Comments on: Yes Virginia, There IS an iTablet

By: Ziyad Dadabhoy

Ziyad Dadabhoy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:58:26 +0000

I disagree completely. Every tablet out there is real competition to the iPad even if it just Windows 7 "optimized" as you say mainly because the iPad has no feature that makes it a worthy competitor.

By: Allan Jones

Allan Jones — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:02:31 +0000

The story behind the iTablet, as I understand it, is that this company has been producing (or rather re-badging) slates for a few years for the health profession in the UK, which is a niche market in which tablets (or slates) have enjoyed a ceratin amount of success. It appears that the makers think that there’s a possibility of selling this to a wider market on the back of the publicity surrounding the iPad. However, I suspect that this device has a fairly modest performance. More here
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/feb/05/itablet-x2-amtek

By: Olivier SERES

Olivier SERES — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:51:30 +0000

@JkkMobile : +1
@Tom Reestman : good analysis, i don’t see a lot of OS makers considering tactile, so far.
implementing Touchscreen and wifi drivers for all tablets (x86 and even more ARM) is a real pain.

By: Tom Reestman

Tom Reestman — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:46:56 +0000

I couldn't care less if a tablet PC isn't your thing, but using standard laptop fare to make a "tablet" is stupid. It's been done by PC makers for a decade; they've all rightfully failed. WIndows is a keyboard/mouse OS. Period. "Optimizing" it for touch or stylus makes for a tolerable demo, but not day to day use. Please.

If you're going to run a standard laptop, with a standard PC OS, and standard components, why destroy the experience by shoehorning it into a "tablet" case? This thing is a joke. Good thing they're not showing it from the side. It's huge.

Someone may step forward and offer real competition to the iPad, but it's going to need a touch OS, none of this "optimized" crap. Windows 7 need not apply. If Microsoft's gonna play it'll have to be with Windows Mobile 7, but we may not see that for a year.

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:06:26 +0000

Gizmoda mention it is 35mm thick! I cannot believe that, or at least hope it is not the case... That will be 3x that of the Apple device.

If true, then it is not suprising that they have "squeezed' in a few more features.

By: mr crash

mr crash — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:03:24 +0000

Kind of strange one mentions requests from lawyers, particularly given Apple's own unusual situation with respect to the ipad, where it would appear that in the USA, Fujitsu and some other company may have claim to the ipad trademark and in the EU, STMicroelectronics wants a deal.

I've always wondered, is the name so important (and evidently decided so last minute) that these things can't be sorted out beforehand? This happened with cisco and the iphone too.

By: Mickey Segal

Mickey Segal — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:24:42 +0000

An 8.5 inch and a 12 inch might have everyone covered. The others are to big to be wearable.

By: sam

sam — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:06:59 +0000

the fun with the iTablet will begin when you have to boot from a Linux-based boot cd in order to remove a fake antivirus product.

By: David

David — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:30:38 +0000

What more can we say, about time....

By: mark

mark — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:30:35 +0000

Good, the iPad is the most over hyped under delivered piece of junk that Apple has ever developed. My 3 year old Dell Convertible PC running Win. 7 is more useful in every way. 500 dollars for 16 gigs, no usb, no flash, no camera, and AT&T. The onscreen keyboard sound terrible from most people who use it so what will you do with it?