A difference between a Tablet PC and a pen-enabled tablet or pen-enabled notebook is the operating system. Tablet PCs use the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. If this OS version is not used then the product is not a Tablet PC.

With that said ... despite the name, the FTEC Tablet PC is not a Tablet PC.

WHEN is a Tablet PC not a Tablet PC? When it's the FTEC Tablet PC, that's when.

Why? Well for some reason best known to this Malaysian manufacturer, the FTEC device doesn't come installed with Windows XP Tablet Edition, and instead has Windows XP Home Edition.

This means that while this machine has pen input via the supplied stylus, it actually does not have any handwriting-recognition technology built-in and if you're using the machine detached from its keyboard, you're basically stuck with the Windows XP default software keyboard.

The FTEC Tablet PC

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