Monday, July 26, 2004
The Smallest Tablet PC?
Posted by Janak Parekh in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 09:30 PM
An interesting secret about the mini-PCs appearing on the market is that most of them don't come with Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, but rather Windows XP Professional. It's possible that this is the case because they don't use electrostatic (active) digitizers as the MS Tablet PC spec prefers, but instead passive touch-sensitive screens. I've always wondered how well XP Tablet PC Edition would work on one of them. Well, PPCT member jkendrick decided to try it out himself -- he got ahold of a Sony U70 and installed XP Tablet PC Edition, and the results have come out well. It won't replace my PDA as it lacks instant-on, but it's certainly another device on my "want to buy" list.
"My U is now a genuine Tablet PC with a 5" screen and I must say the work that MS had done on the Tablet OS is quite nice. The Text Input Panel (TIP) works well on the U and the handwriting recognition is so accurate it's scary."
"My U is now a genuine Tablet PC with a 5" screen and I must say the work that MS had done on the Tablet OS is quite nice. The Text Input Panel (TIP) works well on the U and the handwriting recognition is so accurate it's scary."
