See digitizer tablet and tablet computer.
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- Microsoft Courier interface functionality leaked
- We've already seen a prototype of Microsoft's Courier, the company's hush-hush multitouch tablet PC. Now more information has leaked about how its touch interface functions. by Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices
- RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Headline 2010: e-Reader device failure
- There might be some bargains to be had in the wreckage ntntDoesn't change the fact the wreck's comingjust a matter of keeping perspective. The way of all new marketsThis is the way of all new markets. It happened with fiber optics, the dot.coms, MP3 players, smart phones, and it...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Make room for another e-reader as Creative shows off prototype
- Market is ripeFor Chinese factories to crank out more hardware and suck more dollars out of the middle class.Clue in America.Transition product I do believe that e-book readers are largely a transition product which will eventually be made more or less obsolete by advances in netbook/smartbook etc. technologies. Multiple devices...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Wacom Tablet 6.1.2-5(RC) (Mac)
- Driver supporting USB versions of all Intuos4 PTK, Intuos3 PTZ, Intuos2 XD, Intuos GD, CintiqPartner PTU and Graphire2 (ET-0405A) pen tablets and the Cintiq 12WX, 20WSX, 21UX, 18SX, and 15X pen displays.
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- E-book reader news and releases round-up
- Why e-books ?Using a "normal" paperback book I have indefinite battery life and extreme portability. I have no need to carry a hundred books at one time and can take along a few books for an extended read time just about anywhere and in any travel bag. I...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- News to know: L.A. goes Google; AMD-Galleon; Cisco-ScanSafe; Ubuntu; Amazon RDS
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster Sam Diaz: Cisco continues its buying spree with...
- Blog posts 2009-10-28
- Envizen Digital Duo Box Pro ED8850A
- You probably haven't heard of Envizen, but it's one of several off-brand companies that are putting out new digital portable TVs to replace all the obsolete analog units that were toted to sporting events or kept around for emergencies when the power went off. As implied by its name--the Envizen...
- Product reviews 2009-10-27
- Intuit enhances Quickbooks by bringing cloud apps to desktop software
- Why not go completely to the cloud?Intuit should take their products completely to the cloud. Then users could access them from any device (smartphone, PC, tablet, eReader, etc.) running any OS (Windows, OS X, Ubuntu, etc.).With HTML5 rapidly advancing in modern web browsers (desktop & smartphone), Intuit could even deliver...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Archos 5 Internet tablet with Android--photos
- Take a closer look at the Archos 5 Internet tablet with Android application support. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-10-27
- Apple pitching media companies on tablet?
- Hehe, Apple just invented the eReader!![i]While the new Apple device isn't strictly an ebook-reader it appears that Cupertino is setting the stage for a completely new platform for deliverings, books, newspapers and magazines.[/i]Ah, I love how simply stating that this isn't "strictly" an ebook reader, you can credit Apple with...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Apple pitching media companies on tablet?
- If you read between the lines in yesterday's post, one could conclude that Apple is talking to the New York Times about it's upcoming tablet product in an effort to get buy in from the media giant on what's presumed to be a completely new form-factor...
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Jason D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet Larry Dignan: Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much...
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- Dell unveils 12.1" rugged multitouch tablet PC, Latitude XT2 XFR; withstands drops, spills, sand, children
- This is the kind of stuff Apple's Baubles can't matchYou just can't find this kind of diverse hardware options down at the Bauble Factory.Will the hinge break?Will it break if I dropped it while typing? The hinge seems a very vulnerable part.As for the Apple - they can match. In...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Dell unveils 12.1" rugged multitouch tablet PC, Latitude XT2 XFR; withstands drops, spills, sand, children
- Dell on Tuesday unveiled a 12.1-inch rugged convertible tablet PC, the Latitude XT2 XFR, the first multitouch tablet PC that can withstand ballistic shock, extreme temperatures, dust, sand and moisture. by Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much ado about nothing?
- What does it matter?I really do not know how this matter's. We do think Apple will come up with a product sooner or later to match the netbook craze. Unless of course they feel that craze is over with? I would imagine something on the order of a iPod Touch...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Times exec hints at Apple tablet
- When are people going to learn that off the record is off the recordNot open mouth insert foot.Yes, some people are excited about some new tech, but to go to some of the lengths these guys keep going to, makes me wonder.I think engadge is just in it for the...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Times exec hints at Apple tablet
- Gawker reports that Bill Keller, executive editor at the New York Times, may have outed the mythical Apple tablet. At a supposedly off-the-record meeting which someone graciously preserved on Vimeo with the entirety of Times' Web staff Keller gave us this tantalizing nugget: I'm hoping we can get the...
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Windows 7 will shine in medicine
- not convinced by touchI have a touch phone & a tablet.Frankly, never use the tablet, use keyboarded machines instead, and hanker for a phone with buttons again and not a slide phone.If you want to try to look cool, I can understand having one, but really, they are pretty awkward...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Windows 7 will shine in medicine
- There are no longer any excuses for doctors to have tablet PCs equipped with a pen-like stylus, an interface just as good as the clipboard and, over time, better. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
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