Tablet PCs draw a rousing welcome

ZDNet ^ | February 28, 2003, 5:19 AM PT | John G. Spooner

[Bahbah]

Any idea what they cost?

[Ramius]

The Compaq TC1000 starts at about $1700 and goes up to about $2300. Basically they're about the same price as a similar laptop.

I played with a demo unit of the TC1000 for a couple of weeks. Loved it. This is the way portable computing will be done from now on. I bought a couple of them for others in my staff. Me, I'm going to wait a few more months and see the other entrants to the market, and then get one.

[Ramius]

The Compaq TC1000 starts at about $1700 and goes up to about $2300. Basically they're about the same price as a similar laptop.

I played with a demo unit of the TC1000 for a couple of weeks. Loved it. This is the way portable computing will be done from now on. I bought a couple of them for others in my staff. Me, I'm going to wait a few more months and see the other entrants to the market, and then get one.

[CincinnatiKid]

$1800 to $2400

Good Idea but too pricey! Bring them down a grand and I'll buy.

CK

[RedWhiteBlue]

$1800 - Hewlett Packard
$2500 - Toshiba

[Mrs_Stokke]

As they say in the fashion industry,
"If you have to ask, you can't afford it."

I'll stick with my Palm VII until the Toshiba hits eBay.

[demlosers]

This one is under $600!

ProGear's high resolution, high contrast, vibrant display provides rich media content where you want it. ProGear sports the powerful Transmeta x86 compatible processor. This is media rich content. Interactive. Immersive. Large screen data and entertainment. Email, personal organizer, your custom business applications, MP3s, ebooks, favorite internet sites . . .the full range of the multimedia content is available. . . instantly.

Can you guess what operating system it use?

.

Hint: It's Doesn't use M$.

[demlosers]

This one is under $600!

ProGear's high resolution, high contrast, vibrant display provides rich media content where you want it. ProGear sports the powerful Transmeta x86 compatible processor. This is media rich content. Interactive. Immersive. Large screen data and entertainment. Email, personal organizer, your custom business applications, MP3s, ebooks, favorite internet sites . . .the full range of the multimedia content is available. . . instantly.

Can you guess what operating system it use?

.

Hint: It's Doesn't use M$.

[demlosers]

This one is under $600!

ProGear's high resolution, high contrast, vibrant display provides rich media content where you want it. ProGear sports the powerful Transmeta x86 compatible processor. This is media rich content. Interactive. Immersive. Large screen data and entertainment. Email, personal organizer, your custom business applications, MP3s, ebooks, favorite internet sites . . .the full range of the multimedia content is available. . . instantly.

Can you guess what operating system it use?

.

Hint: It's Doesn't use M$.

[demlosers]

Oops! sorry for the double post.

[KarlInOhio]

$1700 was the cheapest I saw on www.compaq.com

[Bahbah]

LOL. I definitely have to ask.

[aimhigh]

I played with a demo unit of the TC1000 for a couple of weeks. Loved it.

Did you find it to be like a big Palm Pilot?

[Bahbah]

See posts 8, 9 & 10. LOL.It's FR that is causing the multiple posts today. The ProGear looks pretty good. Nice price, too.

[Free the USA]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Can you guess what operating system it use(s)?

Linux.

[Ramius]

Did you find it to be like a big Palm Pilot?

No. I found it to be like using a pad of paper. The journal is what really makes it for me. I like handwriting notes during meetings and phonecalls. With Journal, the handwritten doc stays handwriting. You can do handwriting recognition with it, and it's not bad, but you don't have to.

Using the pen as the mouse right on screen is just plain natural and easy to get spoiled by.

[Bush2000]

Too bad it doesn't run any of the software that the rest of the world uses...

[demlosers]

Linux.

:)