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Motion Computing rugged Tablet PC

 

There are a lot of mobile computers released in the past few months. Even though most of them ultimately more exciting, not because they Netbook with the same properties and similar screen sizes. 

Motion Computing rugged Tablet PCSure, there were a few interesting, but nothing really stands than others. Motion Computing’s new Tablet PC is finally something different, even if it is completely unaffordable for most of us. 

The new tablet, called J3400 has a Netbook-esque size with a 12.1-inch screen, but that’s where the familiarity stops. The big claim to fame for this tablet is how stable it is. According to Motion Computing with a 3 foot drop on plywood over concrete, or something that would be a smaller shock. The 1.8-inch-80 or 120 GB hard drive and screen are both shock mounted to the possible. There is also an option for a 64 GB SSD, which would be even safer than the hard drive with acceleration sensors that sense when they fall. 

The other figures are up by 1.2 or 1.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM (capable of up to 4 GB), draft-N Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, a 2 MP webcam and the various ports. It comes standard with Vista Business, but it is an XP-downgrade option. Motion Computing claims may be 7.4 hours of battery life with a single charge, which is pretty impressive. Even more impressive is the Qualcomm Gobi module for 3G connectivity. 

The J3400 sounds like a pretty good Tablet PC with all functions.

Hanwha’s Duo for Laptop

Hanwha's Duo for Laptop

Here’s a novel idea — turning one’s standard, non-tablet PC into a tablet PC.

Hanwha Japan has just introduced its incredibly useful Duo for Laptop device, which sits gently atop one’s laptop display and tracks digital pen movements via Infrared and ultrasonic technology in order to add doodling functionality to LCDs that were never designed to understand touch input.

The only limitation — and it’s a big one — is that this seems to only work with lappies possessing up to a 15.4-inch display. If that’s kosher with you, you can snap one up, or if not, you can just wait ’til these are announced for netbooks, ultraportables and desktop replacements.

via engadget