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Acer TravelMate C100/C110 Series (convertible). Toshiba Portege 3500 Tablet PC (convertible). Toshiba Portege 3500 Tablet PC (convertible) …

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Mobile Computing
with the Tablet PC
Fall 2004
Ed Garay
UIC Instructional Technology Lab
http://www.accc.uic.edu/itl
Academic Computing and Communications Center
University of Illinois at Chicago
What is a Tablet PC?
It’s essentially a lightweight notebook PC plus.
.. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
.. A superset of Windows XP Professional
.. Can run all Windows XP desktop programs
.. Optimized for using a touch-sensitive screen, a tablet
pen and a pen interface
.. Microsoft and 3rd-party applications to take
advantage of the new OS extensions and the
new hardware
.. Physical keyboard is not required
.. Have integrated wireless networking
What is a Tablet PC?
It’s essentially a lightweight notebook PC plus.
.. Built-in support for digital ink
.. Built-in support for multi-language handwriting
recognition, gesture and voice recognition
.. Includes Windows Journal note-taking accessory
.. Other hardware requirements
.. Lightweight design, high-resolution display
.. Straight-forward screen rotation, longer battery life
.. Fast resume from StandBy and hibernation modes
.. Optional dock stations, hot docking and undocking2
What is a Tablet PC?
It’s essentially a lightweight notebook PC plus.
.. Tablet PC Input Panel (TIP) accessory
.. Allows for handwriting and voice input recognition
.. Writing Pad for handwriting recognition into typed text
.. Write Anywhere capabilities
.. On-screen keyboard for typing text and making corrections
.. Also Pocket PC Letter Recognizer and Pocket PC Block
Recognizer (like Graffity)
.. These days, Tablet PCs cost about 10% to 20% more
than comparable sub-notebook computers
Types of Tablet PCs
…. Convertible models
…. Like conventional notebook computers
…. With attached keyboards and screens that turn and flip
to cover the keyboards and have the touch-sensitive
screens face up for pen user interface
…. One-spindle, and now: two-spindle models
…. Slate-style models
…. More lightweight units
…. Without integrated keyboards (use optional detachable
USB-connected or wireless keyboards)
…. Other external peripherals typically required
Current Tablet PC offerings
…. Acer TravelMate C100/C110 Series (convertible)
…. Toshiba Portege 3500 Tablet PC (convertible)
…. Fujitsu Stylistic ST4000 (slate)
…. ViewSonic V1100 Tablet PC (slate)…