Tablet PC spotted: inside the #12 Alltel Dodge with Ryan Newman
Eagle-eyed jkOTR reader Trevor spotted this unique picture of Ryan Newman using a slate Tablet PC in the number 12 Alltel Dodge at a NASCAR event. Rusty Jarrett took the picture back in January when Newman was testing his car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. As an avid NASCAR fan, I know that Newman is a bright dude with an engineering degree. Why am I not surprised he uses a Tablet PC? Now I’m wondering: is he using OneNote to jot down notes from his practice runs? Even more intriguing: does he keep a spare stylus in the glove-box (as if there was one…)?
Note: I didn’t publish the photo here due its copyright attributes; I figured someone would ask, so here’s the answer in advance.
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It’s likely not mounted in the car due to safety reasons. When driving as fast as these cars can go, any distraction would be a detriment. Consider even though a race car has a stripped down interior, these acre are probably worth anywhere from 100,000-150,000 EACH!
Three fingered salute not going to happen with those gloves – perhaps he was just trying to start the car …..
Actually, all Tablet PCs must have a hardware button dedicated to the three-finger salute, so he’s in luck: gloves or no gloves! ;)
Someone needs to correct that caption. It is a tablet, not a laptop. Go get them Sumocat!!