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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

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

    Only if its a lemon dish washer detergent.

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    -- Cicero