Wednesday, November 6, 2002
HP to Offer Three-in-One Tablet PC
Posted by Jason Dunn in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 03:40 PM
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-964648.html?tag=fd_top
HPs new Tablet PC looks tasty! The official Tablet PC launch is tomorrow, so expect to see a few posts on it if there's anything new and interesting.
"Hewlett-Packard will announce its own twist on the tablet PC on Thursday, with a new kind of transformable computer that features a detachable keyboard. Tablet PCs are essentially 3- to 4-pound "ultra-portable" notebook PCs with touch screens, wireless Internet connections, and speech and handwriting input. Some, known as convertibles, have screens that can rotate 180 degrees and fold down to create a tablet. Others follow a more traditional, tablet-only route. HP's Compaq Tablet PC TC1000 does both. The machine can be used like a notebook or like a tablet, thanks to a special detachable keyboard, and can also serve as a primary PC through a docking station.
...HP's Compaq Tablet PC TC1000 is based on a 10.4-inch screen protected by tempered glass and includes a full-sized pen and a detachable keyboard. The machine will use Transmeta's TM5800 processor running at 1GHz, along with 256MB of RAM (random access memory) and a 20GB hard drive for $1,699. Adding 802.11 wireless networking, which the company believes most customers will do, ups the price to $1,799. Customers can also add extra memory and larger hard drives for additional fees. "
HPs new Tablet PC looks tasty! The official Tablet PC launch is tomorrow, so expect to see a few posts on it if there's anything new and interesting.
"Hewlett-Packard will announce its own twist on the tablet PC on Thursday, with a new kind of transformable computer that features a detachable keyboard. Tablet PCs are essentially 3- to 4-pound "ultra-portable" notebook PCs with touch screens, wireless Internet connections, and speech and handwriting input. Some, known as convertibles, have screens that can rotate 180 degrees and fold down to create a tablet. Others follow a more traditional, tablet-only route. HP's Compaq Tablet PC TC1000 does both. The machine can be used like a notebook or like a tablet, thanks to a special detachable keyboard, and can also serve as a primary PC through a docking station.
...HP's Compaq Tablet PC TC1000 is based on a 10.4-inch screen protected by tempered glass and includes a full-sized pen and a detachable keyboard. The machine will use Transmeta's TM5800 processor running at 1GHz, along with 256MB of RAM (random access memory) and a 20GB hard drive for $1,699. Adding 802.11 wireless networking, which the company believes most customers will do, ups the price to $1,799. Customers can also add extra memory and larger hard drives for additional fees. "
