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Major Tablet PC Running Into Problems?

Posted by Hemos on from the change-in-the-market dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As Digitimes says : Global sales of Tablet PCs have not been as strong as expected, and major Tablet PC vendors like Acer and Hewlett-Packard (HP) have even experienced declining sales of the products, sources said. Acer, which claims it sold about 35,000 Tablet PCs worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2002, saw sales of the product plunge by over 50% in the first quarter of this year. " I actually saw/held my first Tablet PC last week - it was one of Fujitsu series machines, and I was pretty impressed by it. It'd make a good business/school machine, but I don't think you'd want it for gaming and the like.

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  1. Re:Gaming? by ratbag · · Score: 4, Funny
    In other news, I think a dishwasher is a good idea, but won't be using one to wash my clothes any time soon.


    No, but you can cook a salmon rather well in a dishwasher.

    Rob.
  2. Promotion, perchance? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Major Tablet PC Running Into Problems?

    Well, I'm sure if Major Tablet PC got promoted to Lieutenant Colonel Tablet PC, he could pull rank and avoid doing the damn obstacle course where he keeps running into things. :P

    1. Re:Promotion, perchance? by TCM · · Score: 1, Funny

      Perhaps General Protection Fault holds him back.

      Someone had to do it..

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  3. Re:The Newton by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    And seriously, about the CDR, WHY NOT put a firewire port on it? WHY NOT make it run full Mac OSX? (Built in disc burning)

    Congrats! You've just invented the most expensive PowerBook ever! You want a tiny form factor, that runs a desktop operating system, has a built in camera and cellphone? Anything else? Casual blowjobs on demand maybe? A cure for cancer?

  4. Re:Steve Jobs/Tablets will fail but info needs iPo by dr.badass · · Score: 2, Funny

    I know there's a little link overload, just illustrating how easily this could be done right now!

    All of this could be squeezed into a current form factor Sony Clie.

    No, no it couldn't. You've just linked to half a dozen different very expensive products in that form factor. The resulting combined product would be about six times larger, cost more than your house, and have a battery life of about thirty seconds. And nobody would buy it because they'd rather spend all that money on some of whatever it is you're smoking, because it must be some good shit.

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  5. Don't do that! by Black+Parrot · · Score: 1, Funny


    > It'd make a good business/school machine, but I don't think you'd want it for gaming and the like. ...and sales plunged by another 30%...

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  6. Re:Gaming? by buzy+buzy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't know about this.

    I gotten my fastest time on minesweeper using a tablet PC. I find it much easier using the stylus rather then the mouse.

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  7. Re:Gaming? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why not?

    I'd make a great chess-board! Are any other board game for that matter.

  8. Re:Steve Jobs/Tablets will fail but info needs iPo by LordBodak · · Score: 2, Funny

    GSM service around here is still pretty poor. Unfortunately I have yet to find a TDMA phone with Bluetooth.

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  9. Re:Gaming? by Stephen+Maturin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Only if its a lemon dish washer detergent.

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