MSI Preps Tablet PC for Computex Debut
PrintWhat originally was shaping up to be a busy summer with handheld tablet releases from all directions is quickly turning into an iPad-only affair. HP recently pulled its Windows 7-based Slate off the table, perhaps because the OEM is now more interested in webOS following its acquisition of Palm, and Microsoft put a fork in its Courier project. So who's left standing?
MSI, for one. According to a DigiTimes report, MSI will be on hand at this year's Computex convention to show off its Slatebook, a handheld tablet PC built around Intel's mobile internet device (MID) platform. Those in the know claim the Slatebook will sport the latest Intel Atom Zxx processor, a 10-inch display, built-in 3G and Wi-Fi modules, and Windows 7, all at a sub-$500 price point.
Perhaps a bit more interesting, MSI is also apparently considering a tablet based on Nvidia's Tegra 2 platform (pictured below), which would lend itself a bit more gaming prowess than the upcoming crop of strictly Atom-based devices. However, MSI wants to get a feel for the market reception for its Slatebook before moving on to bigger and better things in the tablet space.
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nadako
May 12, 2010 at 12:19am
That really doesnt look like windows 7 based thing. I mean it really looks like the android OS
Keith E. Whisman
May 11, 2010 at 7:51am
LOL.. Slatebook... Name ripoff. Like when WinXP came out AMD produced a processor called AthlonXP and there was alot of different products with the XP in the name. HP being the biggest company releasing a tablet called slate MSI wanted to capitalize on the name. LOL.. It's so embarrassing. Why do companies so blatantly steal names like this?
That said I really want one. 10" should be the smallest display on a tablet and 12" to 15" should be the standard display range. It comes down to having enough room to manipulate the OS and Programs with your fingers without unintended triggering of other programs and switches.
And all PC based tablets should at the very least have a scanner tone from Star Treks' Original Series TriCorder. That scanning tone is what is going to make all tablets cool. Also tablets should have an LCARS based interface just to make us Trekkies happy. It would seem to me that an LCARS display would work perfectly on an tablet computer.
Techrocket9
May 11, 2010 at 7:37am
If it looks that bad in a press released photo, there is no way I'm buying one.
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ZayLay
May 11, 2010 at 6:52am
I don't care how bad battery life is, i want my Windows 7 Tablet now please. There are plenty of netbooks runing just fine. This is like the 6th company to announce a win 7 tablet, will they finally commit?
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