I don't see any available on the Dell website. Also I haven't seen any
press or advertisements about them lately. I googled Tablet PCs and
pretty much only came up with pages from
2003 and 2004.

Are manufacturers still making them?

And is Vista going to run on them?

Thanks if you know.

Dell's "interest" in Tablet PCs went with the ex-Dell works (among others)
who formed Motion Computing. Yes, there's a whole crop of new machines on
the market right now with the Duo Core processors, and more are expected
around the time Vista launches in a few months.

Check out Tablet PC MVP Terri Stratton's web site - http://thetabletpc.net -
for all the latest model information, comparison charts and links to the
various manufacturers.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"wizzywiz" <jimkk@umich.edu> wrote in message
news:1159711755.545617.311210@b28g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>I don't see any available on the Dell website. Also I haven't seen any
> press or advertisements about them lately. I googled Tablet PCs and
> pretty much only came up with pages from
> 2003 and 2004.
>
> Are manufacturers still making them?
>
> And is Vista going to run on them?
>
> Thanks if you know.
>

In article <1159711755.545617.311210@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>,
jimkk@umich.edu says...
> I don't see any available on the Dell website. Also I haven't seen any
> press or advertisements about them lately. I googled Tablet PCs and
> pretty much only came up with pages from
> 2003 and 2004.

There doesn't seem to be much new news. Not a whole lot of recent
innovations. A lot of focus was moved over to the ultra-mobile-PCs but
then I think that kind of died out.

I have been noticing more and more people with tablets. Several students
that I know have tablets. And not just the computer geeks. All the city
commissioners in my city have Acer C300s. All the medical students at KU
Medical School are required to own one of the HP tablets. I can't
remember the model. A local clinic has switched to using only WiFi
connected tablet PCs for all their doctors and top nurses so they can
quickly look things up, fill in forms, and take it with them from room to
room. And this is just what I have noticed in my daily life.

From what I have been reading, tablets are becoming popular in the
"vertical markets" (where specialized software is designed to take
advantage of hardware features) such as medicine.

> Are manufacturers still making them?

Many are still making them. Toshiba has a whole line of them in all
different sizes. They make almost as many different kinds of tablets as
they do regular laptops.

> And is Vista going to run on them?

Yep, as previous posts have indicated, the same Vista that runs on a PC
will run on a Tablet PC and have all the Tablet PC functionality. It just
installs differently if you are installing it on a Tablet.

Dell has indicated that they are interested in the Tablet PC platform but I
doubt you'd see anything sooner than a year from now if they decide to go
forward with it.

http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=572

--
Josh Einstein / Tablet PC MVP
Einstein Technologies, LLC
-----------------------------------------------------
Tablet Enhancements for Outlook 3.0 Now Available
Unleash the potential of Outlook on your Tablet PC, Origami, or UMPC.
Try it for 15 days - http://www.tabletoutlook.com/Go.ashx?id=ng


"wizzywiz" <jimkk@umich.edu> wrote in message
news:1159711755.545617.311210@b28g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>I don't see any available on the Dell website. Also I haven't seen any
> press or advertisements about them lately. I googled Tablet PCs and
> pretty much only came up with pages from
> 2003 and 2004.
>
> Are manufacturers still making them?
>
> And is Vista going to run on them?
>
> Thanks if you know.
>

I'm very surprised that you've found only links from a few years ago. There
are several search engines, including Google that give much newer and
accurate results.

http://www.google.com/search?as_q=ta...s=&safe=images

--
Terri Stratton
Microsoft Featured Community
http://thetabletpc.net
Windows MVP - Tablet PC
http://writepc.com - a site for UMPCs"wizzywiz" <jimkk@umich.edu> wrote in
message news:1159711755.545617.311210@b28g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>I don't see any available on the Dell website. Also I haven't seen any
> press or advertisements about them lately. I googled Tablet PCs and
> pretty much only came up with pages from
> 2003 and 2004.
>
> Are manufacturers still making them?
>
> And is Vista going to run on them?
>
> Thanks if you know.
>

> I don't see any available on the Dell website. Also I haven't seen any
> press or advertisements about them lately.

I certainly wouldn't use the Dell web site as an example of what the
entire industry is doing. Funny enough when I look at Tablet PC
comparisons I rarely see a Dell mentioned.

> I googled Tablet PCs and
> pretty much only came up with pages from
> 2003 and 2004.

Next time Google with the quotes around your phrase "Tablet PC"? I had
to scroll more than 10 pages before I got anything older than 2005.

> Are manufacturers still making them?

I certainly hope so! I just bought a Fujitsu Stylistic ST5032.

> And is Vista going to run on them?

The first thing I did when I got home was reformat the slate with the
latest beta release of Windows Vista. It automatically recognises it's
a Tablet PC and installs all of the Tablet PC functions which are
already built-in to Vista. It works wonderfullly.

I then installed the latest beta of Office 2007 which also works great
on my slate.

The only difficulty I am having, which was to be expected, is that
there aren't up to date Vista drivers for all of the hardware. I can't
use Aero yet as I have to wait until Fujitsu comes out with a
Vista-compatible screen driver... the same for the built-in fingerprint
reader.

Tablet PCs rule!

Yeah too bad for the UMPC's ... I think everyone was hyped up on the
sub 600 dollar price and small form factor... however you can't get one
of those for under 1000 dollars. I get props all the time around
campus for my TC4200, people think its awesome, I'm typing away at the
library, and the rotate the screen flat, and out of nowhere come the
ooh's and aah's ...

:)

john


On Oct 1, 11:22 am, Grant Robertson <B...@BOGUS.com> wrote:
> In article <1159711755.545617.311...@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>,
> j...@umich.edu says...
>
> > I don't see any available on the Dell website. Also I haven't seen any
> > press or advertisements about them lately. I googled Tablet PCs and
> > pretty much only came up with pages from
> > 2003 and 2004.There doesn't seem to be much new news. Not a whole lot of recent
> innovations. A lot of focus was moved over to the ultra-mobile-PCs but
> then I think that kind of died out.
>
> I have been noticing more and more people with tablets. Several students
> that I know have tablets. And not just the computer geeks. All the city
> commissioners in my city have Acer C300s. All the medical students at KU
> Medical School are required to own one of the HP tablets. I can't
> remember the model. A local clinic has switched to using only WiFi
> connected tablet PCs for all their doctors and top nurses so they can
> quickly look things up, fill in forms, and take it with them from room to
> room. And this is just what I have noticed in my daily life.
>
> From what I have been reading, tablets are becoming popular in the
> "vertical markets" (where specialized software is designed to take
> advantage of hardware features) such as medicine.
>
> > Are manufacturers still making them?Many are still making them. Toshiba has a whole line of them in all
> different sizes. They make almost as many different kinds of tablets as
> they do regular laptops.
>
> > And is Vista going to run on them?Yep, as previous posts have indicated, the same Vista that runs on a PC
> will run on a Tablet PC and have all the Tablet PC functionality. It just
> installs differently if you are installing it on a Tablet.

Not too bad for a beginning. Just wait a few months until the Vista release
timeframe. 8-)
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"IT2" <johnwildes******.com> wrote in message
news:1160619649.868048.308500@k70g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Yeah too bad for the UMPC's ... I think everyone was hyped up on the
> sub 600 dollar price and small form factor... however you can't get one
> of those for under 1000 dollars. I get props all the time around
> campus for my TC4200, people think its awesome, I'm typing away at the
> library, and the rotate the screen flat, and out of nowhere come the
> ooh's and aah's ...
>
> :)
>
> john
>
>
> On Oct 1, 11:22 am, Grant Robertson <B...@BOGUS.com> wrote:
>> In article <1159711755.545617.311...@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>,
>> j...@umich.edu says...
>>
>> > I don't see any available on the Dell website. Also I haven't seen any
>> > press or advertisements about them lately. I googled Tablet PCs and
>> > pretty much only came up with pages from
>> > 2003 and 2004.There doesn't seem to be much new news. Not a whole lot
>> > of recent
>> innovations. A lot of focus was moved over to the ultra-mobile-PCs but
>> then I think that kind of died out.
>>
>> I have been noticing more and more people with tablets. Several students
>> that I know have tablets. And not just the computer geeks. All the city
>> commissioners in my city have Acer C300s. All the medical students at KU
>> Medical School are required to own one of the HP tablets. I can't
>> remember the model. A local clinic has switched to using only WiFi
>> connected tablet PCs for all their doctors and top nurses so they can
>> quickly look things up, fill in forms, and take it with them from room to
>> room. And this is just what I have noticed in my daily life.
>>
>> From what I have been reading, tablets are becoming popular in the
>> "vertical markets" (where specialized software is designed to take
>> advantage of hardware features) such as medicine.
>>
>> > Are manufacturers still making them?Many are still making them. Toshiba
>> > has a whole line of them in all
>> different sizes. They make almost as many different kinds of tablets as
>> they do regular laptops.
>>
>> > And is Vista going to run on them?Yep, as previous posts have
>> > indicated, the same Vista that runs on a PC
>> will run on a Tablet PC and have all the Tablet PC functionality. It just
>> installs differently if you are installing it on a Tablet.
>

Chris H. <winxpnews********.com> shared these words of wisdom:

>> Yeah too bad for the UMPC's ... I think everyone was hyped up on
>> the
>> sub 600 dollar price and small form factor... however you can't get
>> one of those for under 1000 dollars. I get props all the time
>> around
>> campus for my TC4200, people think its awesome, I'm typing away at
>> the library, and the rotate the screen flat, and out of nowhere
>> come
>> the ooh's and aah's ...
>>
>> :)

> Not too bad for a beginning. Just wait a few months until the Vista
> release timeframe. 8-)

Does this mean to say that Vista might mean the big bang for the
UMPCs?
Or does this refer to TabletPCs?

Rainald

New Tablet PCs and Ultra-Mobile PCs - both.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Rainald Taesler" <taesler@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:%239QMfSk7GHA.3384@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Chris H. <winxpnews********.com> shared these words of wisdom:
>
>>> Yeah too bad for the UMPC's ... I think everyone was hyped up on the
>>> sub 600 dollar price and small form factor... however you can't get
>>> one of those for under 1000 dollars. I get props all the time around
>>> campus for my TC4200, people think its awesome, I'm typing away at
>>> the library, and the rotate the screen flat, and out of nowhere come
>>> the ooh's and aah's ...
>>>
>>> :)
>
>> Not too bad for a beginning. Just wait a few months until the Vista
>> release timeframe. 8-)
>
> Does this mean to say that Vista might mean the big bang for the UMPCs?
> Or does this refer to TabletPCs?
>
> Rainald
>

That's what I am hoping, I really like the EOi7200 model. I wanted to
get an LS800 from motion computing, but I heard they run REALLY HOT,
and I didnt want to be carrying something around like that if it got as
hot as maybe my TC4200 gets. This EO i7200 has everything I want
though.

On Oct 12, 1:26 am, "Chris H." <winxpn...********.com> wrote:
> Not too bad for a beginning. Just wait a few months until the Vista release
> timeframe. 8-)
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations -http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone -www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
> "IT2" <johnwil...******.com> wrote in messagenews:1160619649.868048.308500@k70g2000cwa.g ooglegroups.com...
>
> > Yeah too bad for the UMPC's ... I think everyone was hyped up on the
> > sub 600 dollar price and small form factor... however you can't get one
> > of those for under 1000 dollars. I get props all the time around
> > campus for my TC4200, people think its awesome, I'm typing away at the
> > library, and the rotate the screen flat, and out of nowhere come the
> > ooh's and aah's ...
>
> > :)
>
> > john
>
> > On Oct 1, 11:22 am, Grant Robertson <B...@BOGUS.com> wrote:
> >> In article <1159711755.545617.311...@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>,
> >> j...@umich.edu says...
>
> >> > I don't see any available on the Dell website. Also I haven't seen any
> >> > press or advertisements about them lately. I googled Tablet PCs and
> >> > pretty much only came up with pages from
> >> > 2003 and 2004.There doesn't seem to be much new news. Not a whole lot
> >> > of recent
> >> innovations. A lot of focus was moved over to the ultra-mobile-PCs but
> >> then I think that kind of died out.
>
> >> I have been noticing more and more people with tablets. Several students
> >> that I know have tablets. And not just the computer geeks. All the city
> >> commissioners in my city have Acer C300s. All the medical students at KU
> >> Medical School are required to own one of the HP tablets. I can't
> >> remember the model. A local clinic has switched to using only WiFi
> >> connected tablet PCs for all their doctors and top nurses so they can
> >> quickly look things up, fill in forms, and take it with them from room to
> >> room. And this is just what I have noticed in my daily life.
>
> >> From what I have been reading, tablets are becoming popular in the
> >> "vertical markets" (where specialized software is designed to take
> >> advantage of hardware features) such as medicine.
>
> >> > Are manufacturers still making them?Many are still making them. Toshiba
> >> > has a whole line of them in all
> >> different sizes. They make almost as many different kinds of tablets as
> >> they do regular laptops.
>
> >> > And is Vista going to run on them?Yep, as previous posts have
> >> > indicated, the same Vista that runs on a PC
> >> will run on a Tablet PC and have all the Tablet PC functionality. It just
> >> installs differently if you are installing it on a Tablet.