Tablet PCs: Take one and call me in the morning

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20 June 2003 09:30 AM
Tags: wireless, notebook, tablet, portable, technology, business, pcs, tablet pc


Specifications

Tablet PC Acer C102Ti Fujitsu Stylistic ST4110 HP Compaq Tablet PC TC1000
Vendor Acer Fujitsu Hewlett-Packard
RRP inc. GST AU$3,799 $4,999 $3,795
Phone 1300 366 567 02 9776 4555 1300 305 018
Web www.acer.com.au www.fujitsu.com.au www.hp.com.au
Warranty 1-year, 2-hour commitment warranty 1-year limited 1-year limited
Tablet type Convertible Slate Convertible
Processor installed Intel Pentium III-M 800Mhz Intel Pentium III-M 800Mhz Transmeta Crusoe TM5800 1GHz
RAM installed/max (MB) 256/256 256/768 256/768
System weight (kg) 1.5 1.5 1.9
Battery type and rating Li-Ion 14.8v, 1800mAh Li-Ion 10.8v, 4000mAh Li-Ion 11.1v, 3600mAh
Display size in inches 10.4 10.4 10.4
Native resolution (landscape) 1024x768 1024x768 1024x768
Digitiser Wacom Wacom FinePoint
Graphics processor/memory (MB) SMI Lynx 3DM +/8 Intel 830MG/48 nVidia Geforce 2 Go/6
Hard drive capacity & speed 30GB 4200RPM 40GB 4200RPM 30GB 4200RPM
Optical drive Yes Optional Optional
Integrated modem 56K Yes Yes Yes
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
Integrated wireless 802.11b Yes Yes Yes
Integrated Bluetooth No No No
PC Card/SD media/CF card slots Yes/No/No Yes/No/No Yes/No/No
USB/Infrared ports 2/No 2/Yes 2/No
FireWire/S-Video/VGA Yes/No/Yes Yes/No/Yes No/No/No
Microphone/headphone ports Yes/Yes Yes/Yes Yes/Yes
Operating System Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Windows XP Tablet PC Edition



Tablet PC Toshiba Portégé PC TC1000 Viewsonic Tablet PC V1100
RRP inc. GST AU$4,840 $3,999
Phone 13 30 70 1800 880 818
Web www.toshiba.com.au www.viewsonic.com.au
Warranty 3-year 1-year pick up and drop off
Tablet type Convertible Slate
Processor installed Intel Pentium III-M 1333 Mhz Intel Pentium III-M 866Mhz
RAM installed/max (MB) 256/1024 256/768
System weight (kg) 1.8 1.6
Battery type and rating Li-Ion 10.8v, 3600mAh Li-Ion 7.4v, 3900mAh
Display size in inches 12.1 10.4
Native resolution (landscape) 1024x768 1024x768
Digitiser Wacom Wacom
Graphics processor/memory (MB) Trident CyberBlade XP/16 Intel 830MG/48
Hard drive capacity & speed 40GB 5200RPM 20GB 4200RPM
Optical drive Optional Optional
Integrated modem 56K Yes Yes
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet Yes Yes
Integrated wireless 802.11b Yes Yes
Integrated Bluetooth Optional No
PC Card/SD media/CF card slots Yes/Yes/Yes Yes/No/Yes
USB/Infrared ports 2/Yes 2/No
FireWire/S-Video/VGA No/No/Yes Yes/No/Yes
Microphone/headphone ports Yes/Yes Yes/Yes
Operating System Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

Tablet PCs
Introduction
1. Acer C102Ti
2. Fujitsu Stylistic ST4110
3. HP Compaq TC1000
4. Toshiba Portégé 3500
5. Viewsonic V1100
Specifications
Things to look out for...
Benchmark scores
How we tested
Scenario/Editor’s Choice
About RMIT
Things to look our for...

  • Convertible or Slate. Convertibles tend to be heavier but have large displays and a built-in keyboard.
  • Communications: Does the tablet have an integrated modem, 10/100 Ethernet, 802.11b wireless, or Bluetooth?
  • Battery Performance. Anything over three hours is quite good; above four hours is excellent.
  • Look for shortcut buttons that perform several functions that you’d usually need a keyboard to perform (such as Ctrl-Alt-Del).
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Talkback 1 comments

    You really need to date your a ...Anonymous -- 26/12/04

    You really need to date your articles. I is a pain when Internet Articles are not date stamped. Clearly many of the rveiews are out of date or do not include the laterst products. Tablet Pc's is one such example. I would like a review of the Toshiba M200. I agree that when Tabet PCs are integrated into the Laptop market they will tak off. I also would be interetsed in a version that supports a blue-tooth Mobile phone built in along with a DVD drive for those long hall flights and bring hotel rooms. Oh... One other thing would be a Voice modem that can support an Aswering Machine when the Computer is left on at hme or in the hotel room.

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