The other slates that no one seems to care about thread.

EliteLamer

There are some really cool slates that are coming out that are not a let down like the HP Slate and iPad. I think the best one out of them all would have to be Notion Ink Adam..

Specs

* 10.1” 1024 x 600 display
* 16 / 32GB SSD
* 1080p HD support
* Wi-Fi
* 3G
* A-GPS / Digital compass / accelerometer / ambient light sensor / water sensor
* USB / HDMI / SD card slot / headphone and mic jacks / 3MP webcam
* Battery life: 48 hours in standby, 16 hours web browsing with Wi-Fi and 8 hours HD playback.
* PixiQi Display Color E-Ink type technology..

Now the Pics...




UI.. Maybe??



E-book mode



Orginal article with video

http://www.slashgear.com/notion-ink-adam-hands-on-0969281/

iTunesIsEvil

That looks pretty slick. I'd love to see them get the display doing at least 720px rather than the 600px though.

Is it two displays and you can see through one to the other, or can an eInk display actually go full color and backlit somehow?

EliteLamer

iTunesIsEvil wrote: »

That looks pretty slick. I'd love to see them get the display doing at least 720px rather than the 600px though.

Is it two displays and you can see through one to the other, or can an eInk display actually go full color and backlit somehow?

It has a switch that allows you turn on and off "e-ink" mode. It is only one screen.

Evil Multifarious

a lot of these look really slick, but as i asked in the iPad thread, i'm looking for something that has the capacity for digital art.

i wonder if Wacom will get in on this action.

EliteLamer

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

a lot of these look really slick, but as i asked in the iPad thread, i'm looking for something that has the capacity for digital art.

i wonder if Wacom will get in on this action.

They already have that.. The modbook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcwTCGlRGeg

Impersonator

God damnit, that thing looks pretty slick.

I want one.

RandomHajile

So, opinions on the Archos 9? What about the Viliv UMPCs? I'm looking for something like that, and I don't think the iPad will work for me....I have a lot of acquired video files I want to be able to play on something better than my aging Axim.

EliteLamer

RandomHajile wrote: »

So, opinions on the Archos 9? What about the Viliv UMPCs? I'm looking for something like that, and I don't think the iPad will work for me....I have a lot of acquired video files I want to be able to play on something better than my aging Axim.

I think the Archos 9 is great but at the same time I think the Adam will be better. That is what I am waiting for really..

EliteLamer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xAF-PAGZ4Q

taeric

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

a lot of these look really slick, but as i asked in the iPad thread, i'm looking for something that has the capacity for digital art.

i wonder if Wacom will get in on this action.

Why couldn't you use any random tablet pc? I see on fatwallet you can get a thinkpad one refurbished for 400 bucks.

Evil Multifarious

taeric wrote: »

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

a lot of these look really slick, but as i asked in the iPad thread, i'm looking for something that has the capacity for digital art.

i wonder if Wacom will get in on this action.

Why couldn't you use any random tablet pc? I see on fatwallet you can get a thinkpad one refurbished for 400 bucks.

price and quality of tablet. i have to do extensive research on every cheap tablet to see if it's good for digital painting - pressure sensitivity, tilt sensitivity, durability of screen and pen, etc. usually the good ones are hella expensive.

do you know if the thinkpad one is a solid drawing tablet pc?

also the modbook is ridiculously expensive.

taeric

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

taeric wrote: »

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

a lot of these look really slick, but as i asked in the iPad thread, i'm looking for something that has the capacity for digital art.

i wonder if Wacom will get in on this action.

Why couldn't you use any random tablet pc? I see on fatwallet you can get a thinkpad one refurbished for 400 bucks.

price and quality of tablet. i have to do extensive research on every cheap tablet to see if it's good for digital painting - pressure sensitivity, tilt sensitivity, durability of screen and pen, etc. usually the good ones are hella expensive.

do you know if the thinkpad one is a solid drawing tablet pc?

also the modbook is ridiculously expensive.

Hmm... I honestly couldn't tell you. I can say that I was impressed with that machine last year when I saw it at a friend's house. I lusted over it then, but I can't justify any cost right now.

I believe it had a "stylus aware" screen, so that should be a huge point in its favor. I could also be thinking of the wacom tablet I was toying with around the same time, though.

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Spoit

Yeah, except for the touchscreen ones which use a different digitizer, almost all Tablet PCs use Wacom Active digitizers, which means stuff like pressure sensitivity. Talking about them though, isn't that HP convertible that was announced at CES out by now? Has anyone seen any reviews?

EliteLamer

Spoit wrote: »

Yeah, except for the touchscreen ones which use a different digitizer, almost all Tablet PCs use Wacom Active digitizers, which means stuff like pressure sensitivity. Talking about them though, isn't that HP convertible that was announced at CES out by now? Has anyone seen any reviews?

That is good right? Wacom makes the ones used for art so are the ones they put in these touch screens just as good?

EliteLamer

Dark Shroud just sent me links about an Asus slate...





And there OLED e-reader...

taeric

EliteLamer wrote: »

Spoit wrote: »

Yeah, except for the touchscreen ones which use a different digitizer, almost all Tablet PCs use Wacom Active digitizers, which means stuff like pressure sensitivity. Talking about them though, isn't that HP convertible that was announced at CES out by now? Has anyone seen any reviews?

That is good right? Wacom makes the ones used for art so are the ones they put in these touch screens just as good?

Depends what you are wanting? If you just want to "touch and possibly drag" then the new touch screens are everything you need. If you want to get the same feedback as a pen/pencil on paper, I think you need the wacom style one. I know when I toyed with it, it was incredibly awesome to be able to get darker lines by pressing a touch harder with the stylus. (Not to mention sensing the angle you are holding the pen, along with which end. Being able to flip the pen to get an "eraser" was slick.)

And, there is every chance I am wrong on the new touch screens. Maybe they do support pressure sensitive stuff.

EliteLamer

taeric wrote: »

EliteLamer wrote: »

Spoit wrote: »

Yeah, except for the touchscreen ones which use a different digitizer, almost all Tablet PCs use Wacom Active digitizers, which means stuff like pressure sensitivity. Talking about them though, isn't that HP convertible that was announced at CES out by now? Has anyone seen any reviews?

That is good right? Wacom makes the ones used for art so are the ones they put in these touch screens just as good?

Depends what you are wanting? If you just want to "touch and possibly drag" then the new touch screens are everything you need. If you want to get the same feedback as a pen/pencil on paper, I think you need the wacom style one. I know when I toyed with it, it was incredibly awesome to be able to get darker lines by pressing a touch harder with the stylus. (Not to mention sensing the angle you are holding the pen, along with which end. Being able to flip the pen to get an "eraser" was slick.)

And, there is every chance I am wrong on the new touch screens. Maybe they do support pressure sensitive stuff.

I doubt it. It looks like all they are for is zoom and drag.

EliteLamer

Not a new slate but this has Dual Wacom digitizers...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo6YWf0yN3k

taeric

Right, I am pretty sure the refurbished thinkpad you can get on fatwallet for 400 bucks has that same tech.

I'm lusting over it pretty hard. Can't justify it, though.

Impersonator

Man, that Fujitsu one sure is ugly and bulky. It's a good idea, though.

EliteLamer

taeric wrote: »

Right, I am pretty sure the refurbished thinkpad you can get on fatwallet for 400 bucks has that same tech.

I'm lusting over it pretty hard. Can't justify it, though.

Link?

You know they are releasinga new extra thin multi touch soon..

taeric

EliteLamer wrote: »

taeric wrote: »

Right, I am pretty sure the refurbished thinkpad you can get on fatwallet for 400 bucks has that same tech.

I'm lusting over it pretty hard. Can't justify it, though.

Link?

You know they are releasinga new extra thin multi touch soon..

D'oh! coupon/whatever expired.

I can repost here if it comes up again.

And you really think this is too thick? Really? I mean, it isn't the sexiest thing on the block, but I'd love to have one.

EliteLamer

taeric wrote: »

EliteLamer wrote: »

taeric wrote: »

Right, I am pretty sure the refurbished thinkpad you can get on fatwallet for 400 bucks has that same tech.

I'm lusting over it pretty hard. Can't justify it, though.

Link?

You know they are releasinga new extra thin multi touch soon..

D'oh! coupon/whatever expired.

I can repost here if it comes up again.

And you really think this is too thick? Really? I mean, it isn't the sexiest thing on the block, but I'd love to have one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycZUKTZczWI

taeric

Does it support a stylus? I think I'd still prefer a full size one, honestly.

That is slick, though.

EliteLamer

taeric wrote: »

Does it support a stylus? I think I'd still prefer a full size one, honestly.

That is slick, though.

I think so but I am not sure if it will be any good for art.

Impersonator

I'll definitely be selling my ASUS EeePC 901 so I can buy an ARCHOS 9. It's fantastic.

a5ehren

I'm looking forward to MSI's Android tablet.

Houndx

Impersonator wrote: »

I'll definitely be selling my ASUS EeePC 901 so I can buy an ARCHOS 9. It's fantastic.

I was so planning on buying an Archos 9 but the lack of an SSD option, craptacular Windows 7 starter edition - that lacks tablet functionality - and no multitouch ruined it for me. IIRC the Asus T91MT is about 1/4" thicker, slightly lighter, resolves all of the above problems and is cheaper to boot. I had the T91MT and it's build quality is fantastic. I returned it due to having two with touchscreens that were VERY inaccurate - turns out that using the asus calibration utility, rather than the windows one, would've completely resolved it.

Mr_Grinch

I'm still hanging fire till I see what Microsoft's Courier can do:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmIgNfp-MdI

Old-ish news by now, but still looks nifty and a bit of a different take on the "slate"

EliteLamer

Mr_Grinch wrote: »

I'm still hanging fire till I see what Microsoft's Courier can do:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmIgNfp-MdI

Old-ish news by now, but still looks nifty and a bit of a different take on the "slate"

I hope it is real because they have the idea of what the tablet should be doing.

EliteLamer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5DYuVN6nuY

1000 bucks and has full blown laptop specs.

InkSplat

I really hope we see a Chrome OS tablet hybrid thing, because I would be in heaven at that point.

Frem

EliteLamer wrote: »

Mr_Grinch wrote: »

I'm still hanging fire till I see what Microsoft's Courier can do:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmIgNfp-MdI

Old-ish news by now, but still looks nifty and a bit of a different take on the "slate"

I hope it is real because they have the idea of what the tablet should be doing.

That looks neat, but I had a hard time following the gestures. One time she used the pinch, she closed a notebook, another time she flipped out to a larger view. Pie menus FTW, though.

I do like the "One pane is content creation/storage, the other is content retrieval" metaphor they had going. And writing anywhere on the screen with a pen is just neat in general.


Also, what happened to Microsoft Origami from eons ago? Was that just going to be a weird netbook type thing, or a tablet hybrid?

Mechanical

Mr_Grinch wrote: »

I'm still hanging fire till I see what Microsoft's Courier can do.

Okay, that's more like what I'd think these could be used for. Looks pretty damn cool.

Impersonator

Apparently the Archos 9 is a POS. It's slow as hell and stutters with fullscreen flash.

Ghostly Clockwork

Agree with the Courier. The iPad, I was meh about, but the Courier, that looks really innovative, llike nothing I've seen before, other than the Hitchhikers Guide or The Young Lady's Illustrated Primer from "The Diamond Age". I almost think that's something that the iPad almost...lost in a way. It dosn't look like sci-fi made real. The iPhone did, I think even though I'm not a fan, it was something that we've only read about, and then there it was.

I just hope they put it out soon...I would love for them to announce WinMo7, and then say, "Oh, one more thing." And start showing off the Courier. I really don't think anyone could put the iPad and the Courier next to each other and say, "Gimme the iPad!"

EliteLamer

MS. Needs to release it soon though. If it comes out two years from now and even if it's perfect and way better than the ipad it won't matter. You can just tell from this thread vs the ipad thread no one seems to care about the other tablets. So if the other companies don't act fast they won't get a market share

Ghostly Clockwork

Oh, no question. They have...ohh, lets say, 6 months? The 3G verson is released in April, so that'll have them 3 months ahead, enough time to have a big show of it in April to try and overshadow the iPad release. 3 months for hype to build, and boom. But any longer than that, it'll be too late. Sooner is better no question, and isn't there some sort of show coming up soon?

taeric

Dragon6860 wrote: »

Oh, no question. They have...ohh, lets say, 6 months? The 3G verson is released in April, so that'll have them 3 months ahead, enough time to have a big show of it in April to try and overshadow the iPad release. 3 months for hype to build, and boom. But any longer than that, it'll be too late. Sooner is better no question, and isn't there some sort of show coming up soon?

The problem is that nobody has the audience that Apple does. There will be some slick devices. Hell, just those demoed at CES were slick enough. Some with an already similar price. Unless you were looking, you didn't hear about them. 3d TV was about all the general public heard.

Ghostly Clockwork

Agreed, Apple has a MASSIVE mindshare. But, at the same time, that can work against you. I think a lot of people were meh about the iPad just because of the extreme levels of hype. This is the chance to swoop in, If MS uses the upcoming show to show off WinMo7 and the Courier, the ball could start rolling, with articles about how MS and Apple are gonna be fighting for the tablet market, anything to get people talking. Of course, for all I know, the Courier could be dead in the water, and it's never going to come out. When's the last time we had any info? November?