On Feb 4, 2010, at 10:07 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: "P. J. Alling"
IIRC there was a spate of news not /that/ long ago about tablet
computers. Basically a small laptop with a reversible screen that
could be closed with the screen exposed to be used as a notepad
with a special stilus. There was supposed to be a special version
of windows for it as well. All the iPad seems to be is a tablet PC
without the keyboard, limited available software and less
expansion. True the least expensive iPad is less than half the
price of least expensive Tablet PC I know about but still, it seems
that there's a lot of hype here.
"Windows for Tablet PC" came out about the same time frame as Apple
introduced the Newton ... or was that the fig?
The Tablet PC came about ten years after the Newton Message Pad: 2003
vs. 1993.
There's an interesting article about the Tablet and Microsoft creative
problems in general in today's Times. It's written by a former
Microsoft VP who headed up the Tablet team. It's here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/opinion/04brass.html?pagewanted=2&ref=opinion
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