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« Older StoriesMotion Computing J3400 Rugged Tablet PC Announced
Monday, March 16th, 2009
Motion Computing’s introduced the J3400, a rugged Tablet PC J3400 that’s light weight and built to stand up to abuse. Rob Bushway got an early copy of the J3400 and put together a photo gallery and 30 minutes of video over at GottaBeMobile.com.
Dr. TabletPC: My High-Tech Doc (video)
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
I went to my new doctor’s office for the first time on Friday, but instead of worrying too much about my health I ended up interviewing him about how he uses a Tablet PC all day long to better serve his patients. I shot a video of him explaining how he uses his tablet and why more doctors don’t use tablets and Electronic Health Records.
ThinkPad X200s and X200t Announced
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Lenovo’s introduced the ThinkPad X200s, a lightweight business notebook for business travelers and the X200t,the first widescreen ThinkPad tablet. Tom Ribble, the director of worldwide ThinkPad marketing, called me this morning to talk about the latest additions to the ThinkPad family.
HP 2730p: HP Tablet Updated (video)
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
HP’s officially introduced the 2730p business tablet in the U.S. The 2730p improves on the 2710p, with faster processors and more friendly user controls. HP’s Kyle Thorton gives a quick demo of the 2730p in the following video.
xTablet T8700 Waterproof Tablet Goes Swimming
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Most notebooks don’t mix well with liquids, but the XTablet 8700 from Mobile Demand is no ordinary computer. The xTablet T8700 exceeds military specifications for ruggedness and its makers claim it has a lower total cost of ownership than non-ruggedized PCs In the below video, Conrad from RuggedPCReview demos how the XTablet T8700 still functions while holding it under water in his swimming pool. He takes it a step further and puts on his scuba gear to show that the tablet can withstand being fully submerged under a few feet of water.
Pavilion tx2500z: HP’s Consumer Tablet (video)
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
HP introduced the Pavilion tx2500z last week in Berlin at the Making Connections 2008 conference. Kevin Wentzel explains the improvements and explains why the tx2500z could be an ideal notebook for students.
Tablet PCs Help Manage 8,000 Cows
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Here’s a video that shows how one dairy uses Tablet PCs to manage the health, breeding and care of over 8,000 cows. Box Canyon Dairy uses eight MobileDemand xTablets to track down individual cows and do whatever needs to be done.
ModBook Quick Clips Demo by Andreas Haas, CEO of Axiotron
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Andreas Haas, the CEO of Axiotron and inventor of the ModBook, showed Notebooks.com the latest version of the Modbook, which has a mirror finish and a new application called Axiotron Quick Clicks, which makes it easier to enter commonly used key combos.
HP Pavilion tx2000 Consumer Tablet Announced (video, specs)
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
HP’s announced the Pavilion tx2000, a significant upgrade to its consumer line of tablet PCs. The tx2000 features an active digitizer for improved hand-writing recognition compared to last year’s tx1000 series. Check out the following video of the new tx2000.
Dell Latitude XT Officially Announced
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Dell officially launched the Latitude XT Tablet PC, its first foray into tablet computing. The Latitude XT has a 12.1-inch touchscreen display and is tailored for mobile professionals. The Latitude XT can be configured with a 64GB solid state drive and an extended battery that provides up to 9.5 hours of runtime.
