Personally, I wouldn't want a small-screened Tablet PC. The original Acers
at just over 10 inches are pretty much pushing it in my opinion. As I've
suggested previously, take a piece of paper and map out a five-inch screen
since that seems to be a target of affection for some people, and then try
writing a full sentence on it. With a 10.4" or larger screen, you can fully
view sentences or even paragraphs in the Tablet Input Panel. What good is a
screen where you only see a few words? Perhaps a self-scrolling method
would work, but I like to see entire sentences on the screen as I'm writing,
and I cannot see programs like OneNote or GoBinder in use by students taking
notes in class on a screen that small.

How would you work creating a PowerPoint presentation, work on a spreadsheet
or a Publisher brochure when you can't fully view everything?
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"me" <me@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Chris H." wrote:
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>> I think you're missing a lot of what is happening with Tablet PCs.
>> Perhaps
>> a viewing of the "case studies" would expand your perception:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/t...s/default.mspx
>>
>> There is a large segment of users among students - high school or
>> college/university - and their instructors. Students use programs like
>> OneNote and GoBinder to track their classes, note-taking, etc., including
>> voice recordings of lectures while making notes.
>>
>> Tablet PCs are not just a "geek" thing, but productive computers employed
>> a
>> wide spectrum of users from lawyers, doctors and police officers to
>> warehousemen for inventory control, Real Estate agents, insurance claims
>> adjustors, and artists and writers. 8-)
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
> Chris,
> I'm aware of adoption especially in areas of hospitals and students.
>
> But here in the UK adoption of tablet is a tiny percentage.
>
> Most places in UK don't even sell them. So we're relying on someone brave
> in
> a corporation to trial their use.
>
> I'm basically coming at it from Mickey's point of view, great technology,
> great potential use but to get widespread adoption the obvious answer is a
> variety of sizes of Tablet PCs rather than the wall to wall 12 inches that
> we
> seen to have at the moment.
>
> Think filofax sort of size, 8 inches, slate, 30 GB, separate keypad,
> lightweight. That ideas got to have potential in the market surely? If
> sony
> can do it to the playstation someone must be able to do it with the tablet
> OS?