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Tablet PC and .NET

Ever since seeing the first glimpses of one I was hooked : a tablet PC. Last Dotned meeting seeing Sander working with one I decided it was time to find me one.

Browsing around I picked an Acer travelmate C110. Actually buying one was a little harder. Tablet's are still not popular yet, using Google I found it available at a cheap Web-shop, listed as a notebook. The reviews for the shop were ok, the price good (under 1500€ excl. Vat) so l took the gamble.

It is a fantastic machine. With a Centirino running at I GHz and 512 Mb  as powerful as a "real" note book and it breathes connectivity through all it's connectors;

  • USB 2.0
  • Firewire
  • WiFi(g)
  • bluetooth
  • Infra-red

All of this packed in 1.5 kilos.

A tablet makes a perfect target for XP sp2. Which will. upgrade the OS to tablet 2005, which is like XP pro with a very good handwriting input. (Only when you write in English) and heads to funny Spel lies errors. Am using it right now and deliberately did not correct it's last opinion on what I had chalked.

Where does NET fit in.? the tablet's specific api's are NET assemblies, (Actually they wrap up Com) The framework is part of the default install. Who's next?

Peter

 

 


Posted Fri, Aug 13 2004 8:48 AM by pvanooijen

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Comments

Paul Gielens wrote re: Tablet PC and .NET
on Fri, Aug 13 2004 8:43 AM
What I was wondering, how is the lcd-panel durability with all the twisting and turning involved?
Peter van 0oijen wrote re: Tablet PC and .NET
on Fri, Aug 13 2004 10:48 AM
Don't know yet:) The hinges look OK A regular notebook has in fact the same problem. How often can you open it with out the LCD screen falling back again.
In fact a tablet may last longer, most of the time the lid is firmly closed while you are writing on it.
Andrew wrote re: Tablet PC and .NET
on Fri, Aug 13 2004 1:18 PM
I've had one a while, and found it to be a great machine. Fast enough even for development and small enough to take anywhere.

Durability seems not to be a problem at all, esspecially compared to my standard Acer laptop, which now has a broken LCD.

Have fun :)
Sander wrote re: Tablet PC and .NET
on Sat, Aug 14 2004 9:47 AM
I've been using the Tablet for about 5 months and haven't regretted it. It's the fastest machine at my disposal now. Because of the anticipated twisting and turning, they made sure it could handle that. Check out the latest SDK (version 1.7) that came out just a week ago.
Peter's Gekko wrote Two remote desktop tips
on Mon, Aug 23 2004 12:00 AM
Two remote desktop tips
Peter's Gekko wrote XP sp2 blue(screen)s
on Wed, Aug 25 2004 9:25 PM
XP sp2 blue(screen)s
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on Mon, Oct 18 2004 4:44 AM
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Gaston wrote re: Tablet PC and .NET
on Tue, Oct 19 2004 3:38 PM
The Acer is a great tablet, but I personally prefer the Motion M1400 slate model.
http://www.motioncomputing.com/products/tablet_pc.asp

Peter van 0oijen wrote re: Tablet PC and .NET
on Wed, Oct 20 2004 3:02 AM
Without a doubt a better machine. Should be, looking the difference in price. ;/
Peter's Gekko wrote Debugging Tablet PC applications
on Sun, Nov 14 2004 9:48 PM
Debugging Tablet PC applications
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on Tue, Dec 21 2004 12:33 AM
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