Courtesy of Christopher Coulter of TabletPCTalk.com, a few picks for the best Tablet PCs of the holiday season:
Convertible – Toshiba Portege 3500
Fastest Kid on the Block: Gentlemen start thy engines, zoom, fast, fast. A sleek and nice look, just a bench press Tablet, feels heavy. Seems a true notebook replacement, 12.1 screen AND Convertible, runs medium hot, best slot choices, hence a good PDA-companion. Battery life horrid, sigh, though true of all Tablets, but more so here.
Slate – Motion Computing M1200
Wow, just LOOK at it. Big screen, nice, nice, just the main problem is that Motion almost needs oven-mitts after awhile, runs HOT. Real hot. But still wow. Just look at that screen! Graphic Artists dream machine. Startup stigma, but the Gateway resell deal and good overall reseller network, might provide some backing. For the future: faster CPU and cool-running enhancements and winner. King of the Slates.
Innovative Model – PaceBlade PaceBook
Active Digitizer AND Touch Screen. Wow. Tablet as better (if larger) PDA. FinePoint fluid. Felt solid casing, great all-in-one everything-needed almost. The on-screen touch-type keyboard is just so cool. Downside? Speed, as it feels slow, the Crusoe seems to lag it. A serious ‘need for speed’, and could be a major winner, though overall great even now.
