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And that was Friday morning. Slashgear managed to catch them while there were still there. Looks to be just another clone of the exoPC.
This thing is wining CES awards left and right, so why don't I care? Because you can't really evaluate it. Notice that in the photo, the Xoom is in the hands of a Motorola rep. They would not let people touch it, hold it, or play with it. Not only that, but that amazing Honeycomb OS that it's running is just a video demo! You can't touch it and it's just looping a video that shows off a demo of the OS. How are you supposed to form any kind of informed opinion off that? Sure, it's got a lot of potential to be amazing. It's thin: It has a great back camera and another in front for video conferencing: And it has a crazy high res screen (1280x800), but how are we supposed to know what that even means for the Android interface when we can't actually control any of the apps? I don't know. I don't how this thing is winning awards when the people giving out the awards haven't even been able to hold one or test the software. Maybe I'm just jaded by all the cool stuff from last year that never materialized. I mean, this is Motorola, I'm sure it's not vaporware. But I'm also not going to get all excited about something that I'm not allowed to touch and poke through the software on.
Vision objects is a French company with an intriguing set of handwriting recognition softwares. They have a whole software layer, and SDK kit and all for integrating the engine into apps and other such things that are over my head. The really neat thing they've done is put it together into an app called Notes Mobile. Suddenly the mass of Android tablets just became useful for notetakers. You can leave your handwriting as handwriting, convert it to text later, or convert it to text on the fly. Notes can be shared by email, facebook, or twitter (think emailing it to your evernote account!), or export to Quickoffice. You can also search both converted and handwritten text. It also manages notes in collections of notebooks. This opens up the world of super thin, light, and crazy long battery life Android tablets to the mobile note taker. I managed to be so enthralled by the demonstration, I seem to have forgotten to take pictures or video. Luckily they have a good demo video, and I can say the app really does work like it does in the video. Additionally, they have a lot of really neat classroom tools that work with interactive whiteboards.
Updated 01-11-2011 at 01:54 PM by Michelle Mastin
Evolve Three is an Australian based company with some very interesting entries into the crowded Windows slate market. There are two main things that set their tablet apart from the others though: 1. They put an Atom N475 in their tablet, kicking it up a notch from all the N450 based slates. 2. They dual boot Android. Other specs are the more standard 10.1" capacitive touch screen running at 1024x600, a 32GB or 64GB SSD, 2GB of RAM standard. The weight was impressively kept under 2lbs. A lot of the current Atom based windows slates are just over 2lbs, but that little bit makes a difference. After 3 days of picking up and playing with a zillion tablets, this one felt thin and light. I had no problem holding it in one hand while navigating or writing with the other. Speaking of writing, the screen responded well to the Targus stylus. It took a little more pressure than the iTablet (the best pen response I've seen in a capacitive screen), but was still quite workable. And they said this is available now, and can be shipped to the US for under $550, but I can't quite seem to find how to go about getting one. Now, take all that and make it better and you get their upcoming Oaktrail based tablet. They just got a model finished in time to bring it to the show, and it gets even thinner, lighter, and more responsive. This one will have both and Android and Meego option in addition to Windows 7. They say they've been getting 16-20 hours in Android, and about 8 running Windows. This one will be coming in April with the release of Oaktrail and will go for about $100 more. Accessories options will include a clamshell style keyboard dock(!), and a desktop dock with HDMI, USB, and ethernet. They are also including some heftier security options including facial recognition login, an optional fingerprint reader, and TPM. This one just made the top of my 10" capacitive list.
The Eee Slate video made it overnight. It's a bit noisy and as I was just in Asus room with a million others who wanted to see it. Is Art Rage normally that bad? UPDATE! Take two is a better demonstration of Art Rage using proper tools by someone who can actually draw. (and yes, I did manage to flip it before posting)
Updated 01-10-2011 at 11:37 AM by Michelle Mastin (added take two)
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