Turn Your PC Into A Tablet

Odkin writes "Geekstreet.ca has a story on a new concept invented by Philips called Detachable Monitor. It's an LCD with a touch screen that connects to your PC via 802.11b. I found this article in German with some nice hi-res pictures and there's also a link at Philips' homepage. "

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Microsoft Mira

[XRayX]

Microsoft presents something similiar on the CeBit. It's called Mira and is a hybrid between a PDA, a Webpad and a PC.
Read about it at CNet and Microsoft PressPass.

Re:Microsoft Mira

[cristofer8]

Microsoft announced MIRA awhile ago, and this seems to be exactly the same thing. As Mira is just the software behind it, I would not be surprised at all if the phillips screen actually runs on Mira. Just for more info, a Mira screen is running Windows CE.NET and connecting to a windows xp sp1 desktop through remote desktop. And no, it works terribly with video or 3d, since the CE screen can't render them well over an 11mb connection.

Wacom's touch screen monitor/tablet

[bckspc]

From http://www.wacom.com/lcdtablets/index.cfm:

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Wacom's Cintiq combines the advantages of an LCD monitor with the control, comfort, and productivity provided by a Wacom tablet. The LCD monitor is clear, bright and easy to look at. The Cintiq pen has 512 levels of pressure-sensitivity, is cordless, and batteryless and includes both a DuoSwitch and a pressure-sensitive eraser. The Cintiq pen is used directly on the screen offering everyone from designers and illustrators to doctors and professors a powerful and intuitive new way to work on their computers.

The Cintiq LCD monitor is a true-color active matrix screen providing 16.7 million colors, a resolution of 1024 x 768 and a full 15" diagonal viewing area (the equivalent of a 17" CRT monitor).

For comfort and convenience, Cintiq features a removable pen holder that can be attached to either side and adjusted to your preferred height and angle. The Cintiq stand allows you to easily adjust the angle of your Cintiq screen between 18 and 73 degrees - and you can even remove the stand to comfortably rest the Cintiq in your lap.
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It also works with UNIX.

Re:Good idea for home theatre

[pnear]

It's a lengthly video, but Microsoft demonstrated this very use at CES. Video can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ehome/news/news.a sp.

What you're talking about is exactly what I've been looking for from a PC as well. Microsoft is bundling this "Mira" detachable screen and their new "Freestyle" interface to deliver exactly the home media center that you're describing.

The first version has the following limitations:
1. Only one user session can be active
2. No video or high-end graphics

There's another good overview of these technologies here: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/freestyle_mir a.asp

Re:protocol & usefulness

[richard-parker]

The question is what is the link protocol and what's in the "remote display".

It uses the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

Your guess about Windows Terminal Server is spot on. The article in German mentions that the Philips monitor is based on Microsoft's Mira technology, Mira relies on Microsoft's Terminal Server and Microsoft Terminal Server uses the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

Invented by philips?

[TummyX]

"Geekstreet.ca has a story on a new concept invented by Philips called Detachable Monitor


Considering Microsoft already have 'invented' the idea (Mira), and that Philips have just announceed that it will deliver Mira devices, don't you think the article summary is a bit um...made up?

Perhaps this article would never have made it to the main page if it had said that Microsoft 'invented' the idea.

This is a Microsoft Mira implementation

[sheldon]

It's nice to see slashdot.org announcing innovations coming out of Microsoft, but it would be nice if you'd properly attribute them as well.