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Tablet PCs Enter Reality

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-antaur dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It looks like Tablet PCs are finally hitting real-world budgets. Averatec released a Tablet PC with an AMD Athlon XP-M 2200+ processor and will be at Costco and Staples for $1349. Here is a link to a photo overview where you can see how the pen snaps into the LCD area when not in use, what the touchpad looks like, and quite a few other pictures." Element Computer seems to have radically changed their business model -- I had hoped they'd succeed with their $999 VIA-based tablet.

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  1. /.'ed by dago · · Score: 1, Funny

    2 comments and already slashdotted ... somebody took the tablet pc hosting the DB to his home apparently...

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  2. Re:./'ed already by koreth · · Score: 2, Funny

    dot-slashed?

  3. Neato. by chickygrrl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I can stop sketching on scrap paper at work.

    1. Re:Neato. by Mz6 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Don't bother. Your sketches suck on paper as it is. Get back to work. -Boss

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  4. This is cool by bedouin · · Score: 4, Funny

    I believe this is exactly what you're looking for. The price is right too.

  5. Re:Cheaper? by duckpoopy · · Score: 2, Funny
    Two ideas:

    1. Typing lessons.

    2. Pen-based legal pad.

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  6. I'm excited about tablets... by callipygian-showsyst · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...but I can't wait for Apple to release one! (Why hasn't Apple ever tried this? They're the ones that are supposed to innovate!)

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  7. Re:Slashdotted? by Patrik_AKA_RedX · · Score: 2, Funny

    Weird isn't it. How /. can be so contradicting. Nobody reads the articles, yet most of the linked site's go down. But hey, who doesn't like a good paradox?

  8. Logically impossible by mblase · · Score: 5, Funny
    Three sentences that are logically inconsistent:
    1. This statement is false.
    2. Your government is here to protect you.
    3. This Slashdot link goes to a page of photos.
  9. Re:We are not impressed by PhoenixOne · · Score: 2, Funny
    >Oh wow, I sure am glad I can spend over $1000 to buy something that offers no services over a pda that I would want to use on the go
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    I don't know about you, but the fact that it is many times larger then a PDA and runs all my apps/games is a good enough selling point (at least for me to buy one used off eBay ;)).

    Oh, and the fact that "chicks dig tablets!" for some reason. I can't use the thing for more then 10 minutes without some lady asking "Ohhhh, what's that?". Try that with your little Palm Pilot. ;)

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  10. good month for news by DrJAKing · · Score: 3, Funny

    First Apple release a new ipod, now an article about a laptop with a different kind of hinge. It's all happening at once, I can't keep up.

  11. Re:We are not impressed by billcopc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good lord get out of the computing business!

    You've obviously never relied on a laptop for anything beyond email/pr0n. I've been cursing my excellent Inspiron for over a year now "because it's not a tablet PC". For the true road warriors out there like myself, the revolving touchscreen is a godsend. It just opens up the media possibilities.

    Here's a few things I do often that would be so much nicer on a Tablet PC: ebooks, note-taking / updating my road logbook, GPS navigation, graphic/web design, movies/music.. anything that doesn't need the keyboard becomes 10x more convenient with the flip-display.

    But if you do fall in that 90% of people who have a laptop just for kicks, well you could play one hell of a game a Bejeweled on the touchscreen :)

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