The Toshiba M200 continues to win people over to the Tablet PC World. Congtratulations.
I need a lot more time before I start drawing conclusions, but at least superficially, Microsoft has addressed most of my gripes about the platform with its newest Tablet PC OS, which is based on Windows XP Service Pack 2.
Meanwhile, Toshiba is doing wonders with it. I’m working with Toshiba’s M200, and the customized software rocks. Toshiba put four stylus-sensitive regions to the right of the display. You can customize each of these buttons, and Toshiba also includes a gesture engine that limits the number of trips to the Start menu (menus and styli do not mix). When you run the machine in tablet mode with the keyboard concealed, the buttons around the display’s perimeter are very handy. The M200 has three microphones on the display bezel to reduce input noise for telephony and voice recognition.
Toshiba’s design highlights the usefulness of the new Tablet PC architecture that actually delivers the ability to use the stylus with non-Tablet-aware apps. I’ll revisit the Tablet as the retail release of the new OS approaches.
It still must get better from here. However, I can say that I do a lot less flipping when I’m using the Toshiba M200 Tablet PC. Maybe I can acquire a taste for the Tablet after all.
05-30-2004, 09:26 AM
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