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Turn Your PC Into A Tablet

Posted by Hemos on from the purty-stuff-for-me-to-test? dept.

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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  1. But of course... by selectspec · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ever since the first PC's, the technology in the box has been modularized and extracted from the box. Ironically, the PC was to break us free from the centralized mainframes.

    Networking has once again revitalized specialization, centralization and modularization of the components within the box. We no longer think of the printer being an accessory to the PC. Direct Attached, NAS, and SAN storage have moved disks out of the box. Applications which used to run on our PCs now live on the server.

    We now ask questions about our PCs. Why is there a hard disk in my workstation? Why is there a CPU capable of immense processing power in my workstation that will run idle for most of its life? Why is there anything in my PC other than the input and output devices that I require? Why can't everything else go in a specialized room somewhere, where it can be maintained, backed up and monitored more easily? Perhaps more controversially, why do I have to bother with that room at all and couldn't it be a service that I subsribe to?

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    Someone you trust is one of us.

    1. Re:But of course... by geigertube · · Score: 2, Insightful

      "Why is there a CPU capable of immense processing power in my workstation that will run idle for most of its life? "

      Ive never understood this question.. Looks to me like its a rare product that has its performance potential maxed out all the time. My cars engine runs low (or not at all) most of its life. My ceiling fan isnt on "high" 24/7. The house doors arent swinging back and forth non-stop. Why arent we complaining about that?

  2. Re:"High resolution pictures"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Is it just me, or do those pictures look computer generated?

    Did you click on the links or something? You must be new here.

  3. I have used this device and it's awesome! by FiveNines · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes, this may be considered a troll, but, I'm so sick of all the cry-baby whiners and complainers on slashdot. Most of you just bitch and moan about products and stuff you've never even seen or used.

    I for one *have* used this device and it was incredible. It was connected to a tivo-like box,
    a stereo and a home computing system. You could watch TV or movies or surf the web, from anywhere in the base station range. I listened to mp3's too :)

    So, for all you disparaging this product, wait until you get to try one before you make a fool of yourself in front of all us slashdotters... :D