Dell's First Convertible Tablet PC Revealed

Clarke claims the Tablet will be one of the lightest convertibles out there when it debuts later this year. And from the looks of it in the video, we gotta agree. It looks damn slim. Apparently Dell also paid extra attention to the system's interface. The Tablet is being aimed at the education, healthcare, and corporate markets.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/dell-bre...rst-convertible-tablet-pc-revealed-261782.php

 

Wow! I'm impressed! I generally do not find Dell notebooks too impressive, but it looks like they've done something right with this new convertible tablet. That actually looks like a very nice tablet! Good for Dell. Good competition is great for everyone.

Thanks for the heads up, Bruce.

Matt

 

Very slim and sexy. But it will likely run a ULV processor (read: slow) and will cost way too much.

My favorite tablet PC is still the Asus R1F. This does replace the Gateway CX120 for second, although that one is really cheap.

 

the hp tablet is my personal favorite, for looks...though performance will probably stink.

 

I would say that it's probably based on the D420, which would most likely mean a ULV processor and no integrated optical drive. Still, I'm glad they are finally catching up with the other companies.

 

This looks really promising and I hope it has an expresscard slot along with X3100 graphic card. It doesn't look like there will be a LED display thanks to the thickness of the screen.

 

now just waiting for the rugeded version

 

I honestly don't know what took Dell so long to get to releasing a Tablet PC. The problem is that the other manufacturers are on the 3rd or 4th generation of developing tablets and it takes a couple of tries to get it right. The ThinkPad X41 tablet kind of sucked, but the X60 rocks for instance. While it looks nice in that video, I'm concerned of the build quality, hinge implementation and how well their first try is going to come out.

 

How did the X41t suck? The only thing that isn't hot is the performance, but thats because of platform limitations and such. I liked it, but I haven't tried the X60t to compare to.

I think Dell was waiting on the Tablet to see if the market was actually worth getting into. Pretty much the same reason that none of the major brands have gotten into the UMPC market. And I don't see why build quality should be a concern; the Latitude series as a whole has pretty good build.

 

Its about time Dell got into the Tablet PC business.

 

Aren't tablet still kind of a niche market? Unless people have very specific reasons, who would want to buy heavy and under-powered (compared to their notebook counterparts that is) tablet at a much higher price? I think this market is only to take off when things like multi-touch and technologies demonstrated in those cool youTube videos we've been seeing actually hit the market

 

I think so. I don't think Dell is going to actively market the device to the mass consumer market. The guy in the video said so too. It's going to target the education and the corporate market. If you're a science student, a tablet would come in handy. I have a friend that swear by it.

 

It is not heavy and underpowered. Look at the Asus R1F. At 4.3Lbs its not heavy compared to other 13" notebooks, and its got the standard C2D processors and up to 4GB memory. No dedicated graphics, but most other 4lb notebooks have that either.

Price is another matter altogether, but prices are becoming reasonable quite quickly.

 

We don't even know the specs of the tablet so it's all speculation right now. I think the Dell tablet will be lighter than the Asus since it doesn't have a modular bay and will probably use a magnesium casing.

 

Oh, I was talking about tablets in general. I do agree that this one will be underpowered though.

 

I want! Wonder if they'll offer it with Ubuntu.