From the article: "Meanwhile, other companies su

[phage]

From the article: "Meanwhile, other companies such as Motion Computing are looking in the other direction and aim to bring out tablets with 14-inch screens, two inches larger than the largest ones on the market in the more immediate future. "

Full text at: http://news.com.com/2100-1005-996962...g=fd_lede2_hed

Is this for real? When is this planned to be released? Someone define "more immediate future."

Personally, I would LOVE a 14" motion w/ a Centrino processor.

[Malcolm]

Yeah, I saw that too.... I'm not sure if that's based on insider info or misinformation; Acer has certainly been slated (no pun intended) to come out with a 14" display. If Motion could produce a 14" with the same form factor as the M1200, that would be a neat trick, but I'm in two minds about going much larger than 12"; I think at some point you reach an ergonomic limit where you don't really want to be dragging your hand across screen realestate. Personally I'd be a very happy camper if they could produce a 1400x1200 display with the current screen size; screen resolution (and the graphics driver) are the biggest limitations to my current use, not screen size, battery life or CPU speed.

[javaman]

Yes it is true that Motion is thinking about a 14" display. A recent group of business graduate students at the U. of Texas in Austin were given some to test. I wonder if the Centrino chip is involved and when they plan to launch.

[brammerf]

I love my 12" screen, but I can't see a 14" screen being more useful. I'm looking forward to the smaller tools. I want the tablets to drop below one pound.

[Bishop]

I could see graphic/cad/architectural uses for a 14" screened tablet. It wouldn't help me from a portability standpoint. 12.1 is the sweetspot for me.

[love2lindy]

I, for one, would sell my 12" Toshiba 3500 for a 14" Motion (or other tablet) in an instant. I use journal all the time for note-taking, working on an 8.5" x 11" template for the page. Unfortunately, with a 12" screen you have to scroll from side to side in order to make use of the entire page while in portrait mode (very annoying). A 14" screen would solve that problem immediately.

[Bishop]

love2lindy:

That aggravated me the first week too. I wound up setting Journal to view full screen, and setting zoom to page width. It is a slight reduction from actual, but hasn't be a problem for me.

[e-man]

Unfortunately a 14" Motion would provide only a slightly larger drawing surface and it will probably come with an increase in weight. I support an architectural firm and we would be more interested in a 30"x 42" display used in conjunction with a more portable solution. Perhaps a 30" smart display mounted to a drafting board? If the cost of LCD panels continues to fall this could very well become a digital drafting board for the near future.