblet.
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    Image of RyaninCalgary RyaninCalgary
    09/15/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Android Power, But Where's the Flash?
    I have an Archos 5 60gb and I like it but the video out though the dock is crap and their propriatary connectors break and are generally annoying. They need to switch to standard USB and HDMI for me to ever buy another product from them.

    Besides that it's the best PMP I've ever had playing any codec I throw at it unlike the touch or zune which is limited to just a couple codecs.
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    elementary promoted this comment RyaninCalgary was starred RyaninCalgary was unstarred
    Image of elementary elementary
    09/15/09

    @RyaninCalgary: Does it play VOBs? I don't have time to re-encode my DVDs, but I've not yet found a PMP that can play VOBs.
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    Image of RyaninCalgary RyaninCalgary
    09/15/09

    @elementary: Yes. BUT you have to buy the codec pac which is 30EU. (They have to pay the codec owners.)

    [www.archos.com]

    It plays
    .vob .mpg .ps .mkv .m4v .mov .wmv mpeg2 avi mpeg4. H264, MP3, AAC

    The origional A5 is the best video player I've ever used even with it's faults.

    Oh and it uses windows explorer which makes it really easy to just drag and drop files on and off. No stupid syncing.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC BergenCountyJC
    09/15/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Android Power, But Where's the Flash?

    I miss the simpler times of Archos -- as they were my first mp3 player -- FYI I still have it if anyone wants it. Still works.
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    Ruthless, If you let me promoted this comment BergenCountyJC was starred BergenCountyJC was unstarred
    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    09/15/09

    @BergenCountyJC: That was my first MP3 player too. Worked best as a paperweight for me.
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    Image of NeoAkira NeoAkira
    09/15/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Android Power, But Where's the Flash?
    Sounds pretty fail for internet use.
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    Image of NeoAkira NeoAkira
    09/15/09

    In reply to Apple Tablet with 9.6-inch Touchscreen, HSDPA in February?
    I've got a better idea for Apple: Release the real iPod Touch 3G instead.
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    Image of JCay JCay
    09/15/09

    @NeoAkira: Why would you need 3G on a iPod Touch??
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    NeoAkira promoted this comment JCay was starred JCay was unstarred
    Image of NeoAkira NeoAkira
    09/15/09

    @JCay:

    No the 3G stands for 3rd Generation.
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    Image of CColdsmoke CColdsmoke
    09/15/09

    In reply to Apple Tablet with 9.6-inch Touchscreen, HSDPA in February?
    I'd hope for a little more functionality than just another iPhone/iPod. A stylus that will allow you to write and draw (with pressure sensitivity) would be the killer Mac Tablet (MacLet?) feature for me. I would love to be able to replace the mountains of legal pads that my job requires and the mountains of sketchbooks and assorted reams of paper that I have lying around for when inspiration strikes.

    I can deal with not having internet access in the toilet and with having to read a book instead of watch a movie in full 1080p while traveling, but I'd love something that allows for free roaming creativity. To me, that'd be worth 800 bones.
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    cletar promoted this comment CColdsmoke was starred CColdsmoke was unstarred
    Image of mrfr0g mrfr0g
    09/15/09

    @CColdsmoke: You could always get the stylus pen for writing notes. Not sure about the sensitivity, but that would be awesome...

    Pen url: [www.amazon.com]
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    NeoAkira promoted this comment mrfr0g was starred mrfr0g was unstarred
    Image of NeoAkira NeoAkira
    09/15/09

    @mrfr0g:

    I like this one more:

    [www.thinkgeek.com]
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    Image of LillianDuge LillianDuge
    09/15/09

    In reply to Apple Tablet with 9.6-inch Touchscreen, HSDPA in February?
    If Apple has half a brain they will bite the cost and provide a bluetooth Apple keyboard for the tablet including multitouch trackpad. Give it hooks to latch onto the tablet screen side as a cover and so they can travel together easily. Then throw in an extra battery into the base to double the system battery life and now you have the absolute best of both worlds. If I want to browse on the couch or watch a movie on a plain go tablet mode. Want to work for a few hours on simple office apps, stick the keyboard on and go. I would pay a fantastic amount of money for the described system. You?
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    SysRq promoted this comment Danny Allen approved this comment LillianDuge was starred LillianDuge was unstarred
    Image of SysRq SysRq
    09/15/09

    @LillianDuge: This sounds like the opposite of what Apple would be interested in. I don't think Apple is going to be making machines that snap into each other any time soon.
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    Image of Aaron Martin-Colby Aaron Martin-Colby
    09/15/09

    @SysRq: They made that iPod boombox.
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    SysRq promoted this comment Aaron Martin-Colby was starred Aaron Martin-Colby was unstarred
    Image of SysRq SysRq
    09/22/09

    @Aaron Martin-Colby: Your mother.
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    SysRq was starred SysRq was unstarred
    Image of anon anon
    09/15/09

    In reply to Apple Tablet with 9.6-inch Touchscreen, HSDPA in February?
    Just out of curiousity, has anybody here used a tablet extensively? How is the productivity for, say, writing code or typing a paper as compared with a keyboard system? Do you hook up a wireless keyboard for that kind of work or do you use handwriting recognition exclusively or voice input exclusively? I have always been intrigued by them, but I am just not sure how productive they'd be for everyday use.
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    tande04 promoted this comment anon was starred anon was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    09/15/09

    @craighyatt: I think thats part of the problem with how MS marketed the tablets in the past and how some people are perceiving it now.

    Its not a replacement. Its not a laptop replacement, its not a desktop replacement. Its a supplement.

    There are things that are going to be harder then they would on a normal computer. Writing code or typing a paper for example (anyone I've ever seen doing those things on a tablet now always uses the keyboard).

    On the flip side its going to be better for other things like web, video music etc.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    09/15/09

    @craighyatt: I have a Lenovo convertible X200 tablet as my work laptop. It's a great machine. It has a keyboard for fast text input and the handwriting recolonization is better than I expected. In tablet mode it works great while I'm walking around at a job site and surfing on the couch.
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    Image of Xndingo Xndingo
    09/15/09

    In reply to Apple Tablet with 9.6-inch Touchscreen, HSDPA in February?
    i would buy it ONLY if it ran Leopard.otherwise it's just an ipod touch with a big screen and price
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    Danny Allen approved this comment Xndingo was starred Xndingo was unstarred
    Image of kingbob337 kingbob337
    09/15/09

    @Xndingo: I highly doubt it since leopard requires an x86 architecture. It will probably be something new that they put together from the ground up. INC itablet OS X.
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    Jim Topoleski promoted this comment kingbob337 was starred kingbob337 was unstarred
    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    09/15/09

    @kingbob337: Leopard can be made to run on anything. Technically Leopard is what powers the Phone/Touch too. Its not a full client version of the software, but it most certainly IS OS X running on it.
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    Image of TheWerewolf - Sotto voce TheWerewolf - Sotto voce
    09/15/09

    @Jim Topoleski: I think you missed his point. It's not that it runs some kind of MacOS - it's: will it run his preexisting apps. Leopard (of some sort) on an ARM won't do that.

    So this hypothetical tablet, regardless of its potential, becomes a super-iPod touch, not a tablet Macintosh.

    The problem is that there is a rapidly growning range of fully functional PC touchscreen notebooks and netbooks which offer far more than this, but at comparable prices (or even less) without any compromises.
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