Just wondering whether there are any IBM or other interesting Tablet
announcements.

Wait wrote:
> Just wondering whether there are any IBM or other interesting Tablet
> announcements.

I'm not Chris ;) and not at WinHEC either, but:

http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winhec_2005.asp

with pics of the MS-envisioned new Acer(?) Tablet PC which IIRC was
posted earlier here already, that is:

http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winhec2005_tpc.asp

New tablet products are more likely to be announced in consumer rather
than hardware engineer events, e.g. CeBIT.

cheers,
- Jan

I'm not Jan and not at WinHEC either. 8-) Still recovering from rotator
cuff surgery. So far, the big push has been 64-bit, Longhorn and the small
concept Tablet Bill Gates introduced. If you want to check out the rumored
IBM ThinkPad X41 Tablet PC, take a look at the FCC pictures on Tablet PC MVP
James Kendrick's web site: http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Wait" <waitfordialtone******.com> wrote in message
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> Just wondering whether there are any IBM or other interesting Tablet
> announcements.
>

No new Tablet announcements other than some prototypes that may or may not
materialize.

There were some informative sessions on natural input for use in Longhorn
with upcoming hardware technology.

I've posted some pics at http://thetabletpc.net/events.htm

The big news is that Longhorn will enable touch and pen input so expect to
see hardware that will use both. The digitizer is layered on top. That
should lower production costs.

I got to look at this up close and it's really a great innovation. If I'd
only heard it, I probably wouldn't have liked the idea at all since some
earlier models who tried to do it didn't quite meet expectations.

The widget that's used to enable touch only shows up when you get close to
the screen without the pen. Using the pen will let the Tablet know not to
enable touch so there's no problem resting your hand on the screen when
using ink.

There should be some additional details on Tablets and input after a session
tomorrow. Stay tuned.

Terri Stratton
Owner / Editor
http://thetabletpc.net
Microsoft Featured Community Web site
Microsoft Windows MVP - Tablet PC
Expert Zone Columnist

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> announcements.
>