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What are Those Tablet PCs that Stock Traders Use?

Posted by Cliff on from the where-can-I-get-one-of-these dept.

Crash McBang asks: "Watching CNBC, I notice that shots of the NYSE trading floor show traders scribbling madly on what appear to be wireless tablet PCs. So what kind of hardware is this, and what are they scribbling?" I've been wait for tablet PCs for a long, LONG time. Hopefully they will be hitting the home market soon because they would be much more ideal for portable tasks where even laptops proove bulky and uncomfortble.

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  1. I wonder if thats a Microsoft OS on those... by zbowling · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wonder if they are using a Microsoft OS on those tablet pcs. I hope not. It would be funny to get a BSOD on a tablet. I'm afraid I would snap it in half. Just about did a week ago with my WAP cellphone when I could check my email because of a MS-ADODB error on Verizon's wap site.

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